Title American splendor / HBO Films in association with Fine Line Features presents a Good Machine production, a film by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini ; produced by Ted Hope ; written and directed by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman.

Publication Info.	New York, NY : HBO Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2004]
	©2003

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Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	DVD AMERICAN SPLENDOR c.2	Check Shelf
Bloomfield at the Atrium	DVD AMERICAN SPLENDOR	Check Shelf
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Media Room	DVD AMERICAN	Check Shelf
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department	DVD FF F AMERICAN	Check Shelf
Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD AMERICAN	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD AME	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	DVD AMERICAN c.2	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Audio Visual	DVD AMERICAN	Check Shelf
Portland Public Library - Adult Department	DVD DRA AME	Check Shelf
South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD AMERICAN SPLENDOR	Check Shelf

Description	1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Note	Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.
	Based on the comic book series "American splendor" by Harvey Pekar and "Our cancer year" by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner.
	Special features: audio commentary with directors and cast featurette: Sundance Channel's "Anatomy of a scene"; music only track: "American splendor song"; special "My movie year" 6 page comic insert that appeared in "Entertainment Weekly"; DVD ROM features including screen saver; Easter eggs; original theatrical trailer.
Credits	Director of photography, Terry Stacey ; editor, Robert Pulcini ; music, Mark Suozzo ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Thérèse Deprez.
Cast	Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, Earl Billings, James McCaffrey, Maggie Moore, Vivienne Benesch.
Summary	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.
Audience	MPAA rating: R; for language.
System Details	DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Awards	Cannes Film Festival, 2003: FIPRESCI Prize Un Certain Regard (Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini).
Language	Closed-captioned.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Comic books, strips, etc. -- Drama.
	Illustrators -- United States -- Drama.
	Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Feature films.
	Comedy films.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Hope, Ted.
	Pulcini, Robert.
	Berman, Shari Springer.
	Giamatti, Paul, 1967-
	Davis, Hope, 1967-
	Friedlander, Judah.
	Urbaniak, James, 1963-
	Billings, Earl.
	McCaffrey, James, 1960-
	Moore, Maggie.
	Benesch, Vivienne.
	Stacey, Terry.
	Suozzo, Mark.
	Wilkinson, Michael.
	DePrez, Thérèse.
	Pekar, Harvey. American splendor.
	Brabner, Joyce. Our cancer year.
	HBO Films.
	Fine Line Features.
	Good Machine (Firm)
	HBO Video (Firm)
	Warner Home Video (Firm)
ISBN	0783123876
Standard No.	026359203121
Music No.	92031 HBO Video

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