The Confessions of Robert Crumb (1987)
In 1987, Robert Crumb presents himself: raised by a Marine father, educated in Catholic schools, married at 21 in Cleveland where he worked for a greeting card company, dropping acid in 1965, heading to San Francisco and getting in on the formation of Zap Comix, gaining celebrity, loving old time jazz, starting a band, living in a commune, meeting Aline Kominsky who became his second wife and his partner in art, having a daughter, and developing a more realistic drawing style. The confessions include his loneliness, his obsessions with women, his bewilderment by fame, his sense of the disintegration of Sixties' subculture, his nervous breakdown in 1973, and his peace now.
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Robert Crumb as |
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Carol Engberg as The Ideal Woman |
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Aline Kominsky as Self (as Aline Kominsky-Crumb) |
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Robert Armstrong as Self |
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Sophie Crumb as Self (uncredited) |
| Crew | Dana Crumb | Thanks |
| Visual Effects | Ivor Richardson | Animation Director |
| Sound | John Pritchard | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | David Old | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Pamela Trokanski | Thanks |
| Writing | Robert Crumb | Writer |
| Crew | Richard Crumb | Thanks |
| Crew | Zap Comix | Thanks |
| Production | Maureen McMunn | Unit Manager |
| Production | Penny Bowles | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Colin Chase | Cinematography |
| Production | Sheila Casstles | Production Assistant |
| Production | Mary Dickinson | Producer |
| Production | Nigel Finch | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sarah Llewelyn | Production Assistant |
| Editing | David Kitson | Editor |
| Crew | Patti Musicaro | Cinematography |
| Production | Anthony Wall | Executive Producer |