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Posted Sunday, February 8, 2004 at 3:21 PM

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Has anyone seen American Splendor? I thought it was good.

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Posted Sunday, February 8, 2004 at 4:47 PM

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Yes, they were actually showing it at Green Hills a few months ago and I saw it then, on the reccomendation of roadie. As usual, he did not lead me astray; it was a most excellent film.

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Posted Sunday, February 8, 2004 at 7:04 PM

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the best of 2003 in my opinion... but I'm a sucker for Zweigoff films...

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Posted Sunday, February 8, 2004 at 9:43 PM

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It is a very funny movie. Did it get nominated for any awards?

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Posted Monday, February 9, 2004 at 8:44 AM

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It is a very funny movie. Did it get nominated for any awards?

One of the best movies last year & it only got nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. Hope Davis & Paul Giamatti got shafted, not to mention the guy that played Toby.

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Posted Monday, February 9, 2004 at 4:50 PM

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the best of 2003 in my opinion... but I'm a sucker for Zweigoff films...

agreed.

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Posted Monday, February 9, 2004 at 7:16 PM

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the best of 2003 in my opinion... but I'm a sucker for Zweigoff films...

Great film, I'm confused...was Zwigoff involved in American Splendor? I didn't think he was.

Bill, it was a different time. It was back when we didn't know the Russians were incompetent.

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Posted Monday, February 9, 2004 at 8:16 PM

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The Frog's on crack. Zwigoff's directed Bad Santa.

herman

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Posted Monday, February 9, 2004 at 10:15 PM

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The Frog's on crack. Zwigoff's directed Bad Santa.

that's what I thought...Ghost World is his best film though.*

*this is called an opinion, it is subjective

(Edited by herman at 10:16 pm on Feb. 9, 2004)

Bill, it was a different time. It was back when we didn't know the Russians were incompetent.

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Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at 6:24 AM

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*this is called an opinion, it is subjective

NO IT"S NOT! YOU SAID IT, NOW YOU PAY FOR IT!!!

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Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at 2:14 PM

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My bad... I'm soooo slipping. These 12 hour shifts are turning my brain to mush. A man can only take so much country music....

Zwigoff was originally slated to do American Splendor, before Ghost World, and as a documentary in the same vein as Crumb. And yes, the crack was good.

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