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Matewan (film)

Matewan (/ˈmeɪtwɒn/) is a 1987 American independent film drama written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Chris Cooper (in his film debut), James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell and Will Oldham, with David Strathairn, Kevin Tighe and Gordon Clapp in supporting roles. The film dramatizes the events of the 1920 Battle of Matewan, a coal miners' strike in…

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Box office
under $2 million (US)
Budget
$4 million (estimated)
Cinematography
Haskell Wexler
Country
United States
Directed by
John Sayles
Distributed by
Cinecom Pictures

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Matewan (film)

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Edges80
Triples17
Avg. degree1.98
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Matewan (film)

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Starring · 4
Matewan (film) → Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham
Box office · 1
Matewan (film) → under $2 million (US)
Budget · 1
Matewan (film) → $4 million (estimated)
Cinematography · 1
Matewan (film) → Haskell Wexler
Country · 1
Matewan (film) → United States
Directed by · 1
Matewan (film) → John Sayles
Distributed by · 1
Matewan (film) → Cinecom Pictures
Edited by · 1
Matewan (film) → Sonya Polonsky
Language · 1
Matewan (film) → English
Music by · 1
Matewan (film) → Mason Daring

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matewan film kenehan miners danny lively agents west sayles cooper baldwin-felts hillard coal virginia griggs hickey john chris james earl

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Matewan (film)Box officeunder $2 million (US)1.00infobox
Matewan (film)Budget$4 million (estimated)1.00infobox
Matewan (film)CinematographyHaskell Wexler1.00infobox
Matewan (film)CountryUnited States1.00infobox
Matewan (film)Directed byJohn Sayles1.00infobox
Matewan (film)Distributed byCinecom Pictures1.00infobox
Matewan (film)Edited bySonya Polonsky1.00infobox
Matewan (film)LanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Matewan (film)Music byMason Daring1.00infobox
Matewan (film)Produced byPeggy Rajski Maggie Renzi1.00infobox
Matewan (film)Release dateAugust 28, 1987 (1987-08-28) (United States)1.00infobox
Matewan (film)Running time132 minutes1.00infobox
Matewan (film)StarringChris Cooper1.00infobox
Matewan (film)StarringJames Earl Jones1.00infobox
Matewan (film)StarringMary McDonnell1.00infobox
Matewan (film)StarringWill Oldham1.00infobox
Matewan (film)Written byJohn Sayles1.00infobox

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