American Splendor

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

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

Reviews

CinemaSerf

With his glass invariably half-empty, poor old Harvey (Paul Giammatti) discovers that he hasn't got throat cancer, but does have a nodule on his throat that will curtail his ability to speak for a few months. That proves to be quite a problem when he returns home to find his girlfriend is leaving hi...

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