American Splendor
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The extraordinary ordinary life of Harvey Pekar — file clerk, comic book writer, and professional curmudgeon — told through a groundbreaking blend of fiction and documentary.
Why watch: Harvey Pekar and the real people appear alongside the actors playing them.
Cast
Paul Giamatti as Harvey Pekar
Hope Davis as Joyce Brabner
Judah Friedlander as Toby Radloff
James Urbaniak as Robert Crumb
Earl Billings as Mr. Boats
James McCaffrey as Fred
Maggie Moore as Alice Quinn
Vivienne Benesch as Lana
Daniel Tay as Young Harvey
Harvey Pekar as Real Harvey
Donal Logue as Stage Actor Harvey
Josh Hutcherson as Robin
Joyce Brabner as Joyce Brabner
Molly Shannon as Stage Actor Joyce
Toby Radloff as Toby Radloff
Crew
Shari Springer Berman — Director
Robert Pulcini — Director
Shari Springer Berman — Writer
Robert Pulcini — Writer
Harvey Pekar — Novel
Joyce Brabner — Novel
Ted Hope — Producer
Ann Goulder — Casting
Terry Stacey — Director of Photography
Robert Pulcini — Editor
Thérèse DePrez — Production Design
Michael Wilkinson — Costume Design
Mark Suozzo — Original Music Composer
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