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

1 00:00:04,738 --> 00:00:06,605 Man: action! 2 00:00:09,309 --> 00:00:11,944 ( Music playing ) 3 00:00:22,856 --> 00:00:25,090 ( Doorbell rings ) 4 00:00:25,092 --> 00:00:27,359 All: trick or treat. 5 00:00:27,361 --> 00:00:31,597 Well, look at this, all the superheroes on our porch. 6 00:00:31,599 --> 00:00:32,965 Ain't that cute? 7 00:00:32,967 --> 00:00:35,000 We g***t superman here, 8 00:00:35,002 --> 00:00:40,339 and Batman and his sidekick Robin. 9 00:00:40,341 --> 00:00:42,041 The green lantern. 10 00:00:42,043 --> 00:00:44,176 And what about you, young man? 11 00:00:44,178 --> 00:00:47,079 What about what? 12 00:00:47,081 --> 00:00:49,114 Who are you supposed to be? 13 00:00:49,116 --> 00:00:50,949 I'm Harvey pekar. 14 00:00:50,951 --> 00:00:52,551 Pecker, pecker, pecker. 15 00:00:52,553 --> 00:00:54,720 Harvey pekar. 16 00:00:54,722 --> 00:00:56,822 That doesn't sound like a superhero to me. 17 00:00:56,824 --> 00:00:59,625 - ( Groans ) - pecker, pecker. 18 00:00:59,627 --> 00:01:01,927 I ain't no superhero, lady. 19 00:01:01,929 --> 00:01:04,696 I'm just a kid from the neighborhood, all right? 20 00:01:06,599 --> 00:01:08,367 Aw, forget this. 21 00:01:15,842 --> 00:01:19,478 Why does everybody have to be so stupid? 22 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,681 ( Music playing ) 23 00:03:38,818 --> 00:03:40,819 ( Harvey narrating ) okay... 24 00:03:40,821 --> 00:03:43,088 This guy here, he's our man-- 25 00:03:43,090 --> 00:03:45,490 all grown up and going nowhere. 26 00:03:45,492 --> 00:03:48,660 Although he's a pretty scholarly cat, 27 00:03:48,662 --> 00:03:51,730 he never g***t much of a formal education. 28 00:03:51,732 --> 00:03:54,666 For the most part he's lived in s***t neighborhoods, 29 00:03:54,668 --> 00:03:57,069 held s***t jobs and is now knee-deep 30 00:03:57,071 --> 00:03:59,104 into a disastrous second marriage. 31 00:03:59,106 --> 00:04:03,375 So if you're the kind of person looking for romance or escapism, 32 00:04:03,377 --> 00:04:05,510 or some fantasy figure to save the day, 33 00:04:05,512 --> 00:04:06,578 guess what? 34 00:04:06,580 --> 00:04:08,580 You g***t the wrong movie. 35 00:04:08,582 --> 00:04:10,282 Woman: that's great. 36 00:04:10,284 --> 00:04:11,917 Okay, so now you g***t four picks. 37 00:04:11,919 --> 00:04:14,353 You oughtta be able to patch one together from that. 38 00:04:14,355 --> 00:04:15,787 Right? 39 00:04:15,789 --> 00:04:18,056 Let's go to the next one, all right? 40 00:04:18,058 --> 00:04:20,759 Hold on a second. Do you want some water or something? 41 00:04:20,761 --> 00:04:22,761 Nah, I g***t lots of orange. 42 00:04:22,763 --> 00:04:25,697 - Do you like orange soda? - Yeah, orange is all right. 43 00:04:25,699 --> 00:04:28,634 All right, so let's go to the next sequence. 44 00:04:28,636 --> 00:04:31,203 Did you actually read the script? 45 00:04:31,205 --> 00:04:33,372 No. a little bit. 46 00:04:33,374 --> 00:04:37,109 - A little bit? - Just to check the construction. 47 00:04:37,111 --> 00:04:40,679 You know, of how the piece was constructed. 48 00:04:40,681 --> 00:04:42,648 I didn't read it word for word. 49 00:04:42,650 --> 00:04:44,583 Do you feel weird saying this stuff? 50 00:04:44,585 --> 00:04:46,952 No, I don't feel weird sayin' it. 51 00:04:46,954 --> 00:04:50,188 I don't know how long my voice is gonna hold out, but... 52 00:04:50,190 --> 00:04:52,591 ( Raspy voice ) doc, you gotta help me, man. 53 00:04:52,593 --> 00:04:56,795 My old lady's dumpin' me 'cause I can't talk. 54 00:04:56,797 --> 00:05:00,065 She says I'm a social embarrassment. 55 00:05:00,067 --> 00:05:03,235 Now that she's g***t her ph.D. 56 00:05:03,237 --> 00:05:06,371 She's some hotshit academic star, 57 00:05:06,373 --> 00:05:08,573 and I'm nothin' but a file clerk. 58 00:05:08,575 --> 00:05:11,209 Yeah but, you know, me being a file clerk was fine 59 00:05:11,211 --> 00:05:13,679 when I was signing the d***n checks for her tuition, man. 60 00:05:13,681 --> 00:05:14,713 Harvey... 61 00:05:14,715 --> 00:05:16,481 Stop talking, please, and open wide. 62 00:05:16,483 --> 00:05:19,017 I started worrying my voice'd never come back, you know? 63 00:05:19,019 --> 00:05:22,087 - Say "ahh," Mr. pekar. - I mean, it's torture, I'm tellin' ya. 64 00:05:22,089 --> 00:05:26,158 Shh. ahh. 65 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:30,262 Ahhhh. 66 00:05:30,264 --> 00:05:32,097 Uh-huh. 67 00:05:32,099 --> 00:05:33,865 What? 68 00:05:33,867 --> 00:05:35,567 Is it bad, doc? 69 00:05:35,569 --> 00:05:37,169 It's not good. 70 00:05:37,171 --> 00:05:39,905 It's cancer. 71 00:05:39,907 --> 00:05:41,873 First I g***t marital problems, 72 00:05:41,875 --> 00:05:44,076 and now you're telling me i g***t throat cancer. 73 00:05:44,078 --> 00:05:45,911 For Christ sake, man. 74 00:05:45,913 --> 00:05:49,681 Harvey, calm down, it's not cancer. 75 00:05:49,683 --> 00:05:51,650 You have a nodule on your vocal cords, 76 00:05:51,652 --> 00:05:53,885 probably from screaming and yelling so much. 77 00:05:53,887 --> 00:05:55,387 And if you don't give it a rest, 78 00:05:55,389 --> 00:05:57,255 you're gonna lose your voice completely. 79 00:05:57,257 --> 00:05:58,557 Okay okay okay. 80 00:05:58,559 --> 00:06:01,226 But for how long? 81 00:06:01,228 --> 00:06:03,362 A few months. 82 00:06:03,364 --> 00:06:05,330 ( Shrieks ) months?! 83 00:06:05,332 --> 00:06:07,165 ( Groans ) 84 00:06:47,006 --> 00:06:48,540 Hey. 85 00:06:48,542 --> 00:06:51,176 Hey, come on, what is this? 86 00:06:51,178 --> 00:06:53,145 Exactly what it looks like. 87 00:06:53,147 --> 00:06:55,280 What do you mean? 88 00:06:55,282 --> 00:06:56,815 You mean you're dumpin' me? 89 00:06:56,817 --> 00:06:58,183 For what?! 90 00:06:58,185 --> 00:07:00,652 ( Groaning ) 91 00:07:02,255 --> 00:07:05,791 Look, this, uh, plebeian lifestyle 92 00:07:05,793 --> 00:07:10,128 just isn't working for me anymore, okay? 93 00:07:10,130 --> 00:07:13,799 I gotta get out of here before I kill myself. 94 00:07:18,838 --> 00:07:21,773 ( Faint, squeaky voice ) wait a minute, wait, wait a minute. 95 00:07:21,775 --> 00:07:24,009 Just listen to what i have to say, okay? 96 00:07:24,011 --> 00:07:27,579 ( Coughing ) 97 00:07:33,119 --> 00:07:34,586 ( Faintly ) don't go. 98 00:07:36,489 --> 00:07:38,123 I need you, baby. 99 00:07:38,125 --> 00:07:41,359 Please, don't go, okay? 100 00:08:01,481 --> 00:08:03,715 ( Harvey narrating ) here's our man. 101 00:08:03,717 --> 00:08:06,084 Yeah, all right, here's me. 102 00:08:06,086 --> 00:08:08,286 Or the guy playing me anyway. 103 00:08:08,288 --> 00:08:11,022 Though he don't look nothin' like me, but whatever. 104 00:08:11,024 --> 00:08:13,592 So it's a few months later 105 00:08:13,594 --> 00:08:16,561 and I'm working my flunky file-clerk gig 106 00:08:16,563 --> 00:08:18,230 at the v.A. Hospital. 107 00:08:18,232 --> 00:08:20,198 My voice still ain't back yet. 108 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,267 Thank you, Harvey dear. 109 00:08:22,269 --> 00:08:25,270 Things seem like they can't get any worse. 110 00:08:25,272 --> 00:08:27,539 "Plebeian"? 111 00:08:27,541 --> 00:08:32,210 Where the hell'd she get that s***t, man? 112 00:08:42,522 --> 00:08:45,557 Man: "avoid the reeking herd. 113 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:47,626 Shun the polluted flock. 114 00:08:47,628 --> 00:08:50,829 Live like that stoic bird, 115 00:08:50,831 --> 00:08:52,764 the eagle of the rock." 116 00:08:52,766 --> 00:08:54,699 Hey, Mr. boats. 117 00:08:54,701 --> 00:08:56,768 You know what that means, son? 118 00:08:56,770 --> 00:08:58,703 Yup, it's, uh... 119 00:08:58,705 --> 00:09:01,039 It's from an Elinor hoyt wylie poem. 120 00:09:01,041 --> 00:09:03,174 It means, um... 121 00:09:03,176 --> 00:09:05,010 Excuse me. It means... 122 00:09:05,012 --> 00:09:08,046 Stay away from the crowds of common ordinary people 123 00:09:08,048 --> 00:09:10,749 and do your own thing. 124 00:09:10,751 --> 00:09:12,183 No. 125 00:09:12,185 --> 00:09:15,186 It means don't compromise yourself for women. 126 00:09:15,188 --> 00:09:16,855 It ain't gonna do you no good. 127 00:09:16,857 --> 00:09:19,190 Get away from 'em as soon as you can. 128 00:09:19,192 --> 00:09:22,327 Yup, well, I ain't g***t no woman now so... 129 00:09:22,329 --> 00:09:25,430 I'm living like the stoic bird, man. 130 00:09:25,432 --> 00:09:27,599 It's the only way to live, son. 131 00:09:28,634 --> 00:09:31,136 ( Music playing through headphones ) 132 00:09:31,138 --> 00:09:32,971 Mr. boats: Look at that fool there. 133 00:09:32,973 --> 00:09:35,173 Probably listening to that loud rock stuff. 134 00:09:35,175 --> 00:09:36,675 Junk. 135 00:09:36,677 --> 00:09:38,043 Junk, it's all junk. 136 00:09:38,045 --> 00:09:39,978 Yeah, I don't know, you know, I mean... 137 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:42,747 Rock music's g***t some good qualities, uh... 138 00:09:42,749 --> 00:09:46,251 It isn't jazz or nothin', but you know... 139 00:09:46,253 --> 00:09:51,456 Say, when you gonna bring me in some of those good records? 140 00:09:51,458 --> 00:09:54,292 Some nat king Cole with strings? 141 00:09:54,294 --> 00:09:56,695 I don't g***t any of that, Mr....