---
title: 'Matewan (1987)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Sayles'
released: '1987-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 132
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/matewan-1987'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093509/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Matewan (1987)

1987 · PG-13 · 132 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Matewan is a 1987 American independent film drama 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. The film dramatizes the events of the 1920 Battle of Matewan, a coal miners' strike in Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Sayles](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-sayles)
- **Screenplay:** [John Sayles](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-sayles)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mason Daring](https://cinepixo.com/people/mason-daring)
- **Director of Photography:** [Haskell Wexler](https://cinepixo.com/people/haskell-wexler)

## Cast

- [Joe Grifasi](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-grifasi)
- [John Sayles](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-sayles)
- [Frank Hoyt Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-hoyt-taylor)
- [Davide Ferrario](https://cinepixo.com/people/davide-ferrario)
- [Gordon Clapp](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-clapp)
- [Chris Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-cooper)
- [Mason Daring](https://cinepixo.com/people/mason-daring)
- [Bob Gunton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-gunton)
- [Mary McDonnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-mcdonnell)
- [Josh Mostel](https://cinepixo.com/people/josh-mostel)
- [Will Oldham](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-oldham)
- [David Strathairn](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-strathairn)
- [Kevin Tighe](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-tighe)
- [James Earl Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-earl-jones)
- [Ken Jenkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-jenkins)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/matewan-1987
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