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02/09/06
Matewan (1987)
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Reviews Counted: 17 Fresh: 17 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 22 mins
Synopsis: The year is 1920, the setting Matewan, West Virginia, where the town's coal miners labor under miserable, unhealthy conditions. Enter Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper), a rebellious union leader who wants to organize the West Virginian miners, as well as the Italians and blacks brought in as... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, William Oldham, David Strathairn
Director: John Sayles
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For all of the binary simplicity of the film’s moral structure, the question of violence, its utility or even necessity, is the great ambiguity at the film’s center.
09/17/04
An old-fashioned movie that will make the hearts of all idealists truly sing.
08/27/04
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08/09/02
marks a turning point in the auteur's career, a transition between a teller of personal tales and a conveyor of universal ones.
07/02/02
Sayles is a perfectionist with a great ear and eye for historical detail, and Matewan is as rich in it as a film can be.
02/27/01
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