Matewan

Release Date:

Aug 28, 1987

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

Running Time:

2:12

Genre:

Historical Drama

Director:

John Sayles

Cast:

Chris Cooper	Joe Kenehan
Will Oldham	Danny Radnor
James Earl Jones	'Few Clothes' Johnson
Mary McDonnell	Elma Radnor
Bob Gunton	C.E. Lively
Kevin Tighe	Hickey
Gordon Clapp	Griggs
Josh Mostel	Cabell Testerman
Joe Grifasi	Fausto
Maggie Renzi	Rosaria
David Strathairn	Sid Hatfield

Producers:

Mark Balsam , Amir Jacob Malin , Jerry Silva , Peggy Rajski , Maggie Renzi

Writers:

John Sayles

Language:

English

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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, a scab named ''Few Clothes'' Johnson 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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