American Splendor (2003)



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Synopsis:
Harvey Pekar is file clerk at the local VA hospital. His interactions with his co-workers offer some relief from the monotony, and their discussions encompass everything from music to the decline of American culture to new flavors of jellybeans and life itself. At home, Harvey fills his days with reading, writing and listening to jazz. His apartment is filled with thousands of books and LPs, and he regularly scours Cleveland's thrift stores and garage sales for more, savoring the rare joy of a 25-cent find. It is at one of these junk sales that Harvey meets Robert Crumb, a greeting card artist and music enthusiast. When, years later, Crumb finds international success for his underground comics, the idea that comic books can be a valid art form for adults inspires Harvey to write his own brand of comic book. An admirer of naturalist writers like Theodore Dreiser, Harvey makes his "American Splendor" a truthful, unsentimental record of his working-class life, a warts-and-all self portrait. First published in 1976, the comic earns Harvey cult fame throughout the 1980s and eventually leads him to the sardonic Joyce Barber, a partner in a Delaware comic book store who end ups being Harvey's true soul mate as they experience the bizarre byproducts of Harvey's cult celebrity stature.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
8/15/2003
Director Credit
Shari Springer-Berman Director
Robert Pulcini Director
Cast Credit
Paul Giamatti Harvey Pekar
Hope Davis Joyce Brabner
Judah Friedlander Toby Radloff
Harvey Pekar Real Harvey
James Urbaniak Robert Crumb
Shari Springer Berman Interviewer
Earl Billings Mr Boats
Robert Pulcini Bob the Director
Toby Radloff Real Toby
Joyce Brabner Real Joyce
Donal Logue Stage Actor Harvey
Molly Shannon Stage Actor Joyce
James McCaffrey Fred
Madylin Sweeten Danielle
Danielle Batone Real Danielle
Chris Ambrose Superman
Joe Krajcar Batman
Josh Hutcherson Robin
Cameron Carter Green Lantern
Daniel Tay Young Harvey
Mary Faktor Housewife
Larry John Myers Throat Doctor
Vivienne Benesch Lana
Barbara Brown Nurse
Danny Hoch Marty
Eli Ganias Pahls
Rebecca Borger Cashier
Nick Baxter Mattress Guy #1
Allen Branstein Mattress Guy #2
Bianca Santos Counter Girl
Maggie Moore Alice Quinn
Mike Rad Rand
Amy Harmon Cheery Waitress
Rob Grader Stage Manager
Terrence Sullivan Letterman Regular
Ebon Moss-Bachrach MTV Director
Patrick Lafferty Yuppie
Jesse Perez Miguel
Jeff Peters Talk Show Host
Ola Creston PA #1
Robert J Williams Cancer Doctor
Jason Stevens Letterman Regular Voice
Todd Cummings Talk Show Host Voice
Production Credits Credit
Julia King Associate Producer
Ted Hope Producer
Production Companies Credit
This Is That Production Production Company
Good Machine Releasing Production Company
HBO Independent Productions Production Company
Distribution Companies Credit
NonStop Sales Foreign Theatrical Distributor
HBO Kids Video Domestic Video Distributor
HBO Pictures Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Fine Line Features Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Optimum Releasing Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Rialto Distribution Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations  
Cleveland, Ohio, USA  
Writer Credit
Robert Pulcini Screenplay
Harvey Pekar Source Material
Shari Springer-Berman Screenplay
Accounting Credit
Jennifer Freed Post-Production Accountant
Brian Cantaldi Assistant Accountant - Bookkeeper
Art Department Credit
Robert Desue Set Decorator
Donald J Liegl Swing Gang
Beth O'Brien Art Department - Art Department Intern
Kenneth Kellers Leadman
Deborah Marsh Art Department Coordinator
Diana Stoughton Dresser
Therese DePrez Production Designer
Matt Hausmann Art Department - Art Department Intern
David W Mooney Swing Gang
Erika Rice Swing Gang
Todd Heckeler Art Department
Dustin Lucien Art Department - Art Department Intern
John A Champion Swing Gang
Shaina Malkin Art Department - Art Department Intern
Jack Gardner Swing Gang
James E Todd Swing Gang
Mike O'Neill Art Department - Art Department Intern
Casting Credit
Marcy Ronen Extras Casting
Ann Goulder Casting
Elizabeth Baird Casting Assistant - Principals Casting Assistant
Kendall Embrescia Casting Assistant
Craft Services Credit
Virginia M Herdman Craft Service
Michael T. Santeramo Catering - Chef
Sara Lieberth Craft Service
Robert H Langhorst Catering - Assistant Chef
Paula D Collins Craft Service - Craft Service Assistant
William Ball Craft Service - Additional Craft Assistant
Film Camera Credit
Steven Drellich Camera Operator
John Clifford Photography - Still Photographer
Alfredo Frasson Color Timer
Terry Stacey Director of Photography
Oliver Cary Assistant Camera
Ian Axilrod Loader
Pat Meehan Video Assist/Playback - 24 Frame Playback
Alex Esber Assistant Camera
Alex Esber Camera Operator - "B" Camera Operator
Ian Carmody Photography - Credit Sequence Stills
Kiely Cronin Assistant Camera
Kiely Cronin Camera Operator - "B" Camera Operator
Ian Carmody Assistant Camera - Camera Intern
Alex Mangen Assistant Camera - Camera Intern
Film Sales Financing Credit
HBO Pictures Film Financier
Legal Credit
Alison Cohen Legal Counsel
Management Credit
Elisabeth Giglio Manager
Janelle Fletcher Manager - Avid Facility Manager
Music Credit
Eytan Mirsky Music Performer - Guitarist
Ted Spencer Score Mixing - Music Mixing
Ted Spencer Score Recording - Music Recording
Mark Suozzo Composer
Mark Suozzo Music Conductor
Mark Suozzo Orchestrations
Mark Suozzo Music Producer
Peter Dolger Song
Joe Maneri Song Performer
Dave Douglas Trumpet
Linda Cohen Music Supervisor
Sanford Allen Soloist - Violin Solos
Butch Jones Score Recording - Additional Recording
Captain Song
Captain Song Performer
Josh Rosenblum Music Conductor - Additional Conducting
Bob Malach Music Performer - Tenor Sax
Jimmy McHugh Song
Dale Stuckenbruck Music Performer - Musical Saw
Lester Young Song Performer
Sanford Allen Music Conductor - Concertmaster
Oscar Peterson Trio Song Performer
Dorothy Fields Song
Derek Smith Music Performer - Piano
Derek Smith Music Performer - Organ
Jay McShann Song Performer
Paul Quinichette Song
Derek Smith Music Performer - Celeste
Everett Robbins Song
Marvin Gaye Song Performer
Porter Grainger Song
The Andrews Sisters Song Performer
John Beal Music Performer - Bass
The Clash Song Performer
Ronnie Zito Music Performer - Drums
Robert Rogers Song
Smokey Robinson Song
R Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders Song Performer
Marvin Tarplin Song
Eytan Mirsky Song Performer
Warren Moore Song
Dizzy Gillespie Song Performer
Mark Cherrie Song Performer
Neville Plesson Song
Noel Pagan Song Performer
Albert Von Tilzer Song
Joe Strummer Song
The Pretenders Song Performer
Rupert Holmes Song Performer
Mick Jones Song
John Coltrane Song Performer
Dallas String Band Song
Chocolate Genius Song Performer
Eytan Mirsky Song
George Gershwin Song
Ira Gershwin Song
Mark Cherrie Song
Noel Pagan Song
Clair Marlo Song
Alexander Baker Song
Chrissie Hynde Song
Hoagy Carmichael Song
Mitchell Parish Song
Rupert Holmes Song
Richard Rogers Song
Oscar Hammerstein II Song
Production Management Credit
Jeremy Bailey Assistant Location Manager
Joe Cortese Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
Michael Taylor Script Supervisor
Christine Kunewa Walker Line Producer
Andy Wheeler Production Supervisor
Michael Rochford Location Manager
Chip Signore Assistant Director - First Assistant Director
Chip Signore Production Manager
Linus Hume Post-Production Supervisor - Postproduction Supervisor
Robert Fegen Production Supervisor - Production Administrative Supervisor
Declan Baldwin Line Producer
Meryl Stavitz Assistant Director - Second Assistant Director
Becky Woodward Location Assistant - Additional Location Production Assistant
Julia King Line Producer
Eric Lasko Assistant Director
Matt G Sheets Assistant Director - Additional 2nd Assistant Director
Sound Credit
Allan Zaleski Sound Effects Editor
George A. Lara Foley - Foley Supervisor
Jay Peck Foley Artist
Jeff Stern ADR Editor
Nicholas Renbeck Supervising Sound Editor
Whit Norris Sound Mixer
Ron Bochar Rerecording Mixer
Chris Fielder Sound - Transfer Assistant
Mick Davies Boom Operator
Visual Effects Credit
Gary Leib Animator
Gary Leib Visual Effects Designer
John Kuramoto Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
John Kuramoto Animator
Wardrobe Hair Makeup Credit
Murshel Lewis Costume Supervisor
Michael Wilkinson Costume Designer
Kimberlee Andrews Wardrobe Assistant - Costume Assistant
R Deanna Hair - Hair Department Head
Kathy Madison Makeup - Additional Makeup
Robin Fields Key Costumer
Luisa Abel Makeup Supervisor - Makeup Department Head
Kathy Madison Hair - Additional Hair
Deborah R Lilly Makeup - Makeup Swing
Sarah Silver Wardrobe Assistant - Wardrobe Intern
Deborah R Lilly Hair - Hair Swing

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