Hope, Ted. Pulcini, Robert. Berman, Shari Springer. Giamatti, Paul. Davis, Hope 1967- Friedlander, Judah. Urbaniak, James 1963- Billings, Earl. McCaffrey, James 1960- Moore, Maggie. Benesch, Vivienne. Stacey, Terry. Suozzo, Mark. Wilkinson, Michael. DePrez, Thâeráese. HBO Films Fine Line Features Good Machine (Firm) Home Box Office (Firm) moving image videorecording nyu New York, NY Home Box Office c2003 2003 monographic eng

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1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. 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. MPAA rating: R; for language. adult HBO Films in association with Fine Line Features presents a Good Machine production, a film by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini ; produced by Ted Hope ; written and directed by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman. Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Based on the comic book series "American splendor" by Harvey Pekar and "Our cancer year" by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner. Special features: audio commentary with directors and cast featurette: Sundance Channel's "Anatomy of a scene"; music only track: "American splendor song"; special "My movie year" 6 page comic insert that appeared in "Entertainment Weekly"; DVD ROM features including screen saver; Easter eggs; original theatrical trailer. Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, Earl Billings, James McCaffrey, Maggie Moore, Vivienne Benesch. DVD; Dolby Digital. Closed-captioned. Director of photography, Terry Stacey ; editor, Robert Pulcini ; music, Mark Suozzo ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Thâeráese Deprez. Sundance Film Festival (2003): Grand Jury Prize ; Cannes Film Festival (2003): Film Festival International Critics Award. Comic books, strips, etc Drama Illustrators United States Drama Man-woman relationships Drama Feature films Comedy films Video recordings for the hearing impaired CM DVD 00830 Pekar, Harvey. Pekar, Harvey. Brabner, Joyce. 0783123876 9780783123875 92031 HBO Video 026359203121 PPT 050107 20230410123841.0 39389