2003
D: Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini
C: Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Harvey Pekar, Shari Springer Berman, James Urbaniak, Judah Friedlander, Earl Billings, Joyce Brabner, Madylin Sweeten, Molly Shannon, Donal Logue, James McCaffrey, Danielle Batone, Maggie Moore
W: Harvey Pekar (American Splendor), Joyce Brabner (Our Cancer Year); Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini (screenplay)
Original Music: Mark Suozzo
Cinematography: Terry Stacey
Editing: Robert Pulcini
Runtime: 101 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Certification: R
A loose and humorous biopic about Harvey Pekar, cocreator and writer of one of the most highly regarded American comic books, American Splendor.
Alternating clips of the real Harvey Pekar and friends with the actors playing them isn’t badly done, it just isn’t needed. I liked that they showed actual clips of his interviews with Letterman as opposed to re-creations. Oddly, they don’t show the one clip that is always circulating on You Tube, which is vastly more entertaining than the ones shown. My favorite part of the film was the butting of heads between Pekar and Toby over the cultural importance of Revenge of the Nerds.
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Watch Excerpt
Pekar On Letterman
The Real Toby Radloff
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