TY  - ADVS
AU  - Benesch,Vivienne
AU  - Berman,Shari Springer
AU  - Billings,Earl
AU  - Brabner,Joyce
AU  - Davis,Hope
AU  - Friedlander,Judah
AU  - Giamatti,Paul
AU  - Hope,Ted
AU  - McCaffrey,James
AU  - Moore,Maggie
AU  - Pekar,Harvey
AU  - Pulcini,Robert
AU  - Stacey,Terry
AU  - Urbaniak,James
ED  - Fine Line Features.
ED  - Good Machine (Firm)
ED  - HBO Films.
ED  - HBO Video (Firm)
ED  - Warner Home Video (Firm)
TI  - American splendor
SN  - 0783123876
PY  - 2004///], c2003
CY  - New York, NY, Burbank, CA
PB  - HBO Video, Distributed by Warner Home Video
KW  - Brabner, Joyce
KW  - Brabner, Joyce.
KW  - Pekar, Harvey
KW  - Pekar, Harvey.
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - Drama
KW  - Illustrators
KW  - United States
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Biographical films
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Comedy films
KW  - Feature films
KW  - Video recordings for the hearing impaired
N1  - Based on the comic book series "American splendor" by Harvey Pekar and "Our cancer year" by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner; Originally released as a motion picture in 2003; Special features: group audio commentary with directors and cast ; "My movie year" 6 page comic insert that appeared in "Entertainment Weekly"; and DVD ROM features including screen saver; Director of photography, Terry Stacey ; editor, Robert Pulcini ; music, Mark Suozzo ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Thérèse Deprez; Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, Earl Billings, James McCaffrey, Maggie Moore, Vivienne Benesch, Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner; Rated 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  -