American Splendor, 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
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American Splendor, 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
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rated R; for language
Main title
American Splendor
Oclc number
54975921
Responsibility statement
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
Runtime
101
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
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Pulcini, Robert
- Giamatti, Paul
- Billings, Earl
- Good Machine (Firm)
- Davis, Hope, 1967-
- Benesch, Vivienne
- Brabner, Joyce
- HBO Video (Firm)
- Hope, Ted
- Stacey, Terry
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Moore, Maggie
- Pekar, Harvey
- Friedlander, Judah
- Berman, Shari Springer
- HBO Films
- Urbaniak, James, 1963-
- McCaffrey, James, 1960-
- Fine Line Features
Genre
Subject
- Comedy films
- Brabner, Joyce -- Film adaptations
- Illustrators -- United States -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Cannes Film Festival Awards
- Pekar, Harvey -- Film adaptations
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Pekar, Harvey
- Feature films
- Brabner, Joyce
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Sundance Film Festival Awards
- Comic books, strips, etc -- Drama
- Longs métrages -- États-Unis
Content
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- Contributor19
- Pulcini, Robert
- Giamatti, Paul
- Billings, Earl
- Good Machine (Firm)
- Davis, Hope, 1967-
- Benesch, Vivienne
- Brabner, Joyce
- HBO Video (Firm)
- Hope, Ted
- Stacey, Terry
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Moore, Maggie
- Pekar, Harvey
- Friedlander, Judah
- Berman, Shari Springer
- HBO Films
- Urbaniak, James, 1963-
- McCaffrey, James, 1960-
- Fine Line Features
- Genre7
- Subject15
- Comedy films
- Brabner, Joyce -- Film adaptations
- Illustrators -- United States -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Cannes Film Festival Awards
- Pekar, Harvey -- Film adaptations
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Pekar, Harvey
- Feature films
- Brabner, Joyce
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Sundance Film Festival Awards
- Comic books, strips, etc -- Drama
- Longs métrages -- États-Unis
- Content1
- resource.originPlace1
- Is Based On1
- Is Derivative Of1
- Mapped to1