Harlan County War (film)
Encyclopedia
Harlan County War is a television film directed by Tony Bill
and written by Peter Silverman
.
woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung
, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
Golden Globe Awards
Tony Bill
Gerard Anthony "Tony" Bill is an American actor, producer, and director. He produced the 1973 movie The Sting, for which he shared the Academy Award for Best Picture with Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips...
and written by Peter Silverman
Peter Silverman
Peter Guy Silverman, O.Ont is a Canadian broadcast journalist based in Toronto, Ontario. His television journalism career began in 1974 as a reporter for Global Television Network's first years. In 1981, he moved to Citytv where he became a reporter for that station's CityPulse news program...
.
Plot
A KentuckyKentucky
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woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung
Black lung
Black lung can mean several things:* Black lung disease, the common name for coalworker's pneumoconiosis* Black Lung, an electronic and industrial music project by Australian musician David Thrussell...
, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
Principal cast
- Holly HunterHolly HunterHolly Hunter is an American actress. Hunter starred in The Piano for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She has also been nominated for Oscars for her roles in Broadcast News, The Firm, and Thirteen...
as Ruby Kincaid - Stellan SkarsgårdStellan SkarsgårdStellan John Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves, The Hunt for Red October, Ronin, Good Will Hunting, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist,...
as Warren Jakopovich - Ted LevineTed LevineFrank Theodore "Ted" Levine is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs and Captain Leland Stottlemeyer in the television series Monk.-Early life and career:...
as Silas Kincaid - Wayne RobsonWayne RobsonWayne Robson was a Canadian television, film and stage actor best known for playing the part of Mike Hamar, an ex-convict and sometime thief, on the Canadian sitcom The Red Green Show from 1993 to 2006, as well as in the 2002 film Duct Tape Forever.Robson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia...
as Tug Jones - Alex HouseAlex HouseAlex House is a Canadian actor.House started his career as a child actor. Among his many credits include the role of Lance Stone on Dark Oracle for YTV....
as Buddy Kincaid - Charlotte ArnoldCharlotte ArnoldCharlotte Arnold is a Canadian film actress and television actress best known as the character of Holly J. Sinclair in Degrassi: The Next Generation and Sadie Hawthorne in the Canadian TV series Naturally, Sadie.- Biography :...
as Lucinda Kincaid - Ker Wells as Little Lee
- Jennifer IrwinJennifer IrwinJennifer Irwin is a Canadian actress best known for her roles as Linda on Still Standing and as Maria Ganitisis in the Molly Shannon comedy Superstar....
as Mary Ball - Rufus CrawfordRufus CrawfordRufus Crawford was a Canadian Football League running back who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 1979 through 1985. He started his career in the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks.- External links :...
as Bill Worthington - Cliff SaundersCliff SaundersCliff Saunders ' is an American sports radio personality based in St. Louis, Missouri. Cliff is the co-host of the St. Louis Rams Post Game Show on 101 ESPN...
as Lawrence Perkins - Deborah Pollitt as Ora Perkins
- Tim Burd as Dillard Ball
- Tom Harvey as Jerry Selvey
- Reginald Doresa as Bronce Breckenridge
- Helen HughesHelen hughesHelen Hughes AO is Professor Emerita at the Australian National University and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies......
as Aunt Melva Jones
Awards and nominations
Emmy Awards- Outstanding Actress - Miniseries or Television Film (Hunter, nominated)
Golden Globe Awards
- Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film (Hunter, nominated)