American splendor /
Pekar is a frustrated file clerk working at the local V.A. Hospital. He is also a comic book fan who befriends the young illustrator Robert Crumb and is soon inspired to create comic books based on his own life. Along his bumpy journey he meets, marries and falls in love with Joyce, an admiring comi...
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| Format: | DVD |
| Language: | English French Spanish |
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New York, NY :
HBO Video,
[2003]
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| Summary: | Pekar is a frustrated file clerk working at the local V.A. Hospital. He is also a comic book fan who befriends the young illustrator Robert Crumb and is soon inspired to create comic books based on his own life. Along his bumpy journey he meets, marries and falls in love with Joyce, an admiring comic book seller. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the comic book series "American splendor" by Harvey Pekar and "Our cancer year" by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner. Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Special features: Audio commentary with directors; Sundance Channel's "Anatomy of a scene"; "American splendor song" music track only; special "My movie year" 6-page comic insert. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD video format, Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2.0 audio. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R. |
| Production Credits: | HBO Films in association with Fine Line Features presents a Good Machine production ; produced by Ted Hope ; written and directed by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman ; director of photography, Terry Stacey ; editor, Robert Pulcini ; music, Mark Suozzo ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Thérèse Deprez. |
| ISBN: | 0783123876 9780783123875 |