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 Ed Harris Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. His performances in "Apollo 13" (1995), "The Truman Show" (1998), "Pollock" (2000) and "The Hours" (2002) earned him critical acclaim in addition to Academy Award nominations. Harris has appeared in several leading and supporting roles, such as in "The Right Stuff" (1983), "The Abyss" (1989), "State of Grace" (1990), "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1992), "Nixon" (1995), "The Rock" (1996), "Stepmom" (1998), "A Beautiful Mind" (2001), "Enemy at the Gates" (2001), "A History of Violence" (2005), "Gone Baby Gone" (2007), "Snowpiercer" (2013), and "Mother!" (2017).