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Matewan
Uniform Title
Matewan (Motion picture)
Title
Matewan / 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.
ISBN
7421220613
Publication
[Montreal, Quebec, Canada] : Seville Pictures, [2002?]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Medium
4 3/4 in. stamping
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Bonus features: Trailer; Bios (cast & crew); Trailer gallery.
Music, Mason Daring ; costume designer, Cynthia Flynt ; production designer, Nora Chavooshian ; editor, Sonya Polonsky ; director of photography, Haskell Wexler ; art director, Dan Bishop.
Summary
A labor leader seeking to organize the workers of a company town sets off a powder keg of racial hostility, corruption and betrayal in this tale of the bitter clash between unionist miners and the tyrannical coal company owners in West Virginia in the 1920s.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 21, 2017
Credits
Music, Mason Daring ; costume designer, Cynthia Flynt ; production designer, Nora Chavooshian ; editor, Sonya Polonsky ; director of photography, Haskell Wexler ; art director, Dan Bishop.
Cast
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.
System details note
DVD; NTSC; region1; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Audience
Not rated.
Videorecording number
7581DV Seville
Subjects
Genre/Form
Historical films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films - United States.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
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