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Harlan County War

  • TV Movie
  • 20002000
  • 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
566
YOUR RATING
Holly Hunter and Stellan Skarsgård in Harlan County War (2000)
  • Drama
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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
566
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Tony Bill
  • Writer
    • Peter Silverman
  • Stars
    • Holly Hunter
    • Stellan Skarsgård
    • Ted Levine
Top credits
  • Director
    • Tony Bill
  • Writer
    • Peter Silverman
  • Stars
    • Holly Hunter
    • Stellan Skarsgård
    • Ted Levine
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 16User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Holly Hunter stars as Ruby Kincaid
    Ruby with Tug Jones
    Holly Hunter stars as Ruby Kincaid
    Holly Hunter stars as Ruby Kincaid
    Warren, Ruby & Silas
    Warren & Ruby
    Ted Levine stars as Silas Kincaid
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    Holly Hunter
    Holly Hunter
    • Ruby Kincaidas Ruby Kincaid
    Stellan Skarsgård
    Stellan Skarsgård
    • Warren Jakopovichas Warren Jakopovich
    Ted Levine
    Ted Levine
    • Silas Kincaidas Silas Kincaid
    Wayne Robson
    Wayne Robson
    • Tug Jonesas Tug Jones
    Alex House
    Alex House
    • Buddy Kincaidas Buddy Kincaid
    Charlotte Arnold
    Charlotte Arnold
    • Lucinda Kincaidas Lucinda Kincaid
    Ker Wells
    • Little Leeas Little Lee
    Jennifer Irwin
    Jennifer Irwin
    • Mary Ballas Mary Ball
    Rufus Crawford
    Rufus Crawford
    • Bill Worthingtonas Bill Worthington
    Cliff Saunders
    Cliff Saunders
    • Lawrence Perkinsas Lawrence Perkins
    Deborah Pollitt
    • Ora Perkinsas Ora Perkins
    Timothy Burd
    Timothy Burd
    • Dillard Ballas Dillard Ball
    Tom Harvey
    • Jerry Selveyas Jerry Selvey
    Reginald Doresa
    • Bronce Breckenridgeas Bronce Breckenridge
    Helen Hughes
    Helen Hughes
    • Aunt Melva Jonesas Aunt Melva Jones
    Kirsten Kieferle
    Kirsten Kieferle
    • Buella May Blevinsas Buella May Blevins
    Tom Barnett
    Tom Barnett
    • Floyd Jonesas Floyd Jones
    Ingrid Veninger
    • Becky Jonesas Becky Jones
    • Director
      • Tony Bill
    • Writer
      • Peter Silverman
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      Charlotte Arnold's debut.
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      Featured in The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2000)

    User reviews16

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    Top review
    7/10
    in the tradition of Martin Ritt
    Lowest-class working people go on strike for better conditions. Outside agitator helps foment discontent. Working class wife expands personally by taking part in the struggle. To a large extent this sounds like, and is, a 2000 remake of NORMA RAE, which is graced with a fine lead by Holly Hunter, and looks quite good considering it is set in Harlan County, KY, but filmed "on location in Toronto, Canada." Stellan Skarsgard as the labor organizer, and Ted Levine as Hunter's miner husband also deliver good performances, and entire cast is fine though most roles are smallish vs Hunter. Nice musical score.

    This film takes off from the documentary HARLAN COUNTY USA and has plot resemblances to NORMA RAE. The slant is unabashedly left of center and the performances and details ring true (except the dogs don't look like mountain dogs to me). Hunter is given a fairly brief, mostly-in-the-dark seminude scene that I found a little gratuitous (possibly the first time those words have ever crossed my lips). I didn't catch the credit, this viewing, for the little guy (he's about as short as Hunter) who plays her father, but he looks exactly right as a used-up coal miner and might have been cast right off the street in my neighborhood.

    Picture is set in the 1970s, with Nixon references and talk of wage scales that will sound unbelievable today. Sneak previewed on Showtime the night of 5/29/2000, this is a commendable fictionalization of the story told even more dramatically in HARLAN COUNTY USA, and easily the best premium cable original film I've seen in a long time. Martin Ritt would have made it even better but he wouldn't have been ashamed of this version. And which side are *you* on, buddy?
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    • rduchmann
    • May 30, 2000

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    • Release date
      • June 4, 2000 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Showtime
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Harlan County
    • Filming locations
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Cort/Madden Productions
      • Millbrook Farm Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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