Appaloosa (film) Appaloosa (film) Appaloosa is a 2008 American Western film based on the 2005 novel "Appaloosa" by crime writer Robert B. Parker. Directed by Ed Harris and co-written by Harris and Robert Knott, "Appaloosa" stars Harris alongside Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger and Jeremy Irons. The film premiered at 2008 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in selected cities on September 19, 2008, then expanded into wide-release on October 3, 2008. The film shares some narrative similarities with the 1959 Western "Warlock", directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn and Richard Widmark. There is also a 1966 Western
Ed Harris (1980), three episodes of "Lou Grant" (1979, 1980, and 1981), one episode of "CHiPs" (1981), one episode of "Hart to Hart" (1981), one episode of "Cassie & Co." (1981), and one episode of "American Playhouse" (1984). Harris' first film role came in 1978 with a minor part in the suspense film "Coma", starring Michael Douglas. His first major role in a film came two years later with "Borderline" (1980), in which he starred alongside Charles Bronson. In 1981, Harris played the lead, William "Billy" Davis, a king of a motorcycle riding renaissance-fair troupe (a role modeled after King Arthur), in