Matewan (/ˈmeɪtwɒn/) is a 1987 American independent drama film written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Chris Cooper (in his film debut), James...
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The Battle of Matewan (also known as the Matewan Massacre) was a shootout in the town of Matewan in Mingo County and the Pocahontas Coalfield mining district...
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Matewan (/ˈmeɪtwɒn/) is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and Mate Creek. The population was...
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West Virginia coal wars (section The Battle of Matewan)
Matewan shootout is re-enacted annually in Matewan, West Virginia. John Sayles dramatized the events of the Matewan shootout in his 1987 film Matewan...
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(which notably included the Ludlow Massacre in 1914), and the Battle of Matewan in 1920. The agency was founded in the early 1890s by William Gibbony Baldwin...
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writing and directing the films The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Matewan (1987), Eight Men Out (1988), Passion Fish (1992), The Secret of Roan Inish...
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were pro-union. Cabell Testerman, the mayor of the independent town of Matewan was one supporter of the union cause. He appointed 27-year-old Sid Hatfield...
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1920, a dozen Baldwin–Felts detectives, including Lee Felts, arrived in Matewan in Mingo County and connected with Lee's brother Albert Felts. Albert and...
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63. He is a frequent collaborator with director John Sayles, including Matewan (1987), City of Hope (1991), Lone Star (1996), Silver City (2004) and Amigo...
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Matawan (disambiguation) (redirect from Matewan (disambiguation))
New Jersey. Matawan, or the similarly spelled Mattewan, Matteawan, or Matewan may also refer to: Matawan (or Matavan) Township, a former name of Aberdeen...
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film actor. He has appeared in The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Matewan (1987), Creepshow 2 (1987), City of Hope (1991), Passion Fish (1992), Seinfeld...
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Magnolia Matewan High School was a public high school located in Matewan, West Virginia. The school has been in a succession of four different buildings...
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The Matewan Historic District encompasses the town center of the rural coal mining community of Matewan, West Virginia. Matewan was the scene of the Battle...
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Sid Hatfield (category People from Matewan, West Virginia)
early 20th century. Hatfield was police chief of Matewan, West Virginia during the Battle of Matewan, a shootout that followed a series of evictions carried...
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working for Baldwin–Felts in the Great Plains before his assignment in Matewan, West Virginia. Lively was so successful posing as a UMWA activist that...
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Secaucus 7 (1980), and continued acting in multiple films by Sayles, such as Matewan (1987), Eight Men Out (1988), City of Hope (1991), Passion Fish (1992)...
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North Matewan is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. North Matewan is located on West Virginia Route 65, 1 mile...
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Man Standing, Fled, Gone in 60 Seconds, I Am Sam, The Sum of All Fears, Matewan, Courage Under Fire, and the 1998 remake of Psycho. He appeared as Fran...
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independent film Matewan (1987). The film dramatized the events of the Battle of Matewan, a coal miners' strike in 1920 in Matewan, a small town in the...
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(1985) - J.B. Donaldo Bad Medicine (1985) - Gómez F/X (1986) - Mickey Matewan (1987) - Fausto Moonstruck (1987) - Shy Waiter Ironweed (1987) - Jack Big...
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based on events in the life of Police Chief Sid Hatfield just after the Matewan Massacre, a notable event in the history of West Virginia and its Pocahontas...
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1987 movie Matewan since it still possesses many of the characteristics of a 1920s Appalachian coal town. The events took place in Matewan, West Virginia...
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Harvey Oswald. His screen roles include City of Hope, Love and a .45, Matewan, Eight Men Out, Mistress, Crocodile Dundee II and Clueless. In the early...
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agent to be charged in a homicide. Susan Daniels Smith was born in 1961 in Matewan, West Virginia, to Sidney "Sid" Daniels, an unemployed and former coal...
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Vice President Fairbanks 1984 The Pope of Greenwich Village Walsh 1987 Matewan Turley 1989 Family Business Neary 1990 Jacob's Ladder Doorman 1991 One...
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John Sayles's film Matewan (1987), a dramatization of the life of Appalachian mining community in the 1920s and the Battle of Matewan. Following this, he...
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County, USA, a documentary about the Brookside strike in 1972 Matewan, a drama about the Matewan strike in West Virginia, in 1920 Harlan County War at IMDb...
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1921, detectives from the Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency assassinated Matewan Police Chief Sid Hatfield as well as Ed Chambers at the McDowell County...
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Randolph Jr. (b. 1864), three sons of Randolph McCoy near present-day Matewan, West Virginia. On January 1, 1888, "Cap" Hatfield and Jim Vance led several...
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Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District Alexander Wade House Matewan Historic District The Greenbrier Reber Radio Telescope This article includes...
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