Matewan
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Matewan
Running Time: 130 min.
MPAA Rating: PG13
Box Office: / Domestic gross: $1,680,000
Produced By: / Cinecom Pictures
Released: August 28, 1987 (USA)
Summary:
Independent filmmaker John Sayles creates one of his more artistic works with this period feature about a volatile 1920s labor dispute in the town of Matewan, West Virginia. Matewan is a coal town where the local miners' lives are controlled by the p... More >>
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Cast and Crew: Chris Cooper (Joe Kenehan) Will Oldham (Danny Radnor) Mary McDonnell (Elma Radnor) Bob Gunton (C.E. Lively) James Earl Jones (Few Clothes Johnson) More >> Review: Writer-director John Sayles specializes in recasting American history through the eyes of overlooked working-class heroes, and his story of striking West Virginia coal miners in the 1920s is one of his most polished and accessible achievements. Based ...More >> |
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