American splendor
(DVD)

Accompanying booklet contains autobiographical cartoon strip written by Harvey Pekar, and illustrated by Gary and Laura Dumm.

92031.

Based on the comic book series "American splendor" by Harvey Pekar and "Our cancer year" by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner.

Special features include: scene selection ; audio commentary with directors and cast ; featurette "Road to splendor" ; song "American splendor" by Eytan Mirsky ; downloads ; HBO promo ; theatrical trailer.

"HBO Films in association with Fine Line Features presents a Good Machine production" --on screen.

Producer, Ted Hope ; writer/directors, Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman ; music, Mark Suozzo.

Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak.

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.

Disc characteristics: DVD Region 1.

Closed-captioned.

Originally released as a motion picture,United States : HBO Films, c2003.

Soundtrack in English, with optional subtitles available in English, French or Spanish.