He stars as Xan, a twelve-year-old boy who befriends a cheetah called Duma, and acts with Eamonn Walker, Campbell Scott, and Hope Davis.
In 2003 a movie adaptation featuring Paul Giamatti playing Pekar (as well as appearances by Pekar himself) and Hope Davis as his wife was released to critical acclaim and first honors at the Sundance Film Festival in addition to the Writers Guild of America Award for best adapted screenplay.
A single woman, portrayed by Hope Davis, who is familiar with the Emerson quote, goes on dates with several men, each of whom tries to impress her by quoting the line, except they misattribute it to W.C. Fields, Karl Marx, or Cicero.
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Her sole feature length film was the 2011 black comedy The Family Tree starring Hope Davis, Keith Carradine, Dermot Mulroney and Selma Blair.