Pollock (film)

Pollock
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ed Harris
Screenplay by	Barbara Turner Susan J. Emshwiller
Based on	Jackson Pollock: An American Saga by Steven Naifeh Gregory White Smith
Produced by	James Francis Trezza[1] Fred Berner[1] Ed Harris[1] Jon Kilik[1]
Starring	Ed Harris Marcia Gay Harden Tom Bower Jennifer Connelly Bud Cort John Heard Val Kilmer Robert Knott David Leary Amy Madigan Sally Murphy Molly Regan Stephanie Seymour Matthew Sussman Jeffrey Tambor Sada Thompson Norbert Weisser
Cinematography	Lisa Rinzler
Edited by	Kathryn Himoff
Music by	Jeff Beal
Production companies	Zeke Films[1] Brant-Allen Films[1] Fred Berner Films[1]
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release dates	September 6, 2000 (2000-09-06) (Venice) December 15, 2000 (2000-12-15) (United States)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$10.5 million[2]

Pollock is a 2000 American independent biographical drama film centered on the life of American painter Jackson Pollock, his struggles with alcoholism, as well as his troubled marriage to his wife Lee Krasner. The film stars Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Jennifer Connelly, Robert Knott, Bud Cort, Molly Regan, and Sada Thompson, and was directed by Harris.

Marcia Gay Harden won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Lee Krasner. Ed Harris received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of Pollock. The film was a long-term personal project for Harris based on his reading of the 1989 biography Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, written by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith.