Overview

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.

Cast

Ed Harris

Jackson Pollock

Marcia Gay Harden

Lee Krasner

Tom Bower

Dan Miller

Jennifer Connelly

Ruth Kligman

Bud Cort

Howard Putzel

John Heard

Tony Smith

Val Kilmer

Willem DeKooning