Matewan., Cinecom Entertainment Group and Film Gallery in association with Goldcrest present a Red Dog Films production ; produced by Peggy Rajski and Maggie Renzi ; written and directed by John Sayles, DVD/Widescreen
Type
Label
Matewan., Cinecom Entertainment Group and Film Gallery in association with Goldcrest present a Red Dog Films production ; produced by Peggy Rajski and Maggie Renzi ; written and directed by John Sayles, DVD/Widescreen
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rating: PG-13
Main title
Matewan.
Oclc number
1117308413
Responsibility statement
Cinecom Entertainment Group and Film Gallery in association with Goldcrest present a Red Dog Films production ; produced by Peggy Rajski and Maggie Renzi ; written and directed by John Sayles
Runtime
133
Series statement
The Criterion collection, 999
Summary
"Written and directed by John Sayles, this wrenching historical drama recounts the true story of a West Virginia coal town where the local miners' struggle to form a union rose to the pitch of all-out war in 1920. When Matewan's miners go on strike, organizer Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper, in his film debut), arrives to help them, uniting workers white and black, Appalachia-born and immigrant, while urging patience in the face of the coal company's violent provocations. With a crackerjack ensemble cast--including James Earl Jones, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, and Will Oldham--and Oscar-nominated cinematography by Haskell Wexler, Matewan taps into a rich vein of Americana with painstaking attention to local texture, issuing an impassioned cry for justice that still resounds today"--Container
Table Of Contents
disc one. [Feature film]; trailer -- disc two. [Special edition features]
Technique
live action
resource.version
DVD/Widescreen
Classification
Contributor
- Strathairn, David
- Mostel, Josh
- Flynt, Cynthia
- Preston, Michael, 1938-
- Cinecom Entertainment Group
- Chavooshian, Nora
- RedDog (Firm)
- Gunton, Bob
- Goldcrest Films International
- Wexler, Haskell
- McDonnell, Mary
- Alexander, Jace
- Tighe, Kevin, 1944-
- McCleery, Gary
- Grifasi, Joe
- Jones, James Earl
- Sayles, John, 1950-
- Rajski, Peggy
- Mantell, Michael
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Mette, Nancy
- Carlin, Tom, Thomas A., 1928-1991
- Henderson, Jo, 1934-1988
- Cooper, Chris, 1951-
- Wright, Tom, 1952-
- Renzi, Maggie
- Oldham, Will
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Daring, Mason
- Polonsky, Sonya
- Bishop, Dan
- Jenkins, Ken, 1940-
- Clapp, Gordon, 1948-
- Cline, Jenni
Subject
Content
resource.originPlace
Actor
- Strathairn, David
- Mostel, Josh
- Preston, Michael, 1938-
- Gunton, Bob
- McDonnell, Mary
- Alexander, Jace
- Tighe, Kevin, 1944-
- McCleery, Gary
- Grifasi, Joe
- Jones, James Earl
- Mantell, Michael
- Mette, Nancy
- Carlin, Tom, Thomas A., 1928-1991
- Henderson, Jo, 1934-1988
- Cooper, Chris, 1951-
- Wright, Tom, 1952-
- Renzi, Maggie
- Oldham, Will
- Jenkins, Ken, 1940-
- Clapp, Gordon, 1948-
- Cline, Jenni
resource.artdirector
resource.costumedesigner
resource.directorofphotography
resource.editorofmovingimagework
resource.filmdirector
resource.filmproducer
Is Based On
Is Part Of
composerexpression
resource.productioncompany
resource.productiondesigner
Publisher
resource.screenwriter
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor34
- Strathairn, David
- Mostel, Josh
- Flynt, Cynthia
- Preston, Michael, 1938-
- Cinecom Entertainment Group
- Chavooshian, Nora
- RedDog (Firm)
- Gunton, Bob
- Goldcrest Films International
- Wexler, Haskell
- McDonnell, Mary
- Alexander, Jace
- Tighe, Kevin, 1944-
- McCleery, Gary
- Grifasi, Joe
- Jones, James Earl
- Sayles, John, 1950-
- Rajski, Peggy
- Mantell, Michael
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Mette, Nancy
- Carlin, Tom, Thomas A., 1928-1991
- Henderson, Jo, 1934-1988
- Cooper, Chris, 1951-
- Wright, Tom, 1952-
- Renzi, Maggie
- Oldham, Will
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Daring, Mason
- Polonsky, Sonya
- Bishop, Dan
- Jenkins, Ken, 1940-
- Clapp, Gordon, 1948-
- Cline, Jenni
- Genre4
- Subject8
- Content1
- resource.originPlace1
- Actor21
- Strathairn, David
- Mostel, Josh
- Preston, Michael, 1938-
- Gunton, Bob
- McDonnell, Mary
- Alexander, Jace
- Tighe, Kevin, 1944-
- McCleery, Gary
- Grifasi, Joe
- Jones, James Earl
- Mantell, Michael
- Mette, Nancy
- Carlin, Tom, Thomas A., 1928-1991
- Henderson, Jo, 1934-1988
- Cooper, Chris, 1951-
- Wright, Tom, 1952-
- Renzi, Maggie
- Oldham, Will
- Jenkins, Ken, 1940-
- Clapp, Gordon, 1948-
- Cline, Jenni
- resource.artdirector1
- resource.costumedesigner1
- resource.directorofphotography1
- resource.editorofmovingimagework1
- resource.filmdirector1
- resource.filmproducer2
- Is Based On1
- Is Part Of1
- composerexpression1
- Presenter3
- resource.productioncompany2
- resource.productiondesigner1
- Publisher1
- resource.screenwriter1
- Mapped to1