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Director:

Tony Bill

Writer (WGA):

Peter Silverman (written by)

Contact:

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Release Date:

4 June 2000 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama more

Tagline:

It's Her Turn To Fight Back.

Plot:

A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike. | add synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations more

User Comments:

You must be kidding, right? more (14 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Holly Hunter ... Ruby Kincaid

Stellan Skarsgård ... Warren Jakopovich

Ted Levine ... Silas Kincaid
Wayne Robson ... Tug Jones
Alex House ... Buddy Kincaid
Charlotte Arnold ... Lucinda Kincaid
Ker Wells ... Little Lee

Jennifer Irwin ... Mary Ball

Rufus Crawford ... Bill Worthington
Cliff Saunders ... Lawrence Perkins
Deborah Pollitt ... Ora Perkins

Tim Burd ... Dillard Ball (as Timothy Burd)
Tom Harvey ... Jerry Selvey
Reginald Doresa ... Bronce Breckenridge
Helen Hughes ... Aunt Melva Jones
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Harlan County (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2000) (TV) more


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4 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
You must be kidding, right?, 7 June 2003
Author: scoobygirl from Harlan, Kentucky

I have spent my entire life in Harlan County, Kentucky. Growing up, working and now raising my own children here. To those of you who believe this movie has anything real to teach you about my home, I can tell you it has only a minimal similarity to reality. It is based on a nearly thirty-year-old Oscar-winning film, Harlan County USA, which for a documentary about the 1970s-era strike at Eastover Mining Company was one of the most complete works of fiction ever created. This admittedly fictionalized version of that original fiction doesn't look like Harlan County, sound like Harlan County, or even remotely evoke Harlan County, which at least the documentary did, even though most of its details were way out of whack. Although stereotypes abound, I can recommend this movie as a competent piece of fiction and a satisfying, though somewhat overwrought, drama. In short, typical made-for-TV fodder. But don't for one minute think it resembles real people or real life in Harlan County, Kentucky in any useful way. That story doesn't exist yet in the minds of producers anywhere. Appalachia and the entertainment industry have yet to understand one another.

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