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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 and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
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Rating: PG-13
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Genre: History, Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: John Sayles
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Producer: Peggy Rajski, Maggie Renzi
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Writer: John Sayles
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Box Office (Gross USA): $23.9K
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Runtime:
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Production Co: Film Gallery, Goldcrest Films, Ltd., Red Dog Films, Cinecom Entertainment Group
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Sound Mix: Stereo
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Sayles strikes the right balance of realism and hope here. Per usual he assembles one hell of a cast.
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Caught this on late night cable. Fantastic film on all levels. It looks great and has some amazing performances. It is everything that I love about John Sayles. It seems like every movie he makes is a social studies project (not that it's always a good thing) and you always learn about something from his films. I didn't know anything about this event and it made it more riveting. Bob Gunton, Chris Cooper (in his film debut), and James Earl Jones are brilliant.
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Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones and Mary McDonnell each do a good job in this John Sayles piece on the growth of the labor union into the West Virginia coal mines of the 1920's. But, I may have set my expectations for the film a bit too high. Maybe it was meant as a warm-up for Sayles, David Strathairn, Kevin Tighe, Jace Alexander and Gordon Clapp prior to their collaboration of the following year...Eight Men Out.
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An amazingly authentic film with great performances, photography and production design. Sayles work here is stellar, can't wait to read the book.
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