Fiction and reality blend in this portrait of Cleveland-based writer Harvey Pekar, author of the autobiographical ``American Splendor'' comic books.
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Fiction and reality blend in this portrait of Cleveland-based writer Harvey Pekar, author of the autobiographical ``American Splendor'' comic books.
Movie theaters showing American Splendor near Delray Beach, FL:
| Paul Giamatti | Harvey |
| Harvey Pekar | Himself |
| Shari Springer Berman | |
| Earl Billings | |
| James Urbaniak | Robert Crumb |
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