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
Trent Harris Trent Harris Trent Harris (born 1952) is an independent filmmaker based in Salt Lake City, Utah. He wrote and directed the offbeat 1991 comedy "Rubin and Ed", in which Crispin Glover and Howard Hesseman wander the desert looking for a suitable place to bury a frozen cat. In 2001 he released "The Beaver Trilogy", a compilation film that documents his obsession with a man called Groovin' Gary (Richard Griffiths). The Beaver Trilogy features Sean Penn and Crispin Glover as Groovin' Gary in part two and part three, respectively. He also wrote and directed "Plan 10 from Outer Space" and "Delightful