Pollock (film) Smith. It was directed by Harris. This film was a long term dream of Ed Harris. After his father gave him a copy of Pollock's biography, he started thinking about the project, which took almost 10 years to bring to fruition. Filming took a mere 50 days with a six-week layoff after forty days so Harris could take time to gain thirty pounds and grow a beard. Harris himself did all the painting seen in the film. "Pollock" received positive reviews from critics and has a "certified fresh" score of 81% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 108 reviews with an
Daniel Pollock for Best Supporting Actor at the 1992 AFI Awards for the role. On 13 April 1992 Pollock was battling depression, and fearing a prison sentence in an upcoming court case, before he took his own life by walking in front of a train at Newtown railway station, Sydney, prior to the release of "Romper Stomper". Pollock was 23 years old. He was buried next to his late grandfather William "Bill" Pollock in Gol Gol, New South Wales, Australia. "Romper Stomper" film star Russell Crowe wrote a song, called "The Night That Davey Hit the Train", about his death. Daniel Pollock