Matewan /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Matewan (Motion picture)
Corporate Author:	Film Gallery
Other Authors:	Sayles, John, 1950- (Screenwriter), Renzi, Maggie (Actor), Cooper, Chris, 1951- (Actor), McDonnell, Mary (Actor), Oldham, Will (Actor), Strathairn, David (Actor), Jenkins, Ken, 1940- (Actor), Tighe, Kevin, 1944- (Actor), Clapp, Gordon, 1948- (Actor), Gunton, Bob (Actor), Alexander, Jace (Actor), Grifasi, Joe (Actor), Mette, Nancy (Actor), Henderson, Jo, 1934-1988 (Actor), Mostel, Josh (Actor), McCleery, Gary (Actor), Wright, Tom, 1952- (Actor), Preston, Michael, 1938- (Actor), Carlin, Tom (Thomas A.), 1928-1991 (Actor), Cline, Jenni (Actor), Mantell, Michael (Actor), Jones, James Earl (Actor), Daring, Mason (composer (expression)), Flynt, Cynthia (Costume designer), Wexler, Haskell (director of photography.)
Format:	Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Published:	[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2019]
Edition:	Director approved Blu-ray special edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 999.
Subjects:	Coal Strike, W. Va., 1920-1921 > Drama. Strikes and lockouts > Coal mining > Drama. West Virginia > Race relations > Drama. Coal Strike (West Virginia : 1920-1921) Race relations. Strikes and lockouts > Coal mining. West Virginia. 1920-1921 Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Historical films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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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.
Item Description:	Title and credits from screen. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987. Wide screen (1.85:1). Features: New 4k digital restoration, supervised by director John Sayles, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; Audio commentary from 2013 featuring Sayles and cinematographer Haskell Wexler; Two new documentaries on making of the film featuring Sayles, producer Maggie Renzi, production designer Nora Chavooshian, and actors Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, and David Strathairn; New interview with composer Mason Daring; Short documentary on the impact that Matewan's production had on West Virginia; New program on the film's production design featuring Chavooshian; Trailer, An essay by critic A.S. Hamrah.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (1 page : color illustrations ; folded to 17 cm.)
Format:	Blu-ray, region A; wide screen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); LPCM monaural.
Audience:	Rating: PG-13.
Production Credits:	Music, Mason Daring ; costume designer, Cynthia Flynt ; production designer, Nora Chavooshian ; editor, Sonya Polonsky ; director of photography, Haskell Wexler ; art director, Dan Bishop.
ISBN:	9781681436524 1681436523