TY  - ADVS
AU  - Hope,Ted
AU  - Pulcini,Robert
AU  - Berman,Shari Springer
AU  - Giamatti,Paul
AU  - Davis,Hope
AU  - Friedlander,Judah
AU  - Urbaniak,James
AU  - Billings,Earl
AU  - McCaffrey,James
AU  - Moore,Maggie
AU  - Benesch,Vivienne
AU  - Stacey,Terry
AU  - Suozzo,Mark
AU  - Wilkinson,Michael
AU  - DePrez,Thâeráese
AU  - Pekar,Harvey
AU  - Pekar,Harvey
AU  - Brabner,Joyce
ED  - HBO Films.
ED  - Fine Line Features.
ED  - Good Machine (Firm)
ED  - Home Box Office (Firm)
TI  - American splendor
SN  - 0783123876
AV  - CM DVD 00830 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Home Box Office
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - Drama
KW  - Illustrators
KW  - United States
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Feature films
KW  - Comedy films
KW  - Video recordings for the hearing impaired
N1  - 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; Director of photography, Terry Stacey ; editor, Robert Pulcini ; music, Mark Suozzo ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Thâeráese Deprez; Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, Earl Billings, James McCaffrey, Maggie Moore, Vivienne Benesch; MPAA rating: R; for language
N2  - 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
ER  -