Pollock

Pollock

122 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 6, 2000

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.

Pollock

122 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 6, 2000

Pollock
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Fred Berner Films, Zeke Productions
Original title Pollock
Directors Peggy Sutton, Ed Harris
Writers Barbara Turner, Gregory White Smith, Steven Naifeh, Susan Emshwiller

Cast

Ed Harris

as Jackson Pollock

Marcia Gay Harden

as Lee Krasner

Tom Bower

as Dan Miller

Jennifer Connelly

as Ruth Kligman

Bud Cort

as Howard Putzel

John Heard

as Tony Smith

Val Kilmer

as Willem DeKooning

David Leary

as Charles Pollock

Robert Knott

as Sande Pollock

Stephanie Seymour

as Helen Frankenthaler

Molly Regan

as Arloie Pollock

Sada Thompson

as Stella Pollock

Eulala Scheel

as Arloie's Baby

Matthew Sussman

as Reuben Kadish

Amy Madigan

as Peggy Guggenheim

Everett Quinton

as James Johnson Sweeney

Annabelle Gurwitch

as May Rosenberg

John Rothman

as Harold Rosenberg

Kenny Scharf

as William Baziotes

Tom McGuinness

as Franz Kline

Jeffrey Tambor

as Clem Greenberg

Katherine Wallach

as Barbara Kadish

Cassandra Clewicki

as Kadish Child

Sloane Shelton

as Dot Miller

Eduardo Machado

as Alfonso Ossorio

Moss Roberts

as Ted Dragon

Robert O'Neill

as Herbert Matter

Isabelle Townsend

as Mercedes Matter

Jennifer Piech

as Young Redhead

Rebecca Wisocky

as Dorothy Seiberling

Linda Emond

as Martha Holmes

Tony Palazzolo

as Delivery Man

Barbara Garrick

as Betty Parsons

David Cale

as William Wright

Claire Beckman

as Vita Peterson

Stephen Beach

as Jay Pollock

Jill Jackson

as Alma Pollock

Donna Mitchell

as Elizabeth Pollock

Sondra Jablonski

as Jeremy Pollock

Frank Wood

as Frank Pollock

Julie Anna Rose

as Marie Pollock

Kyle Timothy Smith

as Jonathan Pollock

April Petroski

as Karen Pollock

Nicholas Petroski

as Jason Pollock

Noah Petroski

as Jason Pollock

Norbert Weisser

as Hans Namuth

Sally Murphy

as Edith Metzger

Bob L. Harris

as Veterinarian

John Madigan

as News Broadcaster (voice)

Matthew Hart Landfield

as Newspaper Boy

John Nesci

as East Hampton Police Officer