Pollock
A true portrait of life and art.
Country
Production
Budget
$6 000 000
Box office
$10 558 970
Director
Actors
Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Tom Bower, Jennifer Connelly, Bud Cort, John Heard, Val Kilmer, David Leary, Robert Knott, Stephanie Seymour
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Ed Harris, Jon Kilik, Fred Berner, James Francis Trezza, Peter Brant, Joseph Allen
Camera operator
Lisa Rinzler
Composer
Jeff Beal
Artist
Audition
Todd M. Thaler
Editing
Kathryn Himoff
Whole Team (32)
Whole Team (32)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Acting in the film while simultaneously serving as director required such intensity and effort from Ed Harris that he once simply fainted on set and had to be hospitalized briefly.
- Ed Harris's first film as a director.
- Everything his character paints on screen was painted by Ed Harris himself. The finished Pollock works (which are, of course, copies) were created by actual artists.
- Ed Harris's father bought him a book about Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) when he was a child because he seemed to believe there was a striking resemblance between his son and the artist. Since then, Harris has been literally "obsessed" with Pollock.
- American singer and actress Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016) played herself in some cameo scenes in the film. Her face appears several times on the cover of Life magazine (issue of August 8, 1949); the cover photo was the very first result of her collaboration with the magazine. The filmmakers used an authentic Life magazine cover, while the pages with the article about Pollock were merely reproductions of the original, and the photograph of Pollock was replaced with a photograph of Harris.
- The project took Ed Harris a total of 6 years.
- Everything his character draws on screen was painted by Ed Harris himself. The finished works by Pollock (which are, of course, copies) are the work of real artists.
- The film is based on the book 'Jackson Pollock, an American Saga' by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith.
- The film is based on the book 'Jackson Pollock: An American Saga' by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith.
- In the scene where his character tries to transport a case of beer home by bicycle, Ed Harris fell off the bike and looked at his hand as he got up. As it happened, he had actually cut his hand so deeply that it required stitches.
- In the scene where his character tries to bring a box of beer home on a bicycle, Ed Harris fell off the bicycle, and when he got up, he looked at his hand. As it turned out, he actually cut his hand to the bone, and the wound had to be stitched.
- Filming took only 50 days, but after the first 40 days, a six-week break was announced; this was necessary to give Ed Harris time to gain weight (he put on 13 kilograms) and grow a beard, as required by the script.
- Filming took only 50 days, but after the first 40 days of shooting, a six-week break was announced; it was needed to give Ed Harris time to gain weight (he gained 13 kilograms) and grow a beard, as required by the script.
- Ed Harris's directorial debut.
- In several episodic scenes in the film, American singer and actress Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016) appeared as herself. Her face is shown several times on the cover of Life magazine (the August 8, 1949 issue); the cover photo was the first result of her collaboration with the magazine. An authentic Life magazine cover was used in filming, while the pages of the article about Pollock were merely reproductions of the original, and the photograph of Pollock was replaced with a photograph of Harris.
- Filming and simultaneously fulfilling the duties of director demanded such strain and effort from Ed Harris that he once simply fainted on set and had to be briefly hospitalized.
- When Ed Harris was a child, his father bought him a book about Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), as he felt there was a noticeable resemblance between his son and the artist. Since then, Harris became literally obsessed with Pollock.
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