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appalachiablue

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1. Gracias, excellent film!

Reply to montanacowboy (Original post)

Sun Oct 27, 2024, 09:17 PM

Oct 27

- 'Matewan,' 1987, 2hrs, 12 mins. Matewan is a 1987 American independent drama film 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 Battle of Matewan, a coal miners' strike in 1920 in Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matewan

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MATEWAN IS ON TCM NOW 7:00 PDT [View all] montanacowboy Oct 27 OP

Gracias, excellent film! appalachiablue Oct 27 #1

my personal favorite line... ret5hd Oct 27 #2

Harlan County is a great flick montanacowboy Oct 27 #4

every time i hear some business owner say... ret5hd Oct 27 #6

If you're ever in Matewan, stop by the WV Mine Wars Museum Tanuki Oct 27 #3

You can also see it on YouTube. Sneederbunk Oct 27 #5

A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community elleng Oct 27 #7

A really great film. Not a happy movie, though. ms liberty Oct 27 #8