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 (playwright) drama and comedy. His first radio play, "Porshia", was produced in 2007 and starred Robert Webb Harris' first play, "Never Ever After", was shortlisted for the Meyer-Whitworth Award in 2008. His first major play, "Mongrel Island", was commissioned by Soho Theatre and opened Steve Marmion’s first season as Artistic Director in July 2011. It was later produced in Mexico City in 2014 as "Perro Sin Raza", directed by Fernando Rozvar. Harris' "The Cow Play" was revived for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His first play for children, "What The Thunder Said", won the Writers' Guild Award for Best Children’s Play 2017.