Matewan  /  DVD-Video
Standard 1.33:1 Color  /  Production Year: 1987  /  Region 1

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Select Product View: General Info Empire Reviews Customer Comments Suggestions 2 Used Products Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Be the first customer to comment on this Title. Synopsis "An American Classic. Easily one of theiBest Films of theiYear…" -Jeffrey Lyons, Sneak Previews/ INN A small town in 1920's West Virginia explodes when unionist miners clash with the owners of a tyrannical coal company in this critically acclaimed film from writer/ producer John Sayles (Lone Star). Earnest labor leader Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper, A Time To Kill) arrives in Matewan to better the lives of the men and women in this "company town" through unionization. But in his efforts to organize the workers of the Stone Mountain Coal Company, he ignites a powderkeg of racial hostility, corruption and betrayal - and touches off one of the most violent incidents in the history of the Coal Wars of 1920-21. Mary McDonnell (Independence Day), David Strathairn (The Firm), and James Earl Jones (Clear and Present Danger) also star in the film that Leonard Maltin calls "compelling and compassionate... John Sayles makes ever note ring true." Cast & Crew Actors:  • James Earl Jones  • Mary McDonnell  • Chris Cooper  • Will Oldham Writers:  • John Sayles Producers:  • Magie Renzi  • Peggy Rajski Directors:  • John Sayles Product Information Features: Production Notes Trailer Scene Access Interactive Menus Video: Standard 1.33:1 Color Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC] Studio: Lionsgate Production Year: 1987 Release Date: 11/27/2001 Length: 142 mins Rating: NR Chapters: 35 Packaging: Keep Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: SS-DL Item Code: 10046 UPC Code: 707729100461 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Based-On-A-True-Story, Drama, Historical / Period Piece Bargains: Under $11 Studios: Lionsgate Customers who bought this Title also bought Mulholland Drive  DVD-Video Wild Strawberries: The Criterion Collection  DVD-Video Firemen's Ball, The: The Criterion Collection  DVD-Video Grey Gardens: The Criterion Collection  DVD-Video Reviews Be the first customer to comment on this Title.