Film

Matewan

PG-13 1987 2 h 12 min
74%
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“It takes more than guns to kill a man.”

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.

Drehbuch
John Sayles
Status
Veröffentlicht
Veröffentlichung
28/08/1987
Originalsprache
Englisch
Budget
US$ 4 M
Einspielergebnis
US$ 2 M

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