American Barbarian

Discussion (4) ¬

1. 
   Tomasabaro

   October 13, 2012 at 4:56 pm | #

   Michael Parks plays Kirby in the movie, but he’s never directly named as such in it, just in the credits.
2. 
   Tom Scioli

   October 13, 2012 at 9:28 pm | #

   I was on the lookout for Jack Kirby in the movie and found no sign of him.
3. 
   Mike Dixon

   October 14, 2012 at 8:24 am | #

   I haven’t seen the movie, but Parks is listed on the credits as Jack Kirby on IMDB. And this
   http://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2012/05/jack-kirby-in-new-movie.html
   includes a still from the film showing Parks.
4. 
   Ben

   October 15, 2012 at 8:40 am | #

   Just saw the movie and he’s in there but it’s an extremely short scene and they never mention him by name. He has maybe 1 line. This is the scene as I remember it:

   Ben Affleck says something like “We want it to look Middle Eastern.” Kirby says something like “Mesopotamian or [another culture]?”. Then Ben Affleck says something like “No, Iran”

   And that’s it – he’s barely even on camera – the focus of the scene is Affleck and you are drawn to look at him and not Michael Parks.