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Matewan
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- Summary
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A labor leader seeking to organize the workers of a company town sets off a powderkeg of racial hostility, corruption and betrayal in this tale of the bitter clash between unionist miners and the t...
A labor leader seeking to organize the workers of a company town sets off a powderkeg of racial hostility, corruption and betrayal in this tale of the bitter clash between unionist miners and the tyrannical coal company owners in West Virginia in the 1920's.
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- Creator
- [presented by Cinecom Entertainment Group and Film Gallery in association with Goldcrest ; produced by Peggy Rajski and Maggie Renzi ; written and directed by John Sayles]
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Santa Monica, Calif. : Artisan Home Entertainment, [1999, c1987]
- ©1999, c1987
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter index (1 sheet ; 19 cm)
- ISBNs
- 9781574927832, 1574927833
- OCLC
- ocm43496032
- Credits
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- Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham
- Music, Mason Daring ; editor, Sonya Polonsky ; director of photography, Haskell Wexler
- Title from disc label.
- A Red Dog Films Production.
- Originally released as a motion picture by October Films in 1987.
- Issued also in "Indie DVD Collector's Pack" (10045 Artisan Home Entertainment).
- DVD, mono audio.
- Closed-captioned.