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Crumb

  • 1994
  • R
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
21K
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Crumb (1994)
An intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.
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An intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.An intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.An intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.

  • Director
    • Terry Zwigoff
  • Stars
    • Robert Crumb
    • Aline Kominsky-Crumb
    • Charles Crumb
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    21K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Terry Zwigoff
    • Stars
      • Robert Crumb
      • Aline Kominsky-Crumb
      • Charles Crumb
    • 113User reviews
    • 76Critic reviews
    • 93Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 18 wins & 6 nominations

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    Robert Crumb
    Robert Crumb
    • Self
    Aline Kominsky-Crumb
    Aline Kominsky-Crumb
    • Self
    • (as Aline Crumb)
    Charles Crumb
    Charles Crumb
    • Self
    Maxon Crumb
    Maxon Crumb
    • Self
    Robert Hughes
    Robert Hughes
    • Self
    Martin Muller
    • Self
    Don Donahue
    • Self
    Dana Morgan
    Dana Morgan
    • Self
    • (as Dana Crumb)
    Trina Robbins
    Trina Robbins
    • Self
    Spain Rodriguez
    Spain Rodriguez
    • Self
    Bill Griffith
    Bill Griffith
    • Self
    Deirdre English
    Deirdre English
    • Self
    Peggy Orenstein
    Peggy Orenstein
    • Self
    Beatrice Crumb
    Beatrice Crumb
    • Self
    Kathy Goodell
    Kathy Goodell
    • Self
    Dian Hanson
    Dian Hanson
    • Self
    Sophie Crumb
    • Self
    Jesse Crumb
    Jesse Crumb
    • Self
    • Director
      • Terry Zwigoff
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      When he was trying to raise funds for the film, Terry Zwigoff encountered Terry Gilliam whom he knew had worked with Robert Crumb in the late 60s. Approaching Gilliam, Zwigoff asked for some help with the budget. Gilliam reached into his pocket, handed over a nickel and then walked away.
    • Goofs
      "San Francisco" is misspelled in the closing titles. The caption reads: "Max Crumb still lives in San Francicsco".
    • Quotes

      Robert Crumb: Jesus. Fuckin' raging, epithet music comin' out of every car, every store, every person's head. They don't have noisy radios on, they got earphones; like, "motherfuckin', cocksuckin', son of a bitch. Lot of aggression. Lot of anger, lot of rage. Everybody walks around, they're walkin' advertisements. They've got advertisements on their clothes, you know? Walking around with "Adidas" written across their chests, '49'ers on their hats. Jesus. It's pathetic. It's pitiful. The whole cultures' one unified field of bought-sold-market researched everything, you know. It used to be that people fermented their own culture, you know? It took hundreds of years, and it evolved over time. And that's gone in America. People now don't even have any concept that there ever was a culture outside of this thing that's created to make money. Whatever's the biggest, latest thing, they're into it. You just get disgusted after a while with humanity for not having more, kind of like, intellectual curiosity about what's behind all this jive bullshit.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Boys on the Side/Highlander: The Final Dimension/In the Mouth of Madness/The Secret of Roan Inish (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Ragtime Nightingale
      Composed by Joseph F. Lamb

      Performed by David Boeddinghaus

    User reviews113

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    9/10
    Sex, drugs and piggyback rides
    Robert Crumb became an idol among hippies in the 1960's because of the psychedelic comics he drew at the time. In this excellent film, directed by Terry Zwigoff (who also directed the excellent, and also comic book related, "Ghost World" and "American Splendor") Crumb starts out by telling that he hates just about all the work he is most famous for. This is typical, Í think, of Crumb: he is uncompromisingly politically incorrect, completely unafraid to speak his mind openly, and above all disgusted by the idea of selling out for money.

    I have been a fan of Crumb ever since I advanced beyond Donald Duck and Marvel Comics about 20 years ago (this is not to say that I don't love Donald or Marvel anymore, because I do). Crumb is probably the most talented comic book artist of the latter half of the 20t Century. Quite simply, I don't think anyone can draw as well as he does. He is not much of a storyteller, but like I pointed out above, that is more than made up by the fact that he is always totally candid about his life, sometimes painfully and embarrassingly so.

    "Crumb" is an excellent portrait of an exceptionally talented artist who also happens to be a total pervert. However, as this film makes abundantly clear, Robert Crumb is practically the ideal model of a stable, well-adjusted person when compared to his mother or his brothers Charles and Maxon. We see once again that great suffering makes a great artist.
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    • Sep 4, 2004

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    • Release date
      • April 28, 1995 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sony Pictures Classics
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Крамб
    • Filming locations
      • Zuni Café - 1658 Market St, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Superior Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,041,083
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $19,859
      • Apr 23, 1995
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,041,083
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 59 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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