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Crumb

  • 19941994
  • RR
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
20K
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Crumb (1994)
An intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.
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  • Documentary
  • Biography
  • Comedy
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.
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
20K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Terry Zwigoff
  • Stars
    • Robert Crumb
    • Aline Kominsky-Crumb
    • Charles Crumb
Top credits
  • Director
    • Terry Zwigoff
  • Stars
    • Robert Crumb
    • Aline Kominsky-Crumb
    • Charles Crumb
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 109User reviews
    • 75Critic reviews
    • 93Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 17 wins & 6 nominations

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    Trailer 2:09
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    Photos67

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    Maxon Crumb in Crumb (1994)
    Robert Crumb in Crumb (1994)
    Robert Crumb in Crumb (1994)
    Jesse Crumb in Crumb (1994)

    Top cast

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

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      When he was trying to raise funds for the film, Terry Zwigoff encountered Terry Gilliam who 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 At the Movies: 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 reviews109

    Review
    Top review
    An astonishing look at relativity
    What makes Crumb such an intriguing documentary isn't the fact that man looked at through the camera is admirable or interesting or laudable, although one could make the argument that R. Crumb is all of those things. No, what makes Crumb such a great film is the way it shows the twisted nature of Crumb against the backdrop of his nearly psychotic family. Compared to the world, R. Crumb is a sexual deviant, a lunatic genius, and a perfect candidate to be taken away in a plain white van. Compared to his family, R. Crumb is completely and utterly normal. It's this juxtaposition that makes Crumb work over all two hours the movie needs to take its course.
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    • mprins
    • Jan 27, 1999

    Details

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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 Restaurant, Market Street, 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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    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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