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Pollock

  • 20002000
  • RR
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
28K
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Pollock (2000)
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A film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock.A film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock.A film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
28K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Ed Harris
  • Writers
    • Steven Naifeh(book "Jackson Pollock: An American Saga")
    • Gregory White Smith(book "Jackson Pollock: An American Saga")
    • Barbara Turner(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ed Harris
    • Marcia Gay Harden
    • Robert Knott
Top credits
  • Director
    • Ed Harris
  • Writers
    • Steven Naifeh(book "Jackson Pollock: An American Saga")
    • Gregory White Smith(book "Jackson Pollock: An American Saga")
    • Barbara Turner(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ed Harris
    • Marcia Gay Harden
    • Robert Knott
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 158User reviews
    • 110Critic reviews
    • 77Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 3 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Pollock
    Trailer 2:20
    Pollock

    Photos110

    Ed Harris and Marcia Gay Harden in Pollock (2000)
    Ed Harris in Pollock (2000)
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    Ed Harris in Pollock (2000)
    Ed Harris in Pollock (2000)
    Ed Harris in Pollock (2000)
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    Ed Harris in Pollock (2000)
    Ed Harris in Pollock (2000)
    Ed Harris in Pollock (2000)
    Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, and Sally Murphy in Pollock (2000)

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    Ed Harris
    Ed Harris
    • Jackson Pollockas Jackson Pollock
    Marcia Gay Harden
    Marcia Gay Harden
    • Lee Krasneras Lee Krasner
    Robert Knott
    Robert Knott
    • Sande Pollockas Sande Pollock
    Molly Regan
    • Arloie Pollockas Arloie Pollock
    Sada Thompson
    Sada Thompson
    • Stella Pollockas Stella Pollock
    Eulala Scheel
    Eulala Scheel
    • Arloie's Babyas Arloie's Baby
    • (as Eulala Grace Harden)
    Matthew Sussman
    • Reuben Kadishas Reuben Kadish
    Bud Cort
    Bud Cort
    • Howard Putzelas Howard Putzel
    Amy Madigan
    Amy Madigan
    • Peggy Guggenheimas Peggy Guggenheim
    Everett Quinton
    Everett Quinton
    • James Johnson Sweeneyas James Johnson Sweeney
    Annabelle Gurwitch
    Annabelle Gurwitch
    • May Rosenbergas May Rosenberg
    John Rothman
    John Rothman
    • Harold Rosenbergas Harold Rosenberg
    John Heard
    John Heard
    • Tony Smithas Tony Smith
    Kenny Scharf
    Kenny Scharf
    • William Baziotesas William Baziotes
    Tom McGuinness
    • Franz Klineas Franz Kline
    Val Kilmer
    Val Kilmer
    • Willem DeKooningas Willem DeKooning
    Jeffrey Tambor
    Jeffrey Tambor
    • Clem Greenbergas Clem Greenberg
    Katherine Wallach
    • Barbara Kadishas Barbara Kadish
    • Director
      • Ed Harris
    • Writers
      • Steven Naifeh(book "Jackson Pollock: An American Saga")
      • Gregory White Smith(book "Jackson Pollock: An American Saga")
      • Barbara Turner(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Ed Harris's father bought his son a book about Jackson Pollock simply because he felt Ed bore a strong resemblance to the painter. Ever since then, Ed Harris became fascinated with Pollock's life.
    • Goofs
      When the photographer is making the movie of Pollock he "zooms" in on the shoes. But the old 16 mm camera he is using has a three fixed lens turret. He should not be able to zoom. All his other shots are as expected from fixed lenses of different focal lengths.
    • Quotes

      Jackson Pollock: If people would just look at the paintings, I don't think they would have any trouble enjoying them. It's like looking at a bed of flowers, you don't tear your hair out over what it means.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Remember the Titans/The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen/Under Suspicion (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      The Mighty Blues
      Improvisation

      Performed by The Port of Harlem Jazzmen

      Courtesy of Blue Note Records

      By Arrangement with EMI Capitol Music Special Markets

    User reviews158

    Review
    Top review
    impressive biopic
    Although the film doesn't exactly startle us with its thesis – that the life of an artist is rarely a happy one – `Pollock' manages to skirt most of the clichés inherent in the `tortured-artist' biographical genre to provide us with a complex study not only of the man himself but also of the woman who stood beside him through most of his troubled life.

    Jackson Pollock was, of course, the prototypical `struggling genius' – neurotic, insecure, arrogant, self-absorbed and forever locked in an epic struggle with his own private demons (in Pollock's case, alcoholism). Out of this morass of personal weaknesses, the painter perfected his art – which became a reflection and synthesis of the raw elements comprising the emotionally chaotic world in which he lived. The film introduces us to the man in 1941 when he is still a virtual unknown living in Greenwich Village, bellowing in an alcoholic rage against the success of Picasso, in whose shadow Pollock seems to be forever hidden away from public view. One day, into his life walks Lee Krasner, a similar, though less gifted, modern artist who detects Pollock's special genius and becomes the future art world celebrity's greatest champion and lover.

    Much of the fascination of the film lies in the examination of the complexities of the almost love-hate relationship that develops between the two. On the one hand, we sense that Jackson and Lee provide just the right emotional complement for one another – a shared symbiosis which lays the foundation for an environment in which Pollock's creativity and artistic experimentation can expand and flourish. Lee, for instance, wages a fierce battle to secure Pollock's acceptance among the crème de la crème of New York's art world elite, the result of which is eventual name recognition for Pollock the world over. Yet, Lee pays an ultimate price for her tenacious possessiveness: so all consumed does she become in the life and work of the man who will change the face of modern art that she begins to alienate him and eventually push him away. Unwilling to share him even with a child of their own, she ends up depriving Pollock of the chance of experiencing the joys of fatherhood. The final result is that he is truly left with nothing but his identity as a painter. Thus, as his reputation begins to become eclipsed by newer, younger artists, and as he retreats back into an alcoholic haze after a couple of years of productive sobriety, Pollock's life begins its inevitable spiral downwards into hopelessness and tragedy.

    Ed Harris not only stars in the film but directed it as well. He does a superb job on both counts. As Pollock, he supplies the brooding sensitivity as well as the physical intensity that are reflected in the artist's paintings themselves. One never doubts the genuine love Pollock has for Lee, yet always there is the constant threat of physical violence lying latent beneath his placid surface. Marcia Gay Harden matches Harris' performance every step of the way. Beneath her determined, hard-edged exterior lies a woman capable of sincere attachment and a total devotion to both a person and the cause he represents.

    Unlike so many films dealing with the lives of artists – in which we see brief glimpses of paint-dabbing followed almost immediately by views of the finished products – `Pollock' provides generous opportunities to see Pollock (i.e. Harris) in action. We sit spellbound as we watch him take a plain white canvas and, step by step, convert it into a work of beauty and art.

    If for no other reason, the film is worth seeing just to whet one's appetite and renew one's appreciation for Pollock's work.
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    • Nov 3, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 23, 2001 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sony Pictures Classics
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Поллок
    • Filming locations
      • Long Island, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Brant-Allen
      • Fred Berner Films
      • Pollock Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $6,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $8,598,593
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $44,244
      • Dec 17, 2000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,994,533
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 2 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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