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User Rating:
8.4/10   1,405 votes
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Director:
Barbara Kopple
Contact:
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Release Date:
28 September 1977 (France) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Plot:
A filmed account of a bitterly violent miner strike. full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins more
User Comments:
Which Side Are You On? more (24 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Norman Yarborough ... Himself - Eastover Mining President
Houston Elmore ... Himself - UMW organizer
Phil Sparks ... Himself - UMW staff
John Corcoran ... Himself - Consolidated Coal President
John O'Leary ... Himself - former Bureau of Mines director
Donald Rasmussen ... Himself - Blackwing Clinic, WV (as Dr. Donald Rasmussen)
Hawley Wells Jr. ... Himself (as Dr. Hawley Wells Jr.)
Tom Williams ... Himself - Boyle campaigner
Chip Yablonski ... Himself
Ken Yablonski ... Himself
Logan Patterson ... Himself - negotiator
Harry Patrick ... Himself - UMW secretary-treasurer
Mike Trbovich ... Himself - UMW VP
Bernie Aronson ... Himself - UMW staff
Guy Farmer ... Himself - BCPA General Counsel
Nimrod Workman ... Himself
Bessie Lou Cornett ... Herself
Jerry Wynn ... Himself - miner
Bob Davis ... Himself - miner
Lois Scott ... Herself
Joe Dougher ... Himself - miner
Jerry Johnson ... Himself - miner
Susan Crusenberry ... Herself
Dorothy Johnson ... Herself
Betty Eldridge ... Herself
Ron Curtis ... Himself - miner
Bill Doan ... Himself - miner
Phyllis Boyens ... Herself
Florence Reece ... Herself
E.B. Allen ... Himself
Jim Thomas ... Himself
Mickey Messer ... Himself
Nanny Rainey ... Herself
Tom Pysell ... Himself
Tommy Fergerson ... Himself
Bill Worthington ... Himself
Crystal Fergerson ... Herself
Barry Speilberg ... Himself
Polly Jones ... Herself
Diane Jones ... Herself
Otis King ... Himself
Mary Lou Fergerson ... Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
W.A. 'Tony' Boyle ... Himself
Basil Collins ... Himself - mine foreman
Carl Horn ... Himself
Lawrence Jones ... Himself - shooting victim
John L. Lewis ... Himself (archive footage)
Arnold Miller ... Himself
William Simon ... Himself
Richard Trumka ... Himself
Billy G. Williams ... Himself - Harlan County sheriff
Joseph Yablonski ... Himself (archive footage)
Barbara Kopple ... Herself (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Barbara Kopple 
 
Produced by
Barbara Kopple .... producer
 
Original Music by
Hazel Dickens 
Merle Travis 
 
Cinematography by
Kevin Keating 
Hart Perry 
 
Film Editing by
Nancy Baker 
Mirra Bank 
Lora Hays 
Mary Lampson 
 
Production Management
Marc Weiss .... production manager: Miller-Boyle Campaign (as Marc N. Weiss)
 
Sound Department
Rhetta Barron .... assistant sound editor
Tim Colman .... additional sound
Lee Dichter .... sound re-recording mixer
Bob Gates .... additional sound
Barbara Kopple .... sound recordist
Judy Rabinovitz .... assistant sound editor
Helene Susman .... assistant sound editor
Joshua Waletzky .... sound editor (as Josh Waletzky)
John Walz .... additional sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Dick Donovan .... assistant camera
Michael Hamilton .... assistant camera
Tom Hurwitz .... additional cinematographer
Anne Lewis II .... assistant camera
George Liebert .... assistant grip
Alex Lukman .... assistant camera
Flip McCarthy .... additional cinematographer
Phil Parmet .... additional cinematographer
Shane Zarintash .... assistant camera
 
Editorial Department
Mirra Bank .... contributing editor
Lora Hays .... consulting editor
Lawrence Mischel .... negative cutter
Sue Mischel .... negative cutter
 
Other crew
Mariann Dusseldorp .... unspecified assistant
Barbara Johnson .... unspecified assistant
Anne Lewis II .... associate director
Teri Siegel .... unspecified assistant
 
Thanks
Bernie Aronson .... thanks
Ting Barrow .... thanks
Robert Boehm .... thanks
Bernie Chertok .... thanks
David Chertok .... thanks
Heleny Cook .... thanks
Alida Davison .... thanks
Suzy Elmiger .... thanks
Leon Gast .... thanks
Robert Gumpert .... thanks
Carol Guyer .... thanks
Cynthia Guyer .... thanks
Barbara Haspiel .... thanks
Nancy Higgins .... thanks
Anne Hoblitzelle .... thanks
Robert Kaylor .... thanks
Alfred S. Kopple .... thanks
Majorie Kopple .... thanks
Peter Kopple .... thanks
Laura Lesser .... thanks
Alan Manger .... thanks
Richard Pearce .... thanks
Michael Penland .... thanks
D.A. Pennebaker .... thanks
Hart Perry .... thanks
George Pillsbury .... thanks
Barrie Singer .... thanks
Marvin Soloway .... thanks
Bill Susman .... thanks
Simone Swan .... thanks
Rip Torn .... thanks
Meri Weingarten .... thanks (as Merry Weingarten)
Mo Weitzman .... thanks (as Moe Weitzman)
Myrna Zimmerman .... thanks
 

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Additional Details

Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
103 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
France:U | Sweden:11 | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
Brookside, Kentucky, USA more
Company:
Cabin Creek more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When filming began, the film was intended to be about the 1972 campaign by Arnold Miller and Miners For Democracy to unseat UMWA president Tony Boyle, in the aftermath of Joseph Yablonski's murder; but the Harlan County strike began and caused the filmmakers to change their principal subject, with the campaign and murder becoming secondary subjects. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in 30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects' (2005) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Coal Tatoo more

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10 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Which Side Are You On?, 12 June 2006
10/10
Author: mockturtle from New York

Possibly the finest documentary I have seen and I've seen quite a few. Exemplary on how a filmmaker can involve herself, be in everybody's face, get every little thing on camera, but be testifying instead of exploiting. My greatest delight in this film was how articulate and intelligent the miners and their wives were; textbook English is far inferior to their language. Also see "Matewan" by John Sayles for another perfect evocation of struggle. Watching this movie makes my previous semi-respectful estimation of Michael Moore's self-love evaporate. This is how it should be done, and lord if only all such struggles resolved thusly. Lois Scott for president. See this as quickly as you can.

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