Pollock (2000)

6.7/10 132 min Drama History

Overview

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.

Cast

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

Stephanie Seymour

Helen Frankenthaler

Sada Thompson

Stella Pollock

Eulala Scheel

Arloie's Baby

Matthew Sussman

Reuben Kadish

Amy Madigan

Peggy Guggenheim

Everett Quinton

James Johnson Sweeney

Annabelle Gurwitch

May Rosenberg

John Rothman

Harold Rosenberg

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