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* Matewan, Director: John Sayles, 1987 – critically acclaimed account of a coal mine-workers ' strike and attempt to unionize in 1920 in Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia.
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Matewan and John
* In the John Sayles film Matewan, Will Oldham plays a young minister boy who preaches the story of Potiphar to his small town.
* Matewan, a John Sayles produced movie that was filmed in the Thurmond area even though the real-life events actually took place in Matewan, West Virginia, which borders the Kentucky state line about 100 miles away.
* Matewan ( 1987 ), directed by John Sayles
Cooper's early performances include Matewan, the 1987 picture by John Sayles ; the 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove ; and the 1990 picture Thousand Pieces of Gold, which is based on the novel of the same title, and Bed of Lies opposite Susan Dey.
In the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan, an Appalachian woman in a camp of West Virginia union miners gives a hare to an Italian immigrant woman, along with some ramps " to flavor the stew ".
Matewan ( 1987 ) is an American drama film written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, and Will Oldham, with David Strathairn, Kevin Tighe, and Gordon Clapp in supporting roles.
* Excerpt from Eric Foner essay on the John Sayles film, Matewan in the book Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies edited by historian Mark C. Carnes
Governor John J. Cornwell ordered the state police force to take control of Matewan.
The battle was the subject of the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.
In 1988, Wexler won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for the John Sayles film Matewan, for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award.
Matewan and 1987
* Other dramatisations: 10, 000 Black Men Named George ( 2002 ); Matewan ( 1987 ); American Playhouse —" The Killing Floor " ( 1985 ); Salt of the Earth ( 1954 ); The Grapes of Wrath ( 1940 ); Black Fury ( 1935 )
It was also used in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and the 1987 film Matewan, where it was used by Baldwin-Felts agents just before a violent attack on striking coal miners.
Attempts to unionize by coal miners in 1920 led to the Battle of Matewan between miners and Baldwin-Felts detectives, which was the inspiration for the 1987 movie Matewan.
* Matewan, 1987
Matewan and –
Because of its rich history ( Hatfield – McCoy feud and Matewan Massacre ), the center of the town was designated the Matewan Historic District, a National Historic Landmark.
The Hatfield – McCoy Trails opened a trail head in Matewan.
A section of the floodwall along the Tug Fork in Matewan, West Virginia, constructed by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, depicts the Hatfield – McCoy feud.
* Matewan – C. E.
Seven Baldwin – Felts detectives, including Thomas Felts ' brothers Albert and Lee, were killed in Matewan on May 19, 1920, during a shootout known as either the Matewan Massacre or the Battle of Matewan.
Following the events in Matewan, Baldwin – Felts gunmen, including undercover agent C. E.
Matewan and coal
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.
He arrives in Matewan and takes up residence at a boarding house run by a coal miner's widow, Elma Radnor ( Mary McDonnell ), and her 15-year-old son, Danny ( Will Oldham ), who is also a miner and a budding Baptist preacher.
The staff at Variety magazine lauded the acting in the film, writing, " Matewan is a heartfelt, straight-ahead tale of labor organizing in the coal mines of West Virginia in 1920 that runs its course like a train coming down the track.
On the day of the fight, a group of the Baldwin-Felts enforcers arrived to evict families living at the mountain coal camp, just outside of Matewan.
Matewan and strike
A few months before the battle at Matewan, union miners in other parts of the country went on strike, receiving a full 27 percent pay increase for their efforts.
Matewan and 1920
The Battle of Matewan ( also known as the Matewan Massacre ) was a shootout in the town of Matewan, West Virginia in Mingo County on May 19, 1920 between local miners and the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency.
Matewan and small
Matewan, founded in 1895, was a small independent town with only a few elected officials.
Matewan and town
Matewan is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, USA at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and Mate Creek.
The film was made in West Virginia with the town of Thurmond standing in for Matewan.
Matewan and West
On May 12, 1921, just two months into Harding's presidency, violence was initiated near Matewan, West Virginia, between private detectives, on behalf of the Stone Mountain Coal Company, and United Mine Workers union members who had been fired from their jobs and were being evicted from company-owned housing.
Aerial view of Matewan, West Virginia
A section of the floodwall along the Tug Fork in Matewan, West Virginia, constructed by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, depicts the Hatfield-McCoy feud.
It would continue to McVeigh along Kentucky Route 199, and cross the Tug Fork River south of Matewan, West Virginia and connect with the King Coal Highway ( U. S. Route 52 ) in Mingo County, West Virginia.
* Part of the planned Interstate 66, from Pikeville, Kentucky to near Matewan, West Virginia, will generally parallel Corridor G about ten miles ( 15 km ) to the south.
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Lively ( Charles Everett Lively ), assassinated Matewan Police Chief Sid Hatfield and his friend Ed Chambers on the steps of the McDowell County Courthouse in Welch, West Virginia, retribution for the killing of Albert and Lee Felts.
State historical marker commemorating the Battle of Matewan, in Matewan, West Virginia
Three years after graduating from Matewan High School, West Virginia, and earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Marshall University in 1972.
Matewan and Virginia
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Matewan and .
On August 1, Sid Hatfield, a prominent Union organizer and Matewan chief of police, was assassinated by mining company agents.
On August 1, 1921, detectives from the Baldwin-Felts agency assassinated Matewan Police Chief Sid Hatfield as well as Ed Chambers at the McDowell County Courthouse located in Welch.
Gilbert is known statewide for its high school football as well as its rivalry with nearby Matewan.
Matewan is located at ( 37. 623034 ,-82. 166416 ).
* Official Matewan, WV Tourism Website at VisitMatewan. com
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