American Splendor

Comedy, Drama · 2003R

The life of underground comic book writer Harvey Pekar is chronicled in this exceptionally droll film. Told through a collage of dramatic sequences, interviews with the real Pekar and his pals, and quirky animated sequences, this cinematic comic book follows Pekar's career, artistic and otherwise; his marriage; his 'cancer year'; and even his boisterous television appearances.

Starring

Paul Giamatti, Thérèse DePrez, Michael Wilkinson, Hope Davis, Ann Goulder, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, Harvey Pekar, Shari Springer Berman, Earl Billings

Director

Shari Springer Berman