American.Splendor.2003.WEB-DL.x264-ION10-English Subtitles

00:00:04,738 --> 00:00:06,Man:
action!

00:00:09,309 --> 00:00:11,( Music playing )

00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:25,( Doorbell rings )

00:00:25,092 --> 00:00:27,All:
trick or treat.

00:00:27,361 --> 00:00:31,Well, look at this,
all the superheroes
on our porch.

00:00:31,599 --> 00:00:32,Ain't that cute?

00:00:32,967 --> 00:00:35,We g***t superman here,

00:00:35,002 --> 00:00:40,and Batman
and his sidekick Robin.

00:00:40,341 --> 00:00:42,The green lantern.

00:00:42,043 --> 00:00:44,And what about you,
young man?

00:00:44,178 --> 00:00:47,What about what?

00:00:47,081 --> 00:00:49,Who are you
supposed to be?

00:00:49,116 --> 00:00:50,I'm Harvey pekar.

00:00:50,951 --> 00:00:52,Pecker, pecker,
pecker.

00:00:52,553 --> 00:00:54,Harvey pekar.

00:00:54,722 --> 00:00:56,That doesn't sound like
a superhero to me.

00:00:56,824 --> 00:00:59,- ( Groans )
- pecker, pecker.

00:00:59,627 --> 00:01:01,I ain't no
superhero, lady.

00:01:01,929 --> 00:01:04,I'm just a kid from
the neighborhood,
all right?

00:01:06,599 --> 00:01:08,Aw, forget this.

00:01:15,842 --> 00:01:19,Why does everybody
have to be so stupid?

00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,( Music playing )

00:03:38,818 --> 00:03:40,( Harvey narrating )
okay...

00:03:40,821 --> 00:03:43,This guy here,
he's our man--

00:03:43,090 --> 00:03:45,all grown up
and going nowhere.

00:03:45,492 --> 00:03:48,Although he's
a pretty scholarly cat,

00:03:48,662 --> 00:03:51,he never g***t much
of a formal education.

00:03:51,732 --> 00:03:54,For the most part he's
lived in s***t neighborhoods,

00:03:54,668 --> 00:03:57,held s***t jobs
and is now knee-deep

00:03:57,071 --> 00:03:59,into a disastrous
second marriage.

00:03:59,106 --> 00:04:03,So if you're the kind of person
looking for romance
or escapism,

00:04:03,377 --> 00:04:05,or some fantasy figure
to save the day,

00:04:05,512 --> 00:04:06,guess what?

00:04:06,580 --> 00:04:08,You g***t
the wrong movie.

00:04:08,582 --> 00:04:10,Woman:
that's great.

00:04:10,284 --> 00:04:11,Okay, so now
you g***t four picks.

00:04:11,919 --> 00:04:14,You oughtta be able to
patch one together from that.

00:04:14,355 --> 00:04:15,Right?

00:04:15,789 --> 00:04:18,Let's go to
the next one, all right?

00:04:18,058 --> 00:04:20,Hold on a second.
Do you want some water
or something?

00:04:20,761 --> 00:04:22,Nah, I g***t
lots of orange.

00:04:22,763 --> 00:04:25,- Do you like orange soda?
- Yeah, orange is all right.

00:04:25,699 --> 00:04:28,All right,
so let's go
to the next sequence.

00:04:28,636 --> 00:04:31,Did you actually
read the script?

00:04:31,205 --> 00:04:33,No. a little bit.

00:04:33,374 --> 00:04:37,- A little bit?
- Just to check
the construction.

00:04:37,111 --> 00:04:40,You know, of how the piece
was constructed.

00:04:40,681 --> 00:04:42,I didn't read it
word for word.

00:04:42,650 --> 00:04:44,Do you feel weird
saying this stuff?

00:04:44,585 --> 00:04:46,No, I don't feel weird
sayin' it.

00:04:46,954 --> 00:04:50,I don't know how long my voice
is gonna hold out, but...

00:04:50,190 --> 00:04:52,( Raspy voice )
doc, you gotta
help me, man.

00:04:52,593 --> 00:04:56,My old lady's dumpin' me
'cause I can't talk.

00:04:56,797 --> 00:05:00,She says I'm
a social embarrassment.

00:05:00,067 --> 00:05:03,Now that she's
g***t her ph.D.

00:05:03,237 --> 00:05:06,She's some hotshit
academic star,

00:05:06,373 --> 00:05:08,and I'm nothin'
but a file clerk.

00:05:08,575 --> 00:05:11,Yeah but,
you know, me being
a file clerk was fine

00:05:11,211 --> 00:05:13,when I was signing
the d***n checks
for her tuition, man.

00:05:13,681 --> 00:05:14,Harvey...

00:05:14,715 --> 00:05:16,Stop talking, please,
and open wide.

00:05:16,483 --> 00:05:19,I started worrying my voice'd
never come back, you know?

00:05:19,019 --> 00:05:22,- Say "ahh," Mr. pekar.
- I mean, it's torture,
I'm tellin' ya.

00:05:22,089 --> 00:05:26,Shh. ahh.

00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:30,Ahhhh.

00:05:30,264 --> 00:05:32,Uh-huh.

00:05:32,099 --> 00:05:33,What?

00:05:33,867 --> 00:05:35,Is it bad, doc?

00:05:35,569 --> 00:05:37,It's not good.

00:05:37,171 --> 00:05:39,It's cancer.

00:05:39,907 --> 00:05:41,First I g***t
marital problems,

00:05:41,875 --> 00:05:44,and now you're telling me
i g***t throat cancer.

00:05:44,078 --> 00:05:45,For Christ sake, man.

00:05:45,913 --> 00:05:49,Harvey, calm down,
it's not cancer.

00:05:49,683 --> 00:05:51,You have a nodule
on your vocal cords,

00:05:51,652 --> 00:05:53,probably from screaming
and yelling so much.

00:05:53,887 --> 00:05:55,And if you don't
give it a rest,

00:05:55,389 --> 00:05:57,you're gonna lose
your voice completely.

00:05:57,257 --> 00:05:58,Okay okay okay.

00:05:58,559 --> 00:06:01,But for how long?

00:06:01,228 --> 00:06:03,A few months.

00:06:03,364 --> 00:06:05,( Shrieks )
months?!

00:06:05,332 --> 00:06:07,( Groans )

00:06:47,006 --> 00:06:48,Hey.

00:06:48,542 --> 00:06:51,Hey, come on,
what is this?

00:06:51,178 --> 00:06:53,Exactly what
it looks like.

00:06:53,147 --> 00:06:55,What do you mean?

00:06:55,282 --> 00:06:56,You mean
you're dumpin' me?

00:06:56,817 --> 00:06:58,For what?!

00:06:58,185 --> 00:07:00,( Groaning )

00:07:02,255 --> 00:07:05,Look, this, uh,
plebeian lifestyle

00:07:05,793 --> 00:07:10,just isn't working
for me anymore, okay?

00:07:10,130 --> 00:07:13,I gotta get out of here
before I kill myself.

00:07:18,838 --> 00:07:21,( Faint, squeaky voice )
wait a minute, wait,
wait a minute.

00:07:21,775 --> 00:07:24,Just listen to what
i have to say, okay?

00:07:24,011 --> 00:07:27,( Coughing )

00:07:33,119 --> 00:07:34,( Faintly )
don't go.

00:07:36,489 --> 00:07:38,I need you, baby.

00:07:38,125 --> 00:07:41,Please,
don't go, okay?

00:08:01,481 --> 00:08:03,( Harvey narrating )
here's our man.

00:08:03,717 --> 00:08:06,Yeah, all right,
here's me.

00:08:06,086 --> 00:08:08,Or the guy
playing me anyway.

00:08:08,288 --> 00:08:11,Though he don't look
nothin' like me, but whatever.

00:08:11,024 --> 00:08:13,So it's a few
months later

00:08:13,594 --> 00:08:16,and I'm working
my flunky file-clerk gig

00:08:16,563 --> 00:08:18,at the v.A. Hospital.

00:08:18,232 --> 00:08:20,My voice still
ain't back yet.

00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,Thank you,
Harvey dear.

00:08:22,269 --> 00:08:25,Things seem like
they can't get any worse.

00:08:25,272 --> 00:08:27,"Plebeian"?

00:08:27,541 --> 00:08:32,Where the hell'd she
get that s***t, man?

00:08:42,522 --> 00:08:45,Man:
"avoid the reeking herd.

00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:47,Shun the polluted flock.

00:08:47,628 --> 00:08:50,Live like that stoic bird,

00:08:50,831 --> 00:08:52,the eagle of the rock."

00:08:52,766 --> 00:08:54,Hey, Mr. boats.

00:08:54,701 --> 00:08:56,You know what
that means, son?

00:08:56,770 --> 00:08:58,Yup, it's, uh...

00:08:58,705 --> 00:09:01,It's from an
Elinor hoyt wylie poem.

00:09:01,041 --> 00:09:03,It means, um...

00:09:03,176 --> 00:09:05,Excuse me.
It means...

00:09:05,012 --> 00:09:08,Stay away from the crowds
of common ordinary people

00:09:08,048 --> 00:09:10,and do your own thing.

00:09:10,751 --> 00:09:12,No.

00:09:12,185 --> 00:09:15,It means don't compromise
yourself for women.

00:09:15,188 --> 00:09:16,It ain't gonna
do you no good.

00:09:16,857 --> 00:09:19,Get away from 'em
as soon as you can.

00:09:19,192 --> 00:09:22,Yup, well, I ain't g***t
no woman now so...

00:09:22,329 --> 00:09:25,I'm living like
the stoic bird, man.

00:09:25,432 --> 00:09:27,It's the only way
to live, son.

00:09:28,634 --> 00:09:31,( Music playing
through headphones )

00:09:31,138 --> 00:09:32,Mr. boats:
Look at that
fool there.

00:09:32,973 --> 00:09:35,Probably listening
to that loud rock stuff.

00:09:35,175 --> 00:09:36,Junk.

00:09:36,677 --> 00:09:38,Junk, it's all junk.

00:09:38,045 --> 00:09:39,Yeah, I don't know,
you know, I mean...

00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:42,Rock music's g***t
some good qualities, uh...

00:09:42,749 --> 00:09:46,It isn't jazz or nothin',
but you know...

00:09:46,253 --> 00:09:51,Say, when you
gonna bring me in some
of those good records?

00:09:51,458 --> 00:09:54,Some nat king Cole
with strings?

00:09:54,294 --> 00:09:56,I don't g***t any
of that, Mr....