American Splendor

"Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff"

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Ratings & Reviews

7.4/10

53,964 votes

94/100

Fresh

90/100

Metascore

7.2/10

531 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Win

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Nomination

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Other Awards

🏆 1 win

Won

Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize

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Academy Awards

📋 1 nomination

Nominated

Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$2.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$6.0M

Global Box Office

Domestic

$6,010,990

United States

Profit

+$4.0M

ROI: +200%

Budget Recovery300% of budget

$0|Budget: $2.0M|Revenue: $6.0M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

14.5K

Daily Avg

241

7-Day Trend

-3%

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Based On

American Splendor

Book

Our Cancer Year

Novel

Story Setting

Set In

Cleveland

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Terry Stacey

Film Editing

Robert Pulcini

Music / Score

Basil Poledouris

Production Companies

HBO FilmsGood Machine

Distributors

NetflixFine Line Features

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch American Splendor

Available in 73 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaR	HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel	—	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home	Google Play Movies, YouTube
United Kingdom15	HBO Max Amazon Channel	—	—	—
Canada	Crave, Crave Amazon Channel	—	Google Play Movies, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Australia	HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel	—	—	—
India	JioHotstar, VI movies and tv	—	—	—

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesR

United Kingdom15

Germany6

CZ15+

Denmark15

Spain7

HU16

NetherlandsAL

+4 more countries

Production

Directors

Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini

Writers

Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini, Joyce Brabner, Harvey Pekar, Harvey Pekar

Production Companies

HBO FilmsGood Machine

Cast

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

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