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Pollock (2000)

R 09/06/2000 (US) Drama 2h 2m

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A true portrait of life and art.

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In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.

Ed Harris

Director
Steven Naifeh

Novel
Gregory White Smith

Novel
Susan Emshwiller

Screenplay
Barbara Turner

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Ed Harris

Jackson Pollock
Marcia Gay Harden

Lee Krasner
Tom Bower

Dan Miller
Jennifer Connelly

Ruth Kligman
Bud Cort

Howard Putzel
John Heard

Tony Smith
Val Kilmer

Willem DeKooning
David Leary

Charles Pollock
Robert Knott

Sande Pollock
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A review by Wuchak

70%

Written by Wuchak on December 22, 2020

Downer biography starts weak, but becomes, um, artistic… and moving

Abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock (Ed Harris) is a struggling artist in New York City in the early 40s when he meets his future wife Lee Krasner, a fellow artist (Marcia Gay Harden). They move to the far end of Long Island where he finally catches a break, but alcoholism threatens his life. Jennifer Connelly shows up in the last act.

“Pollock” (2000) is an honest biography covering the final fifteen years of the artist’s life from 1941-1956. It was a long-term passion for director/star Ed Harris to bring to t... read the rest.

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