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Matewan (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

Chris Cooper (Actor), James Earl Jones (Actor), John Sayles (Director) Rated:
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Genre Drama
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Contributor Chris Cooper, Mary McDonnell, David Strathairn, James Earl Jones, John Sayles
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A rousing historical epic and ode to the power of collective action from independent auteur John Sayles

Newly Restored

Written and directed by John Sayles, this wrenching historical drama 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. When Matewan’s miners go on strike, organizer Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper, in his film debut) arrives to help them, uniting workers white and black, Appalachia-born and immigrant, while urging patience in the face of the coal company’s violent provocations.

With a crackerjack ensemble cast—including James Earl Jones, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, and Will Oldham—and Oscar-nominated cinematography by Haskell Wexler, Matewan taps into a rich vein of Americana with painstaking attention to local texture, issuing an impassioned cry for justice that still resounds today.

Director-Approved Special Edition Features

  • New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director John Sayles
  • Audio commentary featuring Sayles
  • Two new documentaries on the making of the film featuring cast and crew
  • New interview with composer Mason Daring
  • New program on the film’s production design
  • And more
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Written and directed by John Sayles (Lone Star), this wrenching historical drama 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. When the town of Matewan’s miners go on strike, organizer Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper, in his screen debut) arrives to help them, uniting workers white and black, Appalachia born and immigrant, while urging patience in the face of the coal company’s violent provocations. With a crackerjack ensemble cast—including James Earl Jones, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, and Will Oldham—and Oscar nominated cinematography by Haskell Wexler (In the Heat of the Night), Matewan taps into a rich vein of Americana with painstaking attention to local texture, issuing an impassioned cry for justice that still resounds today. DIRECTOR APPROVED BLU RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director John Sayles, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack • Audio commentary featuring Sayles and cinematographer Haskell Wexler • New documentary on the making of the film featuring Sayles, producer Maggie Renzi, production designer Nora Chavooshian, and actors Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, and David Strathairn • New interview with composer Mason Daring on the film’s soundtrack • New program on the film’s production design featuring Chavooshian • Trailer • PLUS: An essay by critic A. S. Hamrah

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  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.14 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ John Sayles
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray, Subtitled
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ October 29, 2019
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, David Strathairn
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ The Criterion Collection
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07VBH5Y57
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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Sandra C.
5.0 out of 5 stars Matewan
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2024
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Chambolle
5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful and timely
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2019
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I had not seen Sayles’ ‘Matewan’ for at least a decade and honestly had forgotten what a powerful film it is. This wonderful restoration brings the movie to the home screen with all of its original impact.

‘Matewan’ delivers a message that is particularly timely at the moment, when a certain loudmouthed pseudo-‘populist’ frequently bellows that he will ‘bring back coal.’ In reality, the history of the coal industry in America is the history of the most brutal, violent clash between owners who viewed workers as fungible, expendable chattel and workers who risked life and limb to earn a living; and to organize and demand to be treated as fully human.

‘Matewan’ is based on real events - an uprising of West Virginia coal miners in the 1920s that culminated in an all-out war between owners, backed by the government and the military, and a ragtag collection of workers ready for armed conflict.

Coal mining employment peaked in the 1920s at around 850,000 and has steadily declined since, while coal production has steadily increased through the mechanization of coal extraction and the use of strip mining methods rather than extraction of coal through underground tunneling. There are just about 50,000 coal miners today - but the towns and countryside that once were or still are exploited for coal mining have been left polluted and devastated, environmentally and culturally. ‘Matewan’ stares this brutal history square in the face and doesn’t pull any punches.

As Sayles observes in one of the supplements to this disc, the script follows the ‘High Noon’ paradigm. Like a Kurosawa samurai film, the sense of foreboding relentlessly builds to a violent climax. If you’ve seen a number of Sayles films, you’ll recognize his stable of actors in their early years - David Straitharn, Chris Cooper, Maggie Renzi, et al. James Earl Jones just commands the screen and viewers’ attention here in a quiet, reserved and powerful performance. Haskell Wexler’s cinematography is nothing short of dazzling and beautiful — a stark contrast to the harsh reality of the plot. The music is riveting as well.

The script pounds home a consistent theme — again one especially relevant today — that the powerful who seek to exploit the working class use religion, racism and xenophobic distrust of immigrants to divide, distract and conquer, to connive working people to fight one another rather than resist their own exploitation. But as Cooper’s character says: ‘there are just two kinds of people; those who work and those who don’t.’ The union movement depicted here drew ‘those who work’ together as a unified force, across racial and national divides.

‘Matewan,’ along with the documentary ‘Harlan County USA,’ are must see movies for these times in America. Both are powerful cinema and powerful social statements.
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D. L. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars A fairly reliable account of the Matewan incident using "Hollywood license."
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2022
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No, it is not perfect according to some reliable sources about this historic event.

The movie does open up some concerns about companies which demanded workers live in their housing, use their stores and only use script provided by the organization. The coal mining town related to in this movie is not the only place in America where this was required. Yes, it provided fodder for union's involvement in those early days of the 20th century. This story takes place in 1920.

Today many manufacturers realize the value of employees and pay them well, give good benefits and honor their family needs. Of course, there are those companies which have not learned the lessons of the past and will require radical change to value employees as people rather than tools.

This movie addressed that idea quite well. The actors were good in their varying roles. It is a movie you will watch more than once.
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skcrocker1962
5.0 out of 5 stars FINALLY Restored in all it's Glory!
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2019
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I remember the profound impact that John Sayles Matewan had on me the first time I saw it on the "Bravo" channel while attending the University of Iowa back in 1989. So much so I changed my major to Film and have enjoyed a 28 year career in the film industry. Matewan is probably the greatest movie ever made about the labor movement in it's early and violent history, centering around striking coal minors in the town of Matewan West Virginia. This movie is superb on every level from the story to casting, acting, directing, cinematography, art direction. This movie is a prime example of cinema taken to a level as a true art form. Unfortunately, with the technology at the time, the video transfer we have had to endure over the last 30 years whether on TV or DVD has been absolutely terrible. Looked like a bad print was used to make an even worse pan and scan transfer to video. In fact over the years I had Written Criterion to restore this American classic, thinking it would never happen...until now. Matewan looks and sounds AMAZING on this Criterion collection blu ray. The film has had a complete 4K transfer and restoration is in its original aspect ratio and the characters really come to life with the full richness of Haxell Wexlars cinematography.
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jeffreyg
5.0 out of 5 stars Matewan is a Film That Will Impact Your Life
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2019
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Films about working class struggles (past and present) are few in the film industry. It seems clear that the entertainment monopolies only want to feed us escapism. John Sayles, a underrated director, made an American classic in 1987 with "Matewan." Why it took this long to re-master this classic film, maybe one of my all time favorites, remains a mystery. Thanks to The Criterion Collection- the remaster is excellent. I've never seen the film look and sound so good. The subtitles are a feature I've come to appreciate as I grow older.
I am a proud Union man and the film is educational in showing the sacrifices that workers and their families made in forming defense organizations against the capitalists. I invite all millennials to watch this film. Although history doesn't repeat itself in the exact same way, we are going back to these days. The fight is for Dignity and Rights for All.
I was 21 years old when I first saw this film. I'm 54 now and I have seen so much. This film has been with me. This is a film that will impact your life.
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John Nuttall
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth buying
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 7, 2021
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Shipping from USA was very fast! The blu ray restoration is fabulous with deep colours and details in the dark scenes.
Please note this is region A but I have a region free player.
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Xavier Herbert -Will
1.0 out of 5 stars Not suitable for Australia format
Reviewed in Australia on January 30, 2021
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This DVD does not work on Australia formatted DVD players. I will be returning it for a credit.
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3.0 out of 5 stars DVD版の商品説明に間違いあり
Reviewed in Japan on January 5, 2020
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まず初めにＤＶＤの表記の件について。この作品の商品説明でリージョンコードは２になっていますが、リージョンコード１が正解。よって国内市販のＤＶＤ再生機では再生できません。ＡＭＡＺＯＮさん、早く訂正してください。当方もリージョン２はありえないだろうと思いつつ購入しましたが、やはり市販機では再生不能でした。もっともリージョンフリーの再生機を所有しているので、それで再生するつもりです。購入予定の方は注意してください。とりあえず今回はその指摘のみ。作品に関しては鑑賞後にあらためて投稿の予定です。
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dvd
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 5, 2021
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3.0 out of 5 stars Wrong region code
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2021
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Could not watch because the region code was not for Europe.
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