The film dramatizes the events of the Battle of Matewan, a coal miners' strike in 1920 in Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia.
Matewan
PG-13 · 1987 ‧ Western/Drama ‧ 2h 12m
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Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper), a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson (James Earl Jones) and a sympathetic mayor...
Release date: August 28, 1987 (New York)
Director: John Sayles
Distributed by: Cinecom
Box office: under $2 million (US)
Cinematography: Haskell Wexler
Music by: Mason Daring
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Matewan is a superb film, good acting, excellently shot, and a rivetting story. The ending is violent, but that too is well done. The film is about a coal ...
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