Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Metacritic77/100
367 audience votes
Key crew
- Ed HarrisDirector
- Barbara TurnerScreenplay
- Susan EmshwillerScreenplay
- Jeff BealOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ed HarrisJackson Pollock
- Marcia Gay HardenLee Krasner
- Tom BowerDan Miller
- Jennifer ConnellyRuth Kligman
- Bud CortHoward Putzel
- John HeardTony Smith
- Val KilmerWillem DeKooning
- David LearyCharles Pollock
- Robert KnottSande Pollock
- Stephanie SeymourHelen Frankenthaler
- Molly ReganArloie Pollock
- Sada ThompsonStella Pollock
Stills
Themes
paintingartistsuccesspainterbiographyrelationship problemsalcoholismfalling in loveexpressionism1940sart exhibitionjackson pollock