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Written and directed by John Sayles (Lone Star), 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 the town of Matewan's miners go on strike, organizer Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper, in his screen 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 (In the Heat of the Night), Matewan taps into a rich vein of Americana with painstaking attention to local texture, issuing an impassioned cry for justice that still resounds today.
| Media | Movies Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc) |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Released | October 29, 2019 |
| Original release date | 1987 |
| EAN/UPC | 0715515236010 |
| Label | Criterion CCIN3080BR |
| Genre | Drama |
| Dimensions | 134 × 171 × 15 mm · 100 g (Weight (estimated)) |
| Playtime | 02:13:00 |
| Region code | Region A (Americas, East and Southeast Asia) |
| Language | Original language |
| Please note | iMusic has no information as to which subtitles may or may not be available on this DVD/Blu-ray. |
| Director | John Sayles |
| Skuespiller | Chris Cooper |
| Skuespiller | Mary McDonnell |
| Skuespiller | Will Oldham |
| Skuespiller | David Strathairn |
| Skuespiller | Ken Jenkins |
| Skuespiller | Kevin Tighe |
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