DVD

Matewan [DVD] / Cinecom International Films ; Cinecom Entertainment Group and Film Gallery in association with Goldcrest present a Red Dog Films production ; produced by Peggy Rajski and Maggie Renzi ; written and directed by John Sayles.

Cooper, Chris, 1951- (Added Author). McDonnell, Mary. (Added Author). Oldham, Will. (Added Author). Strathairn, David. (Added Author). Jones, James Earl. (Added Author). Rajski, Peggy. (Added Author). Renzi, Maggie. (Added Author). Sayles, John, 1950- (Added Author). Daring, Mason. (Added Author). Cinecom International Films. (Added Author). Cinecom Entertainment Group. (Added Author). Film Gallery. (Added Author). Goldcrest Films International. (Added Author). Red Dog Films. (Added Author). Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). October Films. (Added Author). Chris Cooper, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn, James Earl Jones. (Cast).

Summary:

A labor leader seeking to organize the workers of a company town sets off a powderkeg of racial hostility, corruption, and betrayal in a bitter clash between unionist miners and the tyrannical coal company owners in West Virginia in the 1920's.

Record details

ISBN: 1574927833
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Standard format.
Publisher: Santa Monica, Calif. : Artisan Home Entertainment, [1999], c1987.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture by October Films in 1987. Special features: trailer; production notes.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Haskell Wexler ; editor, Sonya Polonsky ; music: Mason Daring.
Participant or Performer Note:	Chris Cooper, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn, James Earl Jones.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated by the MPAA. 5-adult BWI.
System Details Note:	DVD; mono.
Language Note:	Soundtrack in English. Closed-captioned.