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Matewan
It takes more than guns to kill a man.
It takes more than guns to kill a man.
Drama - 1987
Matewan
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7.9
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Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
Director:
,
John Sayles
Cast:
,
Mary McDonnell
,
Chris Cooper
,
Bob Gunton
,
David Strathairn
,
James Earl Jones
,
Kevin Tighe
,
Gordon Clapp
,
Ken Jenkins
,
Will Oldham
,
John Sayles

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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
132 min
Release date:
28 Aug 1987
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Italian
Budget:
$4,000,000
Revenue:
$1,680,358
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 8 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
When this movie stumbles, it stumbles honestly and sympathetically, but, when it succeeds, it makes history sing.
– Michael Wilmington,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Mar 2013
rotten:
Sayles must have meant his movie to stir and provoke, but the self-contained look of it yields something else -- a sense of quaintness, of harmless nostalgia.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar 2013
fresh:
In its grave clarity, it's as pure and plaintive as a mountain ballad.
– Jay Carr,
Boston Globe,
22 Mar 2013
fresh:
If Sayles's bite were as lethal as his bark, he might have given this a harder edge and a stronger conclusion. But the performances are uniformly fine.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
22 Mar 2013
fresh:
In the rich umbers of Haskell Wexler's cinematography, Matewan does look great.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
22 Mar 2013
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