American Splendor
About American Splendor
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman directed American Splendor, a 2003 comedy film. Paul Giamatti appears as Harvey Pekar, Hope Davis as Joyce Brabner, Judah Friedlander as Toby Radloff, and James Urbaniak as Robert Crumb.
It runs 101 minutes and was released in August 2003. Written by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman. It was produced by Good Machine. It is adapted from a comic.
Shelv files it under comic book, neurotic, comic book artist, and delaware. It streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel in the United States. It scores 7.2 out of 10 from 565 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, and The Image Revolution make useful companions to American Splendor, all filed under comic book art.