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Rated 4.5/5 Stars •02/13/23 Full Review matthew d An unreal depiction of corporate cruelty. Indie director John Sayles' historical drama Matewan (1987) is an engrossing portrayal of real life...
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- John Sayles
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- Chris Cooper
Matewan is a richly textured film, boosted by Haskell Wexler's Oscar-nominated cinematography and boasting a remarkable cast of established stars, promising newcomers, and Sayles regulars.
Sep 11, 1987 · “Matewan” (MPAA-rated: PG-13) is not so much a celebration of the labor movement as an attempt to reinvoke the idealism that once infused it--and, by extension, make that idealism valid again.
This 1987 film aims to document real events that concerned a small coal mining community (called Matewan) in West Virginia in 1920. The miners are trying to organize a union, much to the dismay of the company that employs them.
Oct 29, 2019 · Matewan is one of the few movies produced in the U.S. to make the need for them its subject. The gun-toting, nonminer hillbillies who stealthily materialize out of the woods in the film know that the coal companies stole their land.
The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 94% of critics gave the film a positive review, based on 34 reviews. Accolades. Cinematographer Haskell Wexler received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography at the 60th Academy Awards.
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A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.
