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Matewan / presented by Cinecom Entertainment Group and Film Gallery in association with Goldcrest ; a Red Dog Films Production ; produced by Peggy Rajski and Maggie Renzi ; written and directed by John Sayles.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Sayles, John, 1950- director, screenwriter.
Rajski, Peggy, producer.
Renzi, Maggie, producer.
Cooper, Chris, 1951- actor.
Jones, James Earl, actor.
McDonnell, Mary, actor.
Cinecom Entertainment Group, producer.
Film Gallery, producer.
Goldcrest Films International, producer.
RedDog (Firm), producer.
Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm), distributor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Coal Strike, W. Va., 1920-1921--Drama.
Coal Strike, W. Va., 1920-1921.
Genre:
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Edition:
Fullscreen format.
Place of Publication:
Santa Monica, Calif. : Artisan Home Entertainment, [1999]
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
System Details:
DVD; monaural.
digital
optical
mono
video file
DVD video
Summary:
A labor leader seeking to organize the workers of a company town sets off a powderkeg 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 1920's.
Participant:
Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham.
Credits:
Director of photography, Haskell Wexler; editor, Sonya Polonsky; music, Mason Daring.
Notes:
Special features: production notes, theatrical trailer.
Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1987.
ISBN:
1574927833
OCLC:
43496032
Publisher Number:
7007729100461
10046 Artisan Home Entertainment

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