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It takes more than guns to kill a man.
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.
Cast: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn, Ken Jenkins, Kevin Tighe, Gordon Clapp, Bob Gunton, Jace Alexander, Joe Grifasi, Nancy Mette, Jo Henderson, Josh Mostel, Gary McCleery, Maggie Renzi, Tom Wright, Michael B. Preston, Thomas A. Carlin, Jenni Cline
Writer: John Sayles (Writer)
Cinematographer: Haskell Wexler
Production Designer: Dan Bishop, Nora Chavooshian
Editor: Sonya Polonsky
Sound Designer: Philip Stockton, John Sutton
Composer: Mason Daring
Costume Designer: Cynthia Flynt
Direction team: Benita Allen (Second Assistant Director), John Tintori (Script Supervisor), Matia Karrell (First Assistant Director)
Producers: James Glenn Dudelson, Amir Jacob Malin, Mark Balsam
Production: Cinecom Entertainment Group, Film Gallery, Goldcrest Films International, Red Dog Films
