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Matewan
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. 1987 . 2h 15m
- Genre: Movies • Drama • History
- Country: United States
- Premier: 30 Jun 1988 (Australia)
- Director:John Sayles
- WriterJohn Sayles
- Stars:Chris Cooper, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn, Ken Jenkins, Kevin Tighe
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Matewan
Tagline: It takes more than guns to kill a man
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Mingo County, West Virginia, 1920. Coal mers, struggling to form a union, are up against company operators and the gun thugs of the notorious Baldwin-Felts detective agency. Black and Italian mers, brought in by the company to break the strike, are caught between the two forces. UMWA organizer and dual-card Wobbly Joe Kenehan determes to bring the local, Black, and Italian groups together. While Kenehan and his story are fictional, the setting and the dramatic climax are historical; Sid Hatfield, Cabell C. Testerman, C. E. Lively and the Felts brothers were real-life participants, and 'Few Clothes' is based on a character active several years previously.
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