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.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 10 nominations total
Eulala Scheel
- Arloie's Baby
- (as Eulala Grace Harden)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaEd Harris's father, Bob L. Harris, 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.
- GoofsWhen 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 turret with three fixed lenses; thus, 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.
- SoundtracksThe Mighty Blues
Improvisation
Performed by The Port of Harlem Jazzmen
Courtesy of Blue Note Records
By Arrangement with EMI Capitol Music Special Markets
Featured review
Ed Harris has taken the biopic to a new level. Although the skeleton of the film is no more than the troubled life of an alcoholic struggling with fame, the power of the acting and sequence of the film take it a step further. The relationship between Krasner and Pollock mirrors that of Stanley and Stella Kowalski but Krasner is a much stronger character and Marcia Gay Harden more than deserved the oscar she received for the part. The only part that concerned me was the explanation Harris chose to show Pollock's progression to his drip paintings. The arbitrariness of the "revelation" seems stretched to me and suggests that it is actually known how Pollock made that movement. All in all, the movie is excellent and worth seeing.
Just be careful - I cringed every time he got into a car...
Just be careful - I cringed every time he got into a car...
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Details
Box office
- 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
- Runtime2 hours 2 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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