Jackson Pollock of Lee Krasner. The movie was the project of Ed Harris, who portrayed Pollock. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Harris himself painted the works seen in the film. The Pollock-Krasner Foundation did not authorize or collaborate with any production. In September 2009, the art historian Henry Adams claimed in "Smithsonian" magazine that Pollock had written his name in his famous painting "Mural" (1943). The painting is now insured for $140 million. In 2011, the Republican Iowa State Representative Scott Raecker introduced a bill to force the sale of the artwork, held by the University of
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