FILMASAmerican Splendor2003

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How Long Is “American Splendor”?

Name: American Splendor
Genre: biography, profile, adaptation, comedy-drama
Released: 2003-08-15
Duration: 102 min
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, Earl Billings

1h 42m runtime

20031h 42mbiography • profile • adaptation • comedy-drama

Biography film with a runtime of 102 minutes, released in 2003. Presented in English.

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Runtime1h 42m

Minutes102

One SittingYes

With Break1h 54m

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The documentary directing team of Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman makes their narrative feature debut with the biographical comedy drama American Splendor. Harvey Pekar (Paul Giamatti) is a comic book writer inspired by the work of his friend Robert Crumb (James Urbaniak). Pekar writes his comics about the sad monotony of everyday life, based on his own life in Cleveland, OH, working as a file clerk at a veteran's hospital and spending his time reading books and listening to jazz. He meets up with Joyce Brabner (Hope Davis) and they enjoy a depressive relationship together. The filmmakers employ a combination of live-action film, video, and animation, including narration and commentary from the real-life Harvey Pekar. The screenplay was based on Pekar's comic book series American Splendor, which he has been writing since 1976 on Dark Horse Comics, and the 1994 book-length comic Our Cancer Year, written by Pekar and Brabner. American Splendor won the Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic Competition at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.

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Runtime1h 42m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break1h 54m

Movie Facts

Release DateAugust 15, 2003

Runtime1h 42m

LanguageEnglish

Genresbiography, profile, adaptation, comedy-drama

DirectorRobert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman

ProducerTed Hope

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