American Splendor

From off the streets of Cleveland comes the acclaimed filming of Ohio file clerk/jazz buff/crank Harvey Pekar's comic book chronicle of the commonplace travails of his daily life. Paul Giamatti plays Pekar, w ho brings his workaday world to graphic life with help from artist pal Robert Crumb (James Urbaniak), becomes a cult celebrity with appearances on "Late Night with David Letterman," and finds a soulmate in an eccentric comics store worker (Hope Davis). 101 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.