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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...coal company," Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper) tells the miners, "you're equipment." He wants to make men of them, and he gets help from unlikely places. The police chief (David Strathairn) is not one to be pushed around. A black miner (James Earl Jones) and an Italian laborer (Joe Grifasi) are tired of scabbing for the company and ready to lead their men to revolt. Elma (Mary McDonnell), a young widow, will stand up against the goons who board at her home. And her 14-year-old son (Will Oldham), a prodigy preacher, will update New Testament parables till Jesus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Life As A Bed of Coal MATEWAN | 9/14/1987 | See Source »

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