Bates College
( Colby Bates & Bowdoin Libraries )
  • Services
    • Navigate
    • Linked Data
    • Dashboard
    • Tools / Extras
    • Stats
  • Share
    • Social
      • Mail
      • Twitter
      • Facebook
      • LinkedIn
    • Citation
    • Raw Data
  • Library.Link Network

American splendor
Resource Information
The work American splendor represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource American splendor
Label
American splendor
Statement of responsibility
HBO Films in association with Fine Line Features presents a Good Machine production, a film by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini ; produced by Ted Hope ; written and directed by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman
Creator
  • American splendor (Motion picture)
  • American splendor (Motion picture)
Contributor
  • McCaffrey, James, 1960-
  • Moore, Maggie, (Singer),
  • Moore, Maggie, (Singer),
  • Pekar, Harvey
  • Pekar, Harvey
  • Pulcini, Robert,
  • Pulcini, Robert,
  • Stacey, Terry,
  • Stacey, Terry,
  • Suozzo, Mark,
  • Suozzo, Mark,
  • Urbaniak, James, 1963-
  • Urbaniak, James, 1963-
  • Wilkinson, Michael, (Michael Charles), 1970-
  • Giamatti, Paul,
  • Hart Sharp Video (Firm),
  • Sundance Channel Home Entertainment,
  • Sundance Channel Home Entertainment,
  • Sundance Institute,
  • Sundance Institute,
  • Benesch, Vivienne,
  • Benesch, Vivienne,
  • HBO Video (Firm),
  • Berman, Shari Springer,
  • Berman, Shari Springer,
  • Billings, Earl,
  • HBO Video (Firm),
  • Billings, Earl,
  • Brabner, Joyce
  • Brabner, Joyce
  • HBO Films,
  • HBO Films,
  • Davis, Hope, 1967-
  • Davis, Hope, 1967-
  • DePrez, Thérèse,
  • DePrez, Thérèse,
  • Good Machine (Firm),
  • Good Machine (Firm),
  • Friedlander, Judah,
  • Friedlander, Judah,
  • Fine Line Features,
  • Hart Sharp Video (Firm),
  • Giamatti, Paul,
  • Hope, Ted,
  • Hope, Ted,
  • McCaffrey, James, 1960-
  • Fine Line Features,
  • Wilkinson, Michael, (Michael Charles), 1970-
Actor
  • Urbaniak, James, 1963-
  • Urbaniak, James, 1963-
  • Benesch, Vivienne,
  • Benesch, Vivienne,
  • Giamatti, Paul,
  • Giamatti, Paul,
  • Friedlander, Judah,
  • Friedlander, Judah,
  • Davis, Hope, 1967-
  • Davis, Hope, 1967-
  • Billings, Earl,
  • Billings, Earl,
  • Moore, Maggie, (Singer),
  • Moore, Maggie, (Singer),
  • McCaffrey, James, 1960-
  • McCaffrey, James, 1960-
Composer
  • Suozzo, Mark,
  • Suozzo, Mark,
Costume designer
  • Wilkinson, Michael, (Michael Charles), 1970-
  • Wilkinson, Michael, (Michael Charles), 1970-
Director
  • Pulcini, Robert,
  • Berman, Shari Springer,
  • Pulcini, Robert,
  • Berman, Shari Springer,
Director of photography
  • Stacey, Terry,
  • Stacey, Terry,
Editor of moving image work
  • Pulcini, Robert,
  • Pulcini, Robert,
Film distributor
  • Hart Sharp Video (Firm),
  • Hart Sharp Video (Firm),
Presenter
  • Fine Line Features,
  • HBO Films,
  • HBO Films,
  • Fine Line Features,
Producer
  • Hope, Ted,
  • Hope, Ted,
Production company
  • Good Machine (Firm),
  • Good Machine (Firm),
Production designer
  • DePrez, Thérèse,
  • DePrez, Thérèse,
Publisher
  • HBO Video (Firm),
  • Sundance Channel Home Entertainment,
  • Sundance Channel Home Entertainment,
  • HBO Video (Firm),
  • Sundance Institute,
  • Sundance Institute,
Screenwriter
  • Pulcini, Robert,
  • Pulcini, Robert,
  • Berman, Shari Springer,
  • Berman, Shari Springer,
Subject
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Man-woman relationships -- Drama
  • Man-woman relationships -- Drama
  • Pekar, Harvey -- Drama
  • Pekar, Harvey -- Film adaptations
  • Pekar, Harvey -- Film adaptations
  • United States
  • Video recordings
  • Video recordings
  • Pekar, Harvey -- Drama
  • Adaptations
  • Adaptations
  • Biographical films
  • Biographical films
  • Comedy films
  • Comedy films
  • Comedy films
  • Comic books, strips, etc
  • Comic books, strips, etc -- Drama
  • Comic books, strips, etc -- Drama
  • Drama
  • Drama
  • Drama
  • Feature films
  • Feature films
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films
  • Fiction films
  • Film adaptations
  • Film adaptations
  • Illustrators
  • Illustrators -- United States -- Drama
  • Illustrators -- United States -- Drama
  • Independent films
  • Independent films
Genre
  • Film adaptations
  • Feature films
  • Drama
  • Independent films
  • Fiction films
  • Adaptations
  • Comedy films
  • Biographical films
  • Video recordings
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Pekar is a frustrated file clerk working at the local V.A. Hospital. He is also a comic book fan who befriends the young illustrator Robert Crumb and is soon inspired to create comic books based on his own life. Along his bumpy journey he meets, marries and falls in love with Joyce, an admiring comic book seller
Member of
  • Sundance Film Festival collection
Awards note
Sundance Film Festival, 2003: Dramatic Grand Jury Prize
Cataloging source
WaSSh
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Terry Stacey ; editor, Robert Pulcini ; music, Mark Suozzo ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Thérèse Deprez
Language note
In English with optional English, French, and Spanish subtitles
PerformerNote
Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, Earl Billings, James McCaffrey, Maggie Moore, Vivienne Benesch
Runtime
101
Series statement
Sundance Film Festival collection
Technique
live action

Context

Context of American splendor

Work of

No resources found
No enriched resources found
  • American splendor, HBO Films in association with Fine Line Features presents a Good Machine production, a film by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini ; produced by Ted Hope ; written and directed by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman

Embed

Settings

Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.bates.edu/resource/i8KJ3Ka9o0s/" typeof="CreativeWork http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Work"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.bates.edu/resource/i8KJ3Ka9o0s/">American splendor</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.bates.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="https://link.bates.edu/">Bates College</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements

Preview

Cite Data - Experimental

Data Citation of the Work American splendor

Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.bates.edu/resource/i8KJ3Ka9o0s/" typeof="CreativeWork http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Work"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.bates.edu/resource/i8KJ3Ka9o0s/">American splendor</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.bates.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="https://link.bates.edu/">Bates College</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Innovative Logo
Structured data from the Bibframe namespace is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Bates College. Additional terms may apply to data associated with third party namespaces.