Matewan

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American film film historical drama film

Matewan is a 1987 American historical drama film directed by John Sayles that depicts a violent coal miners' strike in 1920s West Virginia.

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Label Occurrences
Matewan canonical 5
Matewan, West Virginia 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
historical drama film ⓘ
awardReceived Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
Sundance Film Festival Excellence in Cinematography Award ⓘ
surface form: Sundance Film Festival Cinematography Award
basedOn Matewan Massacre ⓘ
castMember Bob Gunton ⓘ
Chris Cooper ⓘ
David Strathairn ⓘ
Gordon Clapp ⓘ
James Earl Jones ⓘ
Josh Mostel ⓘ
Ken Jenkins ⓘ
Kevin Tighe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mary McDonnell ⓘ
Nancy Mette ⓘ
Will Oldham ⓘ
cinematographer Haskell Wexler ⓘ
composer Mason Daring ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts coal mining ⓘ
labor union organizing ⓘ
labor–management conflict ⓘ
director John Sayles ⓘ
directorFilmographyItemOf John Sayles ⓘ
distributor Cinecom Entertainment Group ⓘ
surface form: Cinecom Pictures
editor Sonny Baskin ⓘ
filmingLocation Thurmond, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
hasFilmRating R (MPAA) ⓘ
hasTheme class struggle ⓘ
unionization ⓘ
workers' rights ⓘ
mainSubject coal miners' strike ⓘ
labor movement ⓘ
narrativeLocation Mingo County, West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Maggie Renzi ⓘ
publicationDate 1987 ⓘ
runtime approximately 132 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter John Sayles ⓘ
settingPlace Matewan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Matewan, West Virginia

West Virginia ⓘ
settingTime 1920 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haskell Wexler → notableWork → Matewan ⓘ
Haskell Wexler → cinematography → Matewan ⓘ
Chris Cooper → notableWork → Matewan ⓘ
Kevin Tighe → appearedIn → Matewan ⓘ
Mingo County, West Virginia → contains → Matewan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matewan, West Virginia
William Oldham → notableFilmAppearance → Matewan ⓘ
Matewan → settingPlace → Matewan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matewan, West Virginia