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Matewan (1987) [PG-13]

Release Date:
August 28, 1987

Original Title:
Matewan

Alternate Titles:
Matewan - A Luta Final
Matewan - kuoleman kaivos
Ματωμένη Αμερική
メイトワン1920

Genres:
Drama | History

Production Companies:
Cinecom Entertainment Group
Film Gallery
Goldcrest
Red Dog Films
Winwood Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG-13 

Runtime: 132

It takes more than guns to kill a man.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Additional Camera:
Claudia Bailey

Additional Casting:
Avy Kaufman

Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Tom Fleischman

Art Department Assistant:
Jeff Butcher

Art Department Manager:
Howard J. Calvert Jr.

Art Department Production Assistant:
Archie Lambert
Nancy Kim Parsons
Chris Gibbin
Almer Shuttle
James Dean

Art Direction:
Dan Bishop

Assistant Costume Designer:
Susan Lyall

Assistant Editor:
Geraldine Peroni

Assistant Grip:
Sean Garrett Fogel
Luke Latino
Erica Gelczis
Claiborne Lashley

Assistant Production Coordinator:
Pat McCarthy

Assistant Production Manager:
Sarah Green

Assistant Property Master:
Jem Cohen

Assistant Set Decoration:
Leigh Johnson

Assistant Set Dresser:
Daniel Boxer

Assistant Sound Editor:
Christopher Weir
Marissa Littlefield
Bruce Pross

Associate Producer:
James Glenn Dudelson
Ned Kandel
Ira Deutchman

Best Boy Electric:
Lynn Breschel

Boom Operator:
Lisa Schnall

Camera Operator:
Mitch Dubin

Carpenter:
John Robinson

Casting:
Barbara Shapiro

Casting Assistant:
Julie Hutchinson
Eve Battaglia
Pam Flam

Casting Associate:
Robert Grindrod

Casting Consultant:
Barbara-Ann Stein

Charge Scenic Artist:
Roland Brooks

Construction Coordinator:
Anthony Dunne

Costume Designer:
Cynthia Flynt

Craft Service:
Sandy Cox

Dialogue Coach:
Sara Malossini
Davide Ferrario

Director:
John Sayles

Director of Photography:
Haskell Wexler

Driver:
Roscoe Thomas
Sonny Adkins
Mark Moore

Editor:
Sonya Polonsky

Editorial Production Assistant:
David Leonard

Electrician:
Louisa Heyward
Robert Bruce

Executive Producer:
Amir Jacob Malin
Mark Balsam
Jerry Silva

First Assistant Camera:
P. Scott Sakamoto

First Assistant Director:
Matia Karrell

Gaffer:
Morris Flam

Grip:
Lee Shapira
Robert K. Feldmann
Arthur Blum

Key Grip:
Stefan Czapsky

Lead Set Dresser:
Leigh Kyle

Leadman:
Brent Haywood
Ken Nelson
Bill Lehne

Legal Services:
David Hollander
John Sloss

Location Assistant:
Bob Bailey

Location Manager:
Paul Marcus

Makeup & Hair:
James Sarzotti

Makeup & Hair Assistant:
David Halsey

Original Music Composer:
Mason Daring

Producer:
Peggy Rajski
Maggie Renzi

Production Assistant:
Beth Bernstein
Libby Bika

Production Design:
Nora Chavooshian

Production Manager:
Peggy Rajski

Production Office Coordinator:
Cilista Eberle

Property Master:
Ann Edgeworth

Publicist:
Gary Rosenblatt

Scenic Artist:
Joel Ossenfort
Pat McClinch

Script Supervisor:
John Tintori

Second Assistant Camera:
Debbie Sarjeant

Second Assistant Director:
Benita Allen

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Newton Thomas Sigel

Second Unit Location Manager:
Paul Marcus

Set Decoration:
Leslie A. Pope
Anamarie Michnevich

Set Dresser:
Nancy Gilmore

Set Dressing Production Assistant:
Daniel Fisher
Nelle Stokes
Bill McKinney
David Smith

Set Production Assistant:
Buddy Brewer
Ralph Renzi
Kevin Ball
Rachel Bower
Will Chapman
Brian Wenk
Gregory Jacobs

Sound Editor:
Philip Stockton

Sound Mixer:
John Sutton

Special Effects:
Shirley Belwood
Todd Wolfeil
Russell Berg

Special Effects Coordinator:
Peter Kunz

Still Photographer:
Bob Marshak

Stunt Coordinator:
Edgard Mourino

Stunts:
Danny Aiello III
Len DeVirgilio

Supervising Sound Editor:
Skip Lievsay

Unit Manager:
Diana Pokorny

Video Assist Operator:
Steve Apicella

Wardrobe Assistant:
Lorna Scott

Wardrobe Intern:
Holly Scarborough
Connie Lucas
Vincent Gratzer
Gabriele Campbell
Andrea Gustke

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Heidi Shulman

Writer:
John Sayles

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