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 "Knightriders". The following year, he has a small role as Hank Blaine in "Creepshow", directed by George A. Romero. In 1983, Harris became well known after portraying astronaut John Glenn in "The Right Stuff". In 1984, he co starred in the Robert Benton directed drama film "Places in the Heart"; during production of this film, Harris met and married his wife Amy Madigan. Also in 1984 he co-starred along with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell in the Jonathan Demme directed World War II biopic "Swing Shift" and in 1985 played abusive husband Charlie Dick to Jessica Lange's Patsy Cline in