Directed by:
John SaylesScreenplay:
John SaylesCinematography:
Haskell WexlerComposer:
Mason DaringCast:
Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn, Ken Jenkins, Gordon Clapp, Kevin Tighe, John Sayles, Bob Gunton, Josh Mostel (more)Plots(1)
Written and directed by John Sayles, this wrenching historical drama recounts the true story of a West Virginia coal town where the local miners’ struggle to form a union rose to the pitch of all-out war in 1920. When the town of Matewan’s miners go on strike, organizer Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper, in his screen debut) arrives to help them, uniting workers white and black, Appalachia-born and immigrant, while urging patience in the face of the coal company’s violent provocations. With a crackerjack ensemble cast including James Earl Jones, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, and Will Oldham and Oscar-nominated cinematography by Haskell Wexler, Matewan taps into a rich vein of Americana with painstaking attention to local texture, issuing an impassioned cry for justice that still resounds today. (Criterion)
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Matewan
Original Soundtrack
Label: Daring Records
Year: 1995
Country: UK
Format: CD
Length: 26:38
| 1. | Fire In The Hole | Mason Daring | 02:03 |
| 2. | Main Street | Mason Daring | 01:00 |
| 3. | La Bella Noche | Mason Daring | 01:47 |
| 4. | Bridey May | Mason Daring | 00:20 |
| 5. | Avanti Populo | Mason Daring | 01:12 |
| 6. | Ambush | Mason Daring | 00:41 |
| 7. | Blood Of The Lamb | Mason Daring | 00:40 |
| 8. | The Coal Yard | Mason Daring | 00:41 |
| 9. | Few Frets | Mason Daring | 01:19 |
| 10. | The Rabbit | Mason Daring | 01:36 |
| 11. | La Bella Noche 2 | Mason Daring | 01:35 |
| 12. | Gathering Storm | Mason Daring | 01:39 |
| 13. | Whern Sorrows Encompass Me Round | Mason Daring | 00:52 |
| 14. | The Night Before | Mason Daring | 03:43 |
| 15. | What A Friend We Have In Jesus | Mason Daring | 00:57 |
| 16. | On The Tracks | Mason Daring | 00:22 |
| 17. | The Battle O'er | Mason Daring | 01:14 |
| 18. | Hills Of Galilee | Mason Daring | 04:57 |