American Splendor

American Splendor

  • Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
  • Writer: Harvey Pekar,Joyce Brabner,Shari Springer Berman
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: September 12, 2003
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Huy hoàng kiểu Mỹ
  • "American Splendor" is a biopic directed by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman, starring Paul Giamatti , James Urbaniak , Hope Davis and others. The film was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States on January 20, 2003.
    The film is adapted from Harvey Pekar 's comic of the same name. It tells the story of Harvey, an ordinary person living at the bottom of American society, who, with the encouragement of a cartoonist, expresses the most authentic fragments and feelings of his life through comics   .

    Details

    • Release date September 12, 2003
    • Filming locations Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    • Production companies Good Machine, Dark Horse Entertainment

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $6,010,990

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $159,705

    Gross worldwide

    $7,986,084

    Movie reviews

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    • By Enid 2022-02-14 08:01:24

      Details of life

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      2003 American Film Institute's Top Ten Films
      Cannes Film Festival International Film Critics Fabici Award Special tribute to

        the hero of the film Ha Verbeck is a comic book writer. He works as an archivist in a hospital. He leads a tedious and monotonous life every day. One day he suddenly hopes to change all of this, hoping that his life will not be so...

    • By Georgiana 2022-02-14 08:01:24

      Ordinary Life is pretty complex stuff

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      Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff is a cartoonist Harvey Pekar's famous quote. American Splendor is the name of a comic he wrote, and it is also used as the title of the biographical film of the same name.

      But I didn't know it when I watched the movie. Because I confuse this with Gregg...

    • By Newell 2022-02-14 08:01:24

      "American Splendor (American Splendor)": Misfortunes never come singly [Best Film Award of the 19th Sundance Film Festival Jury]

      "American Splendor (American Splendor)": Misfortunes never come singly [Best Film Award of the 19th Sundance Film Festival Jury]

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      film won the Best Film Award of the 19th Sundance Film Festival Jury in 2003.

      The movie is the autobiography of a cartoonist. The story begins with the protagonist Harvey Pekar's illness in 1975. At this time Harvey Pekar's throat had a problem, and his wife had left him. Harvey Pekar is a person with a bad life, and...

    • By Shanie 2022-02-14 08:01:24

      American Splendor

      This may be a moving biopic. But not every person who has an archetype in reality can become what we call a hero.

      Harvey Pekar has never heard of him before. The impression of this movie is just that I have seen a dejected man in front of a blue graffiti background that I have seen several times.
      Paul Giamatti and his character prototype seem to have almost no similarities. Here I have to agree with the real Harvey Pekar who narrates his life as a voice-over in the movie. At...

    • By Rosendo 2022-02-14 08:01:24

      Image reproduction-everyone is so stupid-the glory of America


       It is hard to imagine that a teenage boy would have such a strong resistance to mainstream heroes. When Halloween comes, all children are dressed up as super heroes in the cartoons who save the planet from danger. Only Havery Pekar didn’t wear the red-turned underpants; or put on an unidentified black tablecloth on his back. Put on a pair of black briefs and declare that justice will eventually triumph over evil. When all the children were immersed in the heroism instilled by mainstream...

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    • By Jolie 2022-04-24 07:01:15

      The film is the only example of an "Intersection"-style adaptation, and it's a good one. It is the unique authorship of comics that allows the film version to achieve "Intersection", and while repeatedly crossing the fourth wall, it dissolves the generation gap called "fiction" between the creator and the...

    • By Cathryn 2022-04-24 07:01:15

      The expression of comics has only two functions: biographical films are used to shape the comic family design; a little more visual experience of different materials makes the plain plot more interesting. Compared with the same form of "Ninja Baby", Only at the beginning of the scene where Harvey decided to draw comics, the comics showed his true emotions before the movie, and the others just confirmed how he created comics based on materials from life. After watching it, I wondered why it was...

    • By Lucie 2022-04-24 07:01:15

      Always find the right one, what a...

    • By Margarita 2022-04-24 07:01:15

      Creative biopic The life of a helpless hero is really boring Paul Giamatti is a...

    • By Douglas 2022-04-24 07:01:15

      It also depends on his glass of wine...

    Movie plot

    A group of children went to the neighbor’s house to beg for candy on Halloween. The children disguised themselves as heroes such as Superman and President. There was only one little boy without disguise. When the aunt next door asked him what kind of hero he was, he said, "I’m Harvey Pekar, you The boy next door". This little boy who hates disguise and refuses fantasies is Harvey.
    Harvey ( Paul Giamatti ) grew up with a ugly appearance...
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    "American Splendor" is a somewhat weird movie, especially the starring performance is very outstanding   . (Comment by critic ClaudiaPuig)
    The heroic character depicted in this moment seems a bit weird, and does not conform to the heroic characteristics advocated in the mainstream of the United States. However, the film abandons the story narrative methods usually used in general films, so at this point, it is a good film   ....,
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    Movie quotes

    • Harvey Pekar: So... what are you worried about then?

      Joyce Brabner: Well, it's the way... it's the way all the different artists draw you.

      Harvey Pekar: What?

      Joyce Brabner: You know, I don't really know what to expect. Sometimes you look like a younger Brando... but then the way Crumb draws you, you look... like a hairy ape, with all these wavy, stinky lines undulating off your body. I don't really know what to expect.

      Harvey Pekar: No, those are motion lines. I'm an active guy!

    • Toby Radloff: How long are you going to be in Delaware? Because I'd really like to see this movie with you.

      Harvey Pekar: I don't know. I'll be gone about a week. But I'm getting married, so I'll have to bring her along too. Is it a girl flick?

      Toby Radloff: Depends on the girl. Is your new bride a nerd?

      Harvey Pekar: I don't know. Kinda. Yeah. She's in to herbal tea.

    • Real Harvey: [introducing on-screen character] Here's our man. Yeah, all right. Here's me. Well, the guy playin' me anyway. Even though he don't look nothin' like me. But, whatever.