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Matewan (film): Culture & Music

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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Matewan (film) topic overview

The analysis highlights Culture and Music as prominent areas in the source structure around Matewan (film).

Related topics
72
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
80
Extracted relationships
17
Concept neighborhoods
23
Bridge connections
80

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Plot · 19 topics
Overview · 18 topics
Reception · 10 topics
Cast · 7 topics
Music · 7 topics
Awards and nominations · 5 topics
In popular culture · 3 topics
Production · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

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

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Plot

Cast

Production

Music

Reception

Awards and nominations

In popular culture

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Matewan (film) connects Entity context

The extracted context around Matewan (film) shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Matewan (film) → Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham Another extracted example is Matewan (film) → under $2 million (US). Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Matewan (film)

Top relations

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

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

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

Matewan (film) relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 17 structured relationships around Matewan (film). Examples in this analysis include Matewan (film) → Box office → under $2 million (US) and Matewan (film) → Budget → $4 million (estimated). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
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

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Matewan (film) bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Sayles, Virginia and Matewan. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Matewan (film)
    • Sayles
    • Virginia
    • Matewan
    • West
    • Box
    • Office
    • Chris
    • Coal
    • Cooper
    • Mary
    • Oldham
    • Earl
  • matewan (film)
    • Sayles
    • Virginia
    • Matewan
    • West
    • Box
    • Office
    • Chris
    • Coal
    • Cooper
    • Cinematography
    • Earl
    • James
  • independent film
    • Matewan
    • Sayles
    • Virginia
    • West
    • Cinematography
    • Earl
    • James
    • Jones
    • Coal
    • Cooper
    • States
    • Box
  • john sayles
    • Mary
    • Oldham
    • Chris
    • Earl
    • James
    • Jones
    • Mcdonnell
    • Cooper
    • Sayles
    • Strathairn
    • Mason
    • Joe
  • chris cooper
    • Mary
    • Oldham
    • Cooper
    • Earl
    • James
    • Jones
    • John
    • Mcdonnell
    • Joe
    • Sayles
    • Strathairn
    • Kenehan
  • james earl jones
    • Earl
    • James
    • Jones
    • Mary
    • Oldham
    • John
    • Mcdonnell
    • Sayles
    • Strathairn
    • Joe
    • States
    • Film
  • battle of matewan
    • Sayles
    • Virginia
    • West
    • Box
    • Office
    • Chris
    • Coal
    • Cooper
    • Mary
    • Oldham
    • Earl
    • James
  • matewan
    • Sayles
    • Virginia
    • West
    • Box
    • Office
    • Chris
    • Coal
    • Cooper
    • Mary
    • Oldham
    • Earl
    • James

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Matewan (film), one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Matewan (film) with Plot. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Matewan (film) — Plot · splits 61 ⟂ 20
Matewan (film) — Overview · splits 62 ⟂ 19
Matewan (film) — Reception · splits 70 ⟂ 11
Matewan (film) — Cast · splits 73 ⟂ 8
Matewan (film) — Music · splits 73 ⟂ 8
Matewan (film) — Awards and nominations · splits 75 ⟂ 6
Matewan (film) — Production · splits 77 ⟂ 4
Matewan (film) — In popular culture · splits 77 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Matewan (film)

Nodes81
Edges80
Triples17
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024691
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Matewan (film) to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Culture & Music, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Matewan (film) · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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