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- Overall, Matewan (135 minutes) despite historical inaccuracies and few archetypal characterizations is one of the best American movies to focus on labor politics and ill-treated workers.
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This is a powerful film that deserves to be seen by people--like me--who know about UAW struggles, but didn't know the details. Matewan has an extremely high IMDb rating of 7.9. I thought that it was even better than that, and rated it 10.
Mar 16, 2021 · Matewan (1987) does its share of myth-making, but its narrative is more layered than the rhetoric often posed by ‘red scare’ (or red menace) Hollywood cinema. John Sayles is, foremost, a writer.
Rated. PG-13. Runtime. 133 min. Release Date. 08/28/1987. “You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. Saint Peter don’t you call me ’cause I can’t go. I owe my soul to the company store” “Sixteen Tons” by Merle Travis. John Sayles has described his 1987 film Matewan as a Western set in Appalachia.
All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review. A film that cannot help but spark comparisons between the 1920s coal wars and the decline of the unions...
Mar 22, 2013 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review A film that cannot help but spark comparisons between the 1920s coal wars and the decline of the unions over the last century.
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- John Sayles
- PG-13
- Chris Cooper
When the mine owners in the small West Virginia town of Matewan decide to come down hard on their striking workers during the 1920s, everyone in the community bands together to resist. The man behind this unity is Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper), a union organizer whose pacifism is his source of strength.
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.
