Crumb Movie Review 1994

Countercultural documentary looking at the life of underground cartoonist Robert Crumb--'60s satirist and social misfit who created such drug and sex characters as Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural. Crumb's extraordinarily dysfunctional family play a significant role, with his mother and two brothers, elder brother Charles and younger brother Max, also interviewed as well as Crumb's friends and current and former wives. The dead abusive father also plays a part. Director Zwigoff spent six years filming his material, and gained wider distribution for his work after taking the Grand Jury prize at Sundance.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 119 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary, Biopics: Artists, Art & Artists, Family Ties, Suicide

Cast

Robert Crumb

Cinematography

Maryse Alberti

Director

Terry Zwigoff

Producer

Lynn O'Donnell, Terry Zwigoff, Albert Berger, Lianne Halfon, Lawrence Wilkinson, Superior Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics

Awards

Directors Guild 1995: Feature Doc. (Zwigoff); Natl. Soc. Film Critics 1995: Feature Doc.; Sundance 1995: Cinematog., Grand Jury Prize.