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• Debbie Reynolds appears briefly as herself in several shots; her face appears on the cover of the August 8th, 1949 issue of "Life" magazine seen in several scenes. The cover was her first for "Life". For the filming, the real cover of the "Life" issue was used, but the pages of the Jackson Pollock article inside are reproductions of the original, with Ed Harris's image substituted for Pollock's.
  
  
• Ed Harris's father bought his son a book about Jackson Pollock simply because he felt Ed bore a strong resemblance to the painter. Ever since then, Ed Harris became fascinated with Pollock's life.
  
  
• Starring in and directing the movie was so strenuous for Ed Harris that he collapsed on the set and had to be briefly hospitalized.
  
  
• Ed Harris had to gain about 30 lbs. to do the later scenes in the movie when Jackson Pollock is an alcoholic.
  
  
• This was originally conceived as a vehicle for Robert de Niro and Barbra Streisand.
  
  

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