Matewan [videorecording] / [presented by Cinecom Entertainment Group and Film Gallery in association with Goldcrest ; produced by Peggy Rajski and Maggie Renzi ; written and directed by John Sayles].
Rajski, Peggy.; Renzi, Maggie.; Sayles, John, 1950-; Cooper, Chris, 1951-; Jones, James Earl.; McDonnell, Mary.; Oldham, Will.; Daring, Mason.; Wexler, Haskell.; Cinecom Entertainment Group.; Film Gallery.; Goldcrest Films International.; Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm); RedDog (Firm); October Films.
1999
PN1997 .M384 1999
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Title
Matewan [videorecording] / [presented by Cinecom Entertainment Group and Film Gallery in association with Goldcrest ; produced by Peggy Rajski and Maggie Renzi ; written and directed by John Sayles].
ISBN
1574927833
9781574927832
9781574927832
Publication Details
Santa Monica, Calif. : Artisan Home Entertainment, [1999]
Language
English
Description
1 videodisc (142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Item Number
707729100461
Call Number
PN1997 .M384 1999
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.45
Distributor No.
10046 Artisan Home Entertainment
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.
Note
Closed captioned.
Title from disc label.
[A Red Dog Films Production].
Originally released as a motion picture by October Films in 1987.
Special features: Production notes; trailer.
Title from disc label.
[A Red Dog Films Production].
Originally released as a motion picture by October Films in 1987.
Special features: Production notes; trailer.
Credits
Music, Mason Daring ; editor, Sonya Polonsky ; director of photography, Haskell Wexler.
Performer
Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham.
Cast
Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham.
System Details Note
DVD, full screen presentation; mono audio.
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