#american splendor

[sagindie]

Happy Birthday, Paul Giamatti!

What's your favorite Giamatti role?

[audiemurphy1945]

“Free Association”, by Harvey Pekar and Alison Bechdel, American Splendor #14, 1989

[corposeco]

paul giamatti as... (2/2)

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[rowantown]

Decided to watch through every movie Josh Hutcherson’s ever been in because I’m crazy or something and I just finished American Splendor. Did I know what American Splendor was going into it? No. Was little kiddy Josh only in it for five seconds? Yes. Did I cry at the end for some odd and bizarre reason? Also yes.

Anyway uhm if anyone knows where I can watch the cinematic masterpiece that is the 2004 film Motocross Kids (/s), id appreciate the help lmao

[evilhorse]

Cerebus in Hell? Presents #77

[best-movie-ever-tournament]

American Splendor:

Very underrated film that's part-biography on it's central figure of Harvey Pekar (a notable Cleveland cartoonist), part-documentary with the real Harvey Pekar cutting into the film with his own commentary on how his story is being adapted and what he likes or doesn't like about the film, and part-adaptation of Pekar's American Splendor comics. It makes for a really cool watch and a great understanding of both who this guy is and what his work is like.

Mutiny:

The story of the infamous Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian, and the events which led Christian to lead a mutiny to seize control of their ship and set Bligh and the men loyal to him adrift in a longboat in the Pacific with next to no chance of survival. And yet they did. You will go from absolutely hating Bligh for his cruelty on the Bounty to having to admire the incredible feat of seamanship that got him and all but one of his companions in the longboat through 4000 miles of open water to safety without the aid of navigation instruments, firearms, and only the barest of supplies to start with. Truly a memorable performance by Anthony Hopkins.

[fourorfivemovements]

My Top 100 Favorite Movies:

95. American Splendor (2003) - Dir. Shari Springer Berman/Robert Pulcini

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Sideways (2004, Alexander Payne)

25/02/2024

Sideways is a film by director Alexander Payne, starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church and based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Rex Pickett.

Miles (Paul Giamatti) is an English teacher, recently divorced from his wife. As the wedding of his university friend, actor Jack Lapote (Thomas Haden Church), approaches, the two decide to take a week off traveling in the Santa Ynez Valley wine area, in Santa Barbara County, California. Arriving in the vineyard region, Miles and Jack meet Stephanie (Sandra Oh), a wibemaker who introduces them to Maya, a close friend of hers.

Miles, irritated, returns to the hotel alone, only to be woken up in the middle of the night by Jack, naked, who confesses to him that he was caught red-handed by the woman's husband returning from work and that he fled to the motel by running six kilometers without clothes.

Miles, who is also introduced to her husband, congratulates her, but decides to forgo the reception and instead returns to her sad San Diego apartment, where she picks up her most prized bottle of wine, a 1961 Château Cheval Blanc, which he jealously guarded it, and drinks it in a plastic cup at a fast food restaurant.

The Santa Ynez Valley, where most of the film is set, has seen an increase in tourism. With the exception of Paul Giamatti, who had already starred in critically acclaimed films such as American Splendor, the film launched the careers of relatively unknown actors. Both Thomas Haden Church and Virginia Madsen received Oscar nominations. Giamatti received Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Cinderella Man (2095). Sandra Oh, after breaking off her relationship with the film's director, Alexander Payne, starred in Grey's Anatomy, also winning a Golden Globe.

In the United States it was released in cinemas on 22 October 2004. In Italy, however, it was released on 16 February 2005.

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

Honorable Mentions by Year

In this second of four installments, 2003 had the most entries with 20. 2004 and 2005 had 17 each. Looking back, the years 1936 and 1993 also had 20 honorable mentions.

Looking ahead, the third installment will be the years 2009-20, which will be followed by the most recent entries to the best 1001 movies and the most recent honorable mentions.

[tiganas]

If I had a dollar for every time Paul Giamatti walks onto a white void in the last act of a movie...

[jlcomicsandgames]

Real Stuff Dennis P Eichhorn, American Splendor Harvey Peckar

[audiemurphy1945]

"The Grand Finale", by Harvey Pekar and William Fogg, American Splendor #14, 1989

[saikaberry]

Movies [134] American Splendor (2003)

★★★★

[onlylonelylatino]

American Splendor by Darwyn Cooke

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Illustrator Dean Haspiel is Kickstarting a new dystopian sci-fi satire comic called COVID Cop I've been a fan of Dean Haspiel's illustrations since he worked on The Alcoholic with Jonathan Ames, though he's probably better known for his work on Billy Dogma and The Red Hook, or his collaborations with Harvey Pekar in American Splendor. — Read the rest https://boingboing.net/2023/03/06/illustrator-dean-haspiel-is-kickstarting-a-new-dystopian-sci-fi-satire-comic-called-covid-cop.html