88 Films: 4K Restoration of Matewan Detailed for Blu-ray
Home88 Films: 4K Restoration of Matewan Detailed for Blu-ray
Posted March 16, 2022 04:48 PM by Webmaster
British distributors 88 Films have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of John Sayles' Matewan (1987), starring Chris Cooper, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn, and Ken Jenkins. The release will be available for purchase on April 4.
Description: 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.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: 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.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED 4K RESTORATION, supervised by director John Sayles
- Company Man: Remembering Matewan - An Interview with Actor Kevin Tighe
- Union Dues: Producing Matewan - An Interview with Producer Maggie Renzi
- Gathering Storm: Composing Matewan - An Interview with Composer Mason Daring
- Fire in the Hole: Designing Matewan - An Interview with Nora Chavooshian
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Reversible Sleeve Featuring New and Original Poster Artwork
- Limited edition slipcase
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- The Old West, Out East: Matewan and Genre: extensive 24-page booklet with notes by writer and filmmaker Sean Hogan
- REGION-B "LOCKED"
