American Splendor
Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff
Genres
Overview
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
Details
Budget
$2000000
Revenue
$6003587
Runtime
101 min
Release Date
2003-08-15
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
492
Vote Average
7.179
Paul Giamatti
Harvey Pekar
Hope Davis
Joyce Brabner
Judah Friedlander
Toby Radloff
James Urbaniak
Robert Crumb
Earl Billings
Mr. Boats
James McCaffrey
Fred
Maggie Moore
Alice Quinn
Vivienne Benesch
Lana
Daniel Tay
Young Harvey
Harvey Pekar
Real Harvey
Donal Logue
Stage Actor Harvey
Josh Hutcherson
Robin
Joyce Brabner
Joyce Brabner
Molly Shannon
Stage Actor Joyce
Toby Radloff
Toby Radloff
Eytan Mirsky
Guitarist
Joey Krajcar
Batman
Chris Ambrose
Superman
Cameron Carter
Green Lantern
Mary Faktor
Housewife
Madylin Sweeten
Danielle
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
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