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Title: Crumb

Release Date: 10 Sep 1994

Runtime: 2h

Genre: Documentary

Director: Superior Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics

Production Companies: Superior Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics

Overview: This movie chronicles the life and times of R. Crumb. Robert Crumb is the cartoonist/artist who drew Keep On Truckin', Fritz the Cat, and played a major pioneering role in the genesis of underground comix. Through interviews with his mother, two brothers, wife, and ex-girlfriends, as well as selections from his vast quantity of graphic art, we are treated to a darkly comic ride through one man's subconscious mind.

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Average Vote: 7.538 (252 votes)

Cast

  • Self: Robert Crumb
  • Self: Aline Kominsky
  • Self: Charles Crumb
  • Self: Maxon Crumb
  • Self: Robert Hughes
  • : Martin Müller
  • Self: Spain Rodriguez
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