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Pollock
starring: Tom Bower, Jennifer Connelly, Bud Cort, Annabelle Gurwitch, Eulala Grace Harden

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767867061
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767867068
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: July 24, 2001
Running Time: 122 minutes
Sales Rank: 18051
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2000

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Amazon.com:
The long road to Pollock began when actor Ed Harris received a biography of Jackson Pollock from his father, who noticed that his son bore an uncanny resemblance to the artist. Harris's fascination with Pollock matched his physical similarity; the actor chose to direct and star in this impressive film biography. And his devotion assured a work of singular integrity, honoring the artist's achievement in abstract expressionism while acknowledging that Pollock was a tormented, manic-depressive alcoholic whose death at 44 (in a possibly suicidal car crash) also claimed the life of an innocent woman. The film also suggests that Pollock's success was largely attributable to the devotion of his wife, artist Lee Krasner, played with matching ferocity by Marcia Gay Harden in an Oscar®-winning performance.

In many respects a traditional biopic, Pollock begins in 1941 when Pollock meets Krasner, who encourages him and attracts the attention of supportive critic Clement Greenberg (Jeffrey Tambor) and benefactor Peggy Guggenheim (Amy Madigan). As Pollock rises from obscurity to international acclaim, Harris brings careful balance to his portrayal of a driven creator who found peace during those brief, sober periods when art brought release from his tenacious inner demons. The film offers sympathy without sentiment, appreciation without misguided hagiography. As an acting showcase it's utterly captivating. As a compassionate but unflinching exploration of Jackson Pollock's intimate world, there's no doubt that Harris captured the essence of a man whose life was as torturous as his art was redeeming. --Jeff Shannon

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Very hard to portray a dead artist unless you knew him
personally. That's why these movies really never work. Either by making the addicted artist/actor so saintly he/she practically walks on water, or that their addiction is always someone else's fault. Reminds me of the egyptologists that waste so much money, time, and lives digging up dusty, vermon wrapped "mummies" and raising their bones and housing them in multi-million dollar museums, and from what I read these pharohs had no redeeming qualities, all they did was make everyone that wasen't ... Read More

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- Art minus hollywood frills
There is no simple way to label this film any more than there is a an easy way to describe its subject. Pollock was a fascinating person and the movie does an excellent job in describing how his paintings evolved. It's educational, in fact, gloriously so, but the film goes so much farther than that. Ed Harris and Marcia Gay Harden seem born for their roles (even the Academy Awards acknowledged that) The lives of the artists were quite complicated enough without some ham-handed writer from the factory ... Read More

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- Tormented soul and a brilliant talent
This film, directed by Ed Harris, who also plays the lead role of Jackson Pollock, is a rare, intelligent, thoughtful and courageous work of art in its own right. The film deserves great praise. I say this because many challenges had to be overcome to produce a film that reflects the New York and world art scene of the 1940s and 1950s; reflects on the work of a singular tempestuous genius of that period; explores his talents and his many demons; and maintains a storyline that can be adapted from life experiences ... Read More

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- Best DVD Commentary Remark Ever
This movie is obviously a labor of love for Ed Harris, who spent nearly ten years from when his father gave him a book on Pollock's life to when he finally put it on the screen. Some may argue the genesis of the drip technique is not explored with enough depth, but the movie basically feels like a faithful portrayal of Pollock's obscurity, rise to fame, and tragic end. But the extras are where this movie really comes to life. They include a fun, knockabout interview by Charlie Rose of Harris, and the FUNNIEST EVER ... Read More

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- The Art Of Faithful---If Of Necessity Fictionalized---Biography
It wouldn't be fair to let the fact I don't care a lot for this artist detract from the merits of this movie, so I won't go there. I'll just say that Pollack, the film, has quality and intelligence and was obviously a labor of love for the volatile Ed Harris, who shares, I think, some of the inner characteristics of the man he portrays here. As for the story it tells, admirers of this mid-last-century painter will find it sticks relatively faithfully to the grim biographies of the real life figures at its heart, primarily ... Read More

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