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 the film. He next appeared in the films "The Firm" (1993) and "Needful Things" (1993), before portraying the lead role of Kyle Bodine in the neo noir film "China Moon" (1994). In 1995, Harris portrayed Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt in the Oliver Stone biopic "Nixon", and received his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance as NASA Mercury Mission Control Director Gene Kranz in "Apollo 13". In 1996, Harris starred in and executive produced the television adaptation of "Riders of the Purple Sage". That same year, he returned to Broadway as Major Steve Arnold in