Aug 15, 2003
101 min
Full-HD

American Splendor (2003)

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

Category

Comedy Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

Good Machine

Paul Giamatti

Harvey Pekar

Hope Davis

Joyce Brabner

Judah Friedlander

Toby Radloff

James Urbaniak

Robert Crumb

Earl Billings

Mr. Boats

James McCaffrey

Fred

Maggie Moore

Alice Quinn

Vivienne Benesch

Lana

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