8.3
Score
Budget$4M
Box office$1.7M
LanguageEN
CountriesUnited States of America
Matewan
It takes more than guns to kill a man.
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
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Matewan · 1987
Seize the day. Takes are best fresh.
Art
- Leigh Johnson Assistant Set Decoration
- Bill Lehne Leadman
- Leigh Kyle Lead Set Dresser
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Jem Cohen
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- Anamarie Michnevich Set Decoration
- Ann Edgeworth Property Master
- Nancy Gilmore Set Dresser
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- Anthony Dunne Construction Coordinator
- Howard J. Calvert Jr. Art Department Manager
- Daniel Boxer Assistant Set Dresser
- Ken Nelson Leadman
- Brent Haywood Leadman
- Jeff Butcher Art Department Assistant
- Dan Bishop Art Direction
- Nora Chavooshian Production Design
Camera
- Debbie Sarjeant Second Assistant Camera
- Sean Fogel Assistant Grip
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First Assistant Camera
- Arthur Blum Grip
- Robert K. Feldmann Grip
- Erica Gelczis Assistant Grip
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Costume & Make-Up
- James Sarzotti Makeup & Hair
- Susan Lyall Assistant Costume Designer
- Heidi Shulman Wardrobe Supervisor
- David Halsey Makeup & Hair Assistant
- Vincent Gratzer Wardrobe Intern
- Daniel Fisher Set Dressing Production Assistant
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Lorna Scott
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- Andrea Gustke Wardrobe Intern
- David Smith Set Dressing Production Assistant
- Holly Scarborough Wardrobe Intern
- Gabriele Campbell Wardrobe Intern
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Crew
- Roland Brooks Charge Scenic Artist
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- Joel Ossenfort Scenic Artist
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- John Robinson Carpenter
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- David Hollander Legal Services
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Directing
Editing
Lighting
Production
- Barbara Shapiro Casting
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- Bob Bailey Location Assistant
- Ira Deutchman Associate Producer
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