Matewan 1987
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)
T
Thomas A. Carlin
Turley
J
Jenni Cline
Luann
J
J.K. Kent Lilly
Pappy's Voice (voice)
J
James Kizer
Tolbert
R
Ronnie Stapleton
Stennis
F
Frank Payne Jr.
Old Miner
C
Charles Haywood
Sheb
N
Neale Clark
Isaac
H
Hazel Pearl
Missus
M
Michael Frasher
Lee Felts
F
Fred Decker
James
B
Bill Morris
Bass
D
Delmas Lawhorn
Conductor
W
William Dean
Broker
P
P. Michael Munsey
Broker
T
Thomas Hal Phillips
Boxcar Guard
S
Stephen C. Hall
Redneck Miner
P
Percy Fruit
Black Miner
T
Thomas Poore
Injured Black Miner
T
Tara Williams
Miner's Wife
G
Gerald Milnes
Fiddler
J
Jim Costa
Mandolin Player
P
Phil Wiggins
Harmonica Player
I
Ida Williams
Mrs. Knightes
Crew
- Director
- John Sayles
- Writers
- John Sayles
- Producers
- Peggy Rajski, Maggie Renzi
- Executive Producers
- Amir Jacob Malin, Mark Balsam, Jerry Silva
- 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 Films International, Red Dog Films, Winwood Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English, Italian
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