Overview - Matewan
Date of release
Budget
$4,000,000.00
Revenue
$1,680,358.00
Spoken Languages
- English
- Italiano
Production companies
Name: Cinecom Entertainment Group
Production country
Name: Film Gallery
Production country
Name: Goldcrest
Production country
Name: Red Dog Films
Production country
Name: Winwood Productions
Production country
Overview
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
Name: Chris Cooper
Character: Joe Kenehan
Popularity: 2.8711
Name: James Earl Jones
Character: 'Few Clothes' Johnson
Popularity: 2.3236
Name: Mary McDonnell
Character: Elma Radnor
Popularity: 2.8416
Name: Will Oldham
Character: Danny Radnor
Popularity: 0.6529
Name: David Strathairn
Character: Police Chief Sid Hatfield
Popularity: 2.2516
Name: Ken Jenkins
Character: Sephus Purcell
Popularity: 1.1931
Name: Kevin Tighe
Character: Bill Hickey
Popularity: 2.2195
Name: Gordon Clapp
Character: Tom Griggs
Popularity: 0.7027
