Pollock (2000)

Directed by

Ed Harris

Genre

biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 354 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows painter Jackson Pollock as he wrestles with his alcoholism and his demanding creative process. It also focuses on his volatile marriage to fellow artist Lee Krasner.

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What happens

Pollock is a 2000 American independent biographical drama film centered on the life of painter Jackson Pollock, his struggles with alcoholism, as well as his troubled marriage to his wife Lee Krasner. It stars Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Jennifer Connelly, Val Kilmer, Robert Knott, Bud Cort, Molly Regan, and Sada Thompson. It was directed by Harris. Harden won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Krasner. Harris received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of Pollock. The film was a long-term personal project for Harris based on him having read the 1989 biography Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, written by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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