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The Resource Matewan, written and directed by John Sayles

Matewan, written and directed by John Sayles

Label
Matewan
Title
Matewan
Statement of responsibility
written and directed by John Sayles
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Film director
Film distributor
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
A wrenching historical drama that 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. Written and directed by John Sayles, this film issues an impassioned cry for justice that still resounds today
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Matewan (Motion picture).
Dewey number
791.43/72
http://bibfra.me/vocab/relation/essayist
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Intended audience
Rating: PG-13
Language note
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.M3943 2019b
PerformerNote
Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1950-
  • 1951-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Sayles, John
  • Cooper, Chris
  • Jones, James Earl
  • McDonnell, Mary
  • Oldham, Will
  • Hamrah, A. S.
  • Criterion (Firm)
Runtime
133
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Coal Strike, W. Va., 1920-1921
  • Strikes and lockouts
  • Race relations
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Matewan, written and directed by John Sayles
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987
  • Special features: audio commentary featuring Sayles and cinematographer Haskell Wexler, two new documentaries on making of the film, new interview with composer, short documentary on the impact that the production had on West Virginina, new program on the film's production design, trailer, plus: an essay by critic A.S. Hamrah
  • Wide screen (1.85:1)
Accompanying material
1 pamphlet (1 page : color illustrations ; folded to 17 cm)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Criterion collection.
Extent
2 videodiscs (133 min.)
Isbn
9781681436531
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 715515236119
  • 715515236119
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • CC3081DDVD
  • 12426353
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1117308413
System details
DVD, wide screen (1.85:1), monaural Dolby audio, region 1
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Matewan, written and directed by John Sayles
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987
  • Special features: audio commentary featuring Sayles and cinematographer Haskell Wexler, two new documentaries on making of the film, new interview with composer, short documentary on the impact that the production had on West Virginina, new program on the film's production design, trailer, plus: an essay by critic A.S. Hamrah
  • Wide screen (1.85:1)
Accompanying material
1 pamphlet (1 page : color illustrations ; folded to 17 cm)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Criterion collection.
Extent
2 videodiscs (133 min.)
Isbn
9781681436531
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 715515236119
  • 715515236119
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • CC3081DDVD
  • 12426353
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1117308413
System details
DVD, wide screen (1.85:1), monaural Dolby audio, region 1
Video recording format
DVD

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