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Matewan
Resource Information
The work Matewan represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource Matewan
Label
Matewan
Statement of responsibility
Les Films Seville Pictures, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Cinecom International Films, 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
Contributor
  • Cinecom Entertainment Group
  • Henderson, Jo, 1934-1988
  • Jenkins, Ken, 1940-
  • Grifasi, Joe
  • Flynt, Cynthia
  • Jones, James Earl
  • Gunton, Bob
  • Mantell, Michael
  • McCleery, Gary
  • Daring, Mason
  • McDonnell, Mary
  • Cooper, Chris, 1951-
  • Mette, Nancy
  • Cline, Jenni
  • Clapp, Gordon, 1948-
  • Mostel, Josh
  • Oldham, Will
  • Chavooshian, Nora
  • Carlin, Tom, (Thomas A.), 1928-1991
  • Polonsky, Sonya
  • Bishop, Dan
  • Preston, Michael, 1938-
  • Rajski, Peggy
  • Alexander, Jace
  • Renzi, Maggie
  • Séville Pictures
  • RedDog (Firm)
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Sayles, John, 1950-
  • Strathairn, David
  • Goldcrest Films International
  • Film Gallery
  • Tighe, Kevin, 1944-
  • Wexler, Haskell
  • Criterion (Firm)
  • Cinecom International Films
  • Wright, Tom, 1952-
Actor
  • Grifasi, Joe
  • Jenkins, Ken, 1940-
  • Gunton, Bob
  • Henderson, Jo, 1934-1988
  • Mantell, Michael
  • McCleery, Gary
  • Cooper, Chris, 1951-
  • McDonnell, Mary
  • Cline, Jenni
  • Mette, Nancy
  • Clapp, Gordon, 1948-
  • Mostel, Josh
  • Oldham, Will
  • Carlin, Tom, (Thomas A.), 1928-1991
  • Wright, Tom, 1952-
  • Jones, James Earl
  • Preston, Michael, 1938-
  • Alexander, Jace
  • Strathairn, David
  • Tighe, Kevin, 1944-
Art director
  • Bishop, Dan
Costume designer
  • Flynt, Cynthia
Director of photography
  • Wexler, Haskell
Editor of moving image work
  • Polonsky, Sonya
Film director
  • Sayles, John, 1950-
Film distributor
  • Criterion (Firm)
Film producer
  • Renzi, Maggie
  • Rajski, Peggy
Presenter
  • Film Gallery
  • Séville Pictures
  • Cinecom Entertainment Group
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Goldcrest Films International
Production company
  • RedDog (Firm)
  • Cinecom Entertainment Group
  • Cinecom International Films
Production designer
  • Chavooshian, Nora
Screenwriter
  • Sayles, John, 1950-
Subject
  • Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining -- Drama
  • Coal Strike, W. Va., 1920-1921 -- Drama
  • Race relations -- Drama
  • Historical films
  • Fiction films
  • Feature films
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Genre
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Drama
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films
  • Historical films
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
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
Member of
  • Criterion collection, 999
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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Credits note
Music, Mason Daring ; costume designer, Cynthia Flynt ; production designer, Nora Chavooshian ; editor, Sonya Polonsky ; director of photography, Haskell Wexler ; art director, Dan Bishop
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Rating: PG-13
Language note
In Engish with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.M3943 2019
PerformerNote
Chris Cooper, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn, Ken Jenkins, Kevin Tighe, Gordon Clapp, Bob Gunton, Jace Alexander, Joe Grifasi, Nancy Mette, Jo Henderson, Josh Mostel, Gary McCleery, Maggie Renzi, Tom Wright, Michael Preston, Tom Carlin, Jenni Cline, Michael A. Mantel, James Earl Jones
Runtime
133
Series statement
Criterion collection
Series volume
999
Technique
live action

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