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Biopic of recalcitrant file-clerk and underground comic
book writer Harvey Pekar. 'American Splendor' began life
in the 1970's, exploring the mundane reality of Pekars'
own life and of those around him.
Mixing real interviews with Pekar alongside his fictional
alter-ego (Paul Giamatti), the movie skilfully combines
animation, reality and fiction in its engaging story of
the meeting of Harvey and comic-store owner Joyce Brabner
(Hope Davis), a pair who combine a huge range of personality
and health disorders.
These are the ordinary grumps Hollywood ignores, treated
with neither condescension nor special pleading and set
in Cleveland, probably America's least glamorous city.
Awards
Grand Jury Prize
- Sundance Film Festival 2003
New Director's Award - Edinburgh International Film Festival
2003
Critics
"A gem of a film that's funny, touching and worth
a dozen superhero transfers"
Rob Mackie
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