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
Classification
Contributor
Genre
Subject
- Comedy films
- DVD-Video discs -- Comedy
- Brabner, Joyce -- Film adaptations
- Illustrators -- United States -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Pekar, Harvey -- Film adaptations
- Heterosociality -- Drama
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Pekar, Harvey
- Feature films
- Brabner, Joyce
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Comic books, strips, etc -- Drama
- DVD-Video discs
- Heterosociality
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- Contributor14
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- Comedy films
- DVD-Video discs -- Comedy
- Brabner, Joyce -- Film adaptations
- Illustrators -- United States -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Pekar, Harvey -- Film adaptations
- Heterosociality -- Drama
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Pekar, Harvey
- Feature films
- Brabner, Joyce
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Comic books, strips, etc -- Drama
- DVD-Video discs
- Heterosociality
- Content1
- resource.originPlace1
- Is Derivative Of2
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