American Splendor (2003)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Directors:

Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

Escritores (WGA):

Harvey Pekar (comic book series American Splendor) and
Joyce Brabner (comic book series Our Cancer Year) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

12 septiembre 2003 (USA)

Género:

Biografía | Comedia | Drama

Frase comercial:

Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Comic Book | Crumb | Celebrity | Hospital | Underground

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 28 wins & 32 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Fascinating Wackos

Reparto

Chris Ambrose	...	Superman
Joey Krajcar	...	Batman
Josh Hutcherson	...	Robin
Cameron Carter	...	Green Lantern
Daniel Tay	...	Young Harvey
Mary Faktor	...	Housewife
Paul Giamatti	...	Harvey Pekar
Harvey Pekar	...	Real Harvey
Shari Springer Berman	...	Interviewer (voice)
Larry John Meyers	...	Throat Doctor (as Larry John Myers)
Vivienne Benesch	...	Lana
Barbara Brown	...	Nurse
Earl Billings	...	Mr. Boats
Danny Hoch	...	Marty
James Urbaniak	...	Robert Crumb

También conocida como:

Esplendor americano (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Duración:

101 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Brazil:14 | USA:R (certificate #39761) | USA:TV-14 (cable rating) | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Germany:6 | Iceland:LH | Mexico:B | Netherlands:AL | Norway:A | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Compañía:

Good Machine

Trivialidades:

'Rob Schneider' and Leonardo DiCaprio was considered for an early film version of the book.

Errores:

Anacronismos: The red and white Ohio license plate on Toby's station wagon was actually in use during the years of 1976-1979. Since he was going to see "Revenge of the Nerds" which was released in 1984, the correct Ohio license plate for the time period would have been blue lettering on a white background which was issued during 1980-1984.

Citas:

Real Joyce: See, I thought I was marrying somebody with a sense of humor.
Real Harvey: I guess I fooled you.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (2004) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

Fascinating Wackos

I guess I am sucker for biographies of weird people. This certainly qualifies for that.

What makes this film different from others is the combination of fictional and real people playing the two main characters: Harvey and Joyce Pekar. For most of the film, Paul Giamatti portrays Pekar - the main focus of the film, and Hope Davis plays his wife, Joyce. However, interspersed in the film are comments from the real Harvey and Joyce. Strange!!!

The only thing stranger that the film structure is the story of these actual people. You wouldn't think that two dull introverts like this could be made to look so interesting, but they are. What a testimony to the job the filmmakers did here....and the actors. Giamatti was amazing.

After seeing this movie, I was inspired to go out and obtain several of Harvey Pekar's comic books. Whew! I should have stuck with just the movie. The comics stink!! Don't waste your money.