~ splendor DVD: American Splendor ~
american. ~ Here's your chance to own the ground breaking, award-winning American Splendor on DVD! American Splendor is based on the life and work of underground comic book writer Harvey Pekar- a prickly poet of the mundane who knows that all the strategizing in the world can't save a guy from picking the wrong supermarket checkout line. ~ Played by actor Paul Giamatti, Pekar also appears as himself, giving the film a documentary feeling with many behind-the-scenes on-set shots. ~ Directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini maintain this balance between the actors and the real-life characters--Pekar's wife Joyce (played by Hope Davis) and coworker Toby (played by Judah Friedlander) also appear on set as themselves--while crafting a funny, difficult, heartwarming tale that encapsulates Pekar's life, work, and uniquely bizarre perspectives. ~ Extra features include: 3D animated menus; audio commentary with directors and cast; five Easter Eggs; "Road to Splendor" featurettes; interactive menus with animation in the same style as the film; music only track; special "My Movie Year" 6 page comic insert; theatrical trailer. ~ splendor; american; dvd:;