DVD

Matewan / Cinecom Entertainment Group and Film Gallery in association with Goldcrest present a Red Dog Films production ; produced by Peggy Rajski and Maggie Renzi ; written and directed by John Sayles.

Sayles, John, 1950- (screenwriter,, film director.). Cooper, Chris, 1951- (actor.). Jones, James Earl, (actor.). McDonnell, Mary, (actor.). Oldham, Will, (actor.). Hamrah, A. S., (essayist.). Daring, Mason, (composer (expression)). Flynt, Cynthia, (costume designer.). Chavooshian, Nora, (production designer.). Polonsky, Sonya, (editor of moving image work.). Wexler, Haskell, (director of photography.). Bishop, Dan, (art director.). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, (presenter.). Cinecom Entertainment Group, (production company,, presenter.). RedDog (Firm), (production company.). Criterion (Firm), (film distributor.). Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn. (Cast).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781681436531
ISBN: 1681436531
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (1 page : color illustrations ; folded to 17 cm)
Edition: Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Publisher: [United States, N. Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

General 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).
Participant or Performer Note:	Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: PG-13.
System Details Note:	DVD, wide screen (1.85:1), monaural Dolby audio, region 1.
Language Note:	Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Source of Description Note:	Title from disc surface.