Matewan (1987)Lorimar Home Video(1987)
VHS · Slipcase
This is the 1987 Lorimar Home Video VHS Slipcase edition of Matewan (1987).
PG-131h 40m
Edition facts
- Format
- VHS
- Distributor
- Lorimar Home Video
- Case type
- Slipcase
- Release year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- PG-13
Other editions of Matewan (1987) (2)
About the film
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
Production: Cinecom Entertainment Group, Film Gallery, Goldcrest, Red Dog Films, Winwood Productions