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.
Ed Harris
as Jackson Pollock
Marcia Gay Harden
as Lee Krasner
Tom Bower
as Dan Miller
Jennifer Connelly
as Ruth Kligman
Bud Cort
as Howard Putzel
John Heard
as Tony Smith
Val Kilmer
as Willem DeKooning
David Leary
as Charles Pollock
Robert Knott
as Sande Pollock
Stephanie Seymour
as Helen Frankenthaler
Molly Regan
as Arloie Pollock
Sada Thompson
as Stella Pollock
