American Splendor
American Splendor
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The life of misanthropic comic book writer Harvey Pekar is brought to the screen in this thoroughly original combination of dramatic narrative, animation and documentary. Taking its name from Pekar's series of autobiographical comics, the very funny and often heartwarming film looks at the writer's life in drab Cleveland, Ohio, and his rise to reluctant infamy via collaborations with friend R. Crumb and many self-deprecating appearances on late-night television. With narration by Pekar himself and a career-defining performance by Paul Giamatti as the hilariously downtrodden writer. Also stars Hope Davis. "Magnificently audacious movie, in which fact and fiction sometimes coexist in the same frame" (Roger Ebert). Robert Pulcini/Shari Springer Berman---USA---2003---100 mins.

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