American Splendor – DivX Version (Normal Quality), DVD (Good Quality), PDA Version
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IMDB rating: 7.70 Plot: Harvey Pekar is file clerk at the local VA hospital. His interactions with his co-workers offer some relief from the monotony, and their discussions encompass everything from music to the decline of American culture to new flavors of jellybeans and life itself. At home, Harvey fills his days with reading, writing and listening to jazz. His apartment is filled with thousands of books and LPs, and he regularly scours Cleveland’s thrift stores and garage sales for more, savoring the rare joy of a 25-cent find. It is at one of these junk sales that Harvey meets Robert Crumb, a greeting card artist and music enthusiast. When, years later, Crumb finds international success for his underground comics, the idea that comic books can be a valid art form for adults inspires Harvey to write his own brand of comic book. An admirer of naturalist writers like Theodore Dreiser, Harvey makes his American Splendor a truthful, unsentimental record of his working-class life, a warts-and-all self portrait. First published in 1976, the comic earns Harvey cult fame throughout the 1980s and eventually leads him to the sardonic Joyce Barber, a partner in a Delaware comic book store who end ups being Harvey’s true soul mate as they experience the bizarre byproducts of Harvey’s cult celebrity stature. |
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DivX Version (Normal Quality), DVD (Good Quality), PDA Version
Actors: Ambrose Chris,Krajcar Joey,Hutcherson Josh,Carter Cameron,Tay Daniel,Giamatti Paul,Pekar Harvey,Meyers Larry John,Billings Earl,Hoch Danny,Urbaniak James,Comedy,Drama,Biography,
Out of these movies, which ones are the best?
Rounders
American Splendor
Nurse Betty
Blow
Down to the Bone
Play Misty for me
Primal Fear
Monster
Bandits
Grounds Hog’s Day
Blue Velvet
Wall Street
Mosquito Coast
Match Point
Sybil
Ray
All About Eve
Paris Texas
Affliction
A Street Car Named Desire
Rocky
Soldier’s Girl
The Caveman’s Valentine
Unstrung Heroes
Mr. Jones
Transamerica
The Squid and the Whale
The Devil Wears Prada
Remains of the Day
David and Lisa
Single White Female
A Long Song for Bobby Long
Normal
Sherrybaby
Boys Don’t Cry
Sophie’s Choice
Flesh and Bone
The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Falling Angels
Half Nelson
these movies are from a list that I can watch for my Psychology Disorders class
Rounders and Groundhog’s Day
Illdsm1 | Nov 03, 2008
Rocky
Summer SnowFae | Nov 03, 2008
I’d have to go with "A Streetcar Named Desire". I’m a big Marlon Brando fan. Ground Hog’s Day was a fun movie to watch too. Two great movies that you failed to include in your list is "True Grit" and "Jeremiah Johnson".
MR. SMUG | Nov 03, 2008
blow! 2 thumbs up!
it basically about a man and how he get through his trials and trigs but all over its a good movie and has been for a good 3 years!
Corey W | Nov 03, 2008
Paris Texas: Wim Wenders at his best
Ground Hog Day: one of the smartest, funniest, least sickly rom coms ever
All About Eve: classic, acerbic take on Hollywood celebrity
A Street Car Named Desire: young Brando in full force, changed movie acting
Blue Velvet: David Lynch disturbs American suburbs
Half Nelson: not fantastic, but a good demo of what indie films can achieve
Paul G | Nov 03, 2008
I’ve only seen 2 of all those movies. Devil Wears Prada and Boys Don’t Cry. So I have to say Devil Wears Prada.
Daydream | Nov 03, 2008
The movie Titanic should so totally be there.
It is one of the best movies ever. And other people seem to think so since it held and is still holding a record of having the most gross(<means how much the movie earned in the box office) by earning over $600 million. Therefore, it would be Titanic.
Jade | Nov 03, 2008
Psychology Disorders? That’s cool. I love psychology.
I would say, "Rocky" "Groundhog Day" and "Blue Velvet"
"The Devil Wears Prada" was decent as well.
Lex | Nov 03, 2008
Rounders, Primal Fear, Monster, and Boys Don’t Cry were pretty good
r_sheppard2001 | Nov 03, 2008
The Devil Wears Prada
I-Love-Boots-My-Kitten | Nov 03, 2008
American Splendor is great. Runners up: The Squid & the Whale, The Adventures of Priscilla… & (of course) Groundhog’s Day.
Sounds like a cool class btw
Majellabella | Nov 03, 2008