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 Films International
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: 2.3877
Name: James Earl Jones
Character: 'Few Clothes' Johnson
Popularity: 3.2338
Name: Mary McDonnell
Character: Elma Radnor
Popularity: 4.7814
Name: Will Oldham
Character: Danny Radnor
Popularity: 1.2592
Name: David Strathairn
Character: Police Chief Sid Hatfield
Popularity: 3.448
Name: Ken Jenkins
Character: Sephus Purcell
Popularity: 1.9615
Name: Kevin Tighe
Character: Bill Hickey
Popularity: 2.3066
Name: Gordon Clapp
Character: Tom Griggs
Popularity: 0.8553
