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Matewan

Name: Matewan
Genre: Drama, Historia
Released: 1987-08-28
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn

PG-13 1987 2 h 12 min

Drama History

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Audience score148 votes on TMDB

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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.

Director: John Sayles
Screenplay: John Sayles
Music: Mason Daring
Status: Released
Release date: 28/08/1987
Original language: English
Budget: US$ 4 M
Box office: US$ 2 M