Directed by Ed Harris
Written by Barbara Turner, Susan Emshwiller (screenplay); Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith (novel)
Cinematography by Lisa Rinzler

Ed Harris as Jackson Pollock Marcia Gay Harden as Lee Krasner Amy Madigan as Peggy Guggenheim Jennifer Connelly as Ruth Klingman Jeffrey Tambor as Clement Greenberg Bud Cort as Howard Putzel John Heard as Tony Smith Val Kilmer as Willem de Kooning Stephanie Seymour as Helen Frankenthaler Tom Bower as Dan Miller Robert Knott as Sande Pollock Matthew Sussman as Reuben Kadish

Running Time: 122 min.
Release Date: Feb. '01

Overall Call:
After about ten years Ed Harris has finally brought a rather engaging look at Jackson Pollock to the screen. The film is not filled to the brim with music, quick cuts and heavy post production layers. Instead it comes off refreshingly stark and intimate. Harris has done well. His performance is simple clean and very deep. Marcia Gay Hardin is also excellent as the one who endures the brunt of Pollock's self-absorbed discontent. Pollock wasn't the most genial of characters. Harris manages to deliver the portrait with a rather detached feel. You hate Pollock's actions, but can sympathize by understanding his torturous insecurity. His short comings unfortunately manifest all over those close to him. Pollock's life wasn't as pretty of a picture as his paintings may have been. It sure made for an interesting story, as most tortured artist lives can be. If Jackson Pollock's life seems interesting, Harris will hold you for a couple of hours.

Reasons For Recommendation:
+ Ed Harris and Marcia Gay Harden are both worthy of their Oscar nominations
+ Solid directorial debut for Harris