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American Splendor

Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff

2003★ 7.1 · 5451h 41mComedyDrama

Overview

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

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Trailer · American Splendor (2003) 35mm film trailer, flat open matte, 2160p trichromy

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Cast

Josh Hutcherson
as Robin

Ebon Moss-Bachrach
as MTV Director

Paul Giamatti
as Harvey Pekar

Donal Logue
as Stage Actor Harvey

Hope Davis
as Joyce Brabner

Molly Shannon
as Stage Actor Joyce

James Urbaniak
as Robert Crumb

James McCaffrey
as Fred

David Letterman
as Self (archive footage)

Judah Friedlander
as Toby Radloff

Madylin Sweeten
as Danielle

Kurt Loder
as Self (archive footage)

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7.1/ 10

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Release date: 2003-08-15

Budget: $2,000,000

Revenue: $6,003,587

Runtime: 1h 41m

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ComedyDrama

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