Matewan 1987
DramaHistory
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.
Cast
J
Jo Henderson
Mrs. Elkins
M
Michael B. Preston
Ellix (as Michael Preston)
Crew
- Director
- John Sayles
- Writers
- John Sayles
- Producers
- Peggy Rajski, Maggie Renzi
- Executive Producers
- Jerry Silva, Mark Balsam, Amir Jacob Malin
- Cinematography
- Haskell Wexler
- Editing
- Sonya Polonsky
- Composer
- Mason Daring
- Production Design
- Nora Chavooshian
Details
- Release date
- Aug 28, 1987
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Revenue
- $1,680,358
- Studios
- Cinecom Entertainment Group, Film Gallery, Goldcrest, Red Dog Films, Winwood Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English, Italian
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