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American Splendor (2003) More at IMDbPro »

References

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Annie Hall (1977)
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
"Doug" (1991)
Crumb (1994)
Nixon (1995)
 -  Both contain the main characters turning into the real people at the end - Hopkins playing Nixon walking out of the White House cuts to real footage of Richard Nixon walking out of the White House, and Paul Giamatti walking down the sidewalk at the end cuts to footage of Harvey Pekar walking down that same sidewalk.

Referenced in

The Hazing (2004)
 -  poster at movie theater
"Gilmore Girls: Luke Can See Her Face (#4.20)" (2004)
 -  Paris refers to one of Rory's classmates as "Toby from American Splendor."
Raise Your Voice (2004)
 -  In Raise Your Voice, Paul has an American Splendor poster on his bedroom door.
Frame on the Wall: The Making of 'The Door in the Floor' (2004) (V)
 -  mentioned once
"Saturday Night Live: Paul Giamatti/Ludacris featuring Sum-41 (#30.10)" (2005)
 -  Mentioned in the Limo Ride skit
The Oh in Ohio (2006)
 -  bottom half of poster visible in video store

Features

"The David Letterman Show" (1980)
"MTV News" (1981)
 -  Movie describes how Harvey Pekar's friend Toby Radloff became a "Genuine Nerd" correspondent for "MTV News" incorporating actual footage from at least one of the real Toby Radloff's "MTV News" appearances.
"Late Night with David Letterman" (1982)

Featured in

"Anatomy of a Scene: American Splendor" (????)
 -  clip
The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (2004) (TV)
 -  clips
The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2004) (TV)
 -  clips
The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV)
"Silenci?: (#5.6)" (2005)
 -  clips
"The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Watchmen/Shuttle/12 (#1.2)" (2009)
 -  Footage is shown when referenced

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