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Original title Harlan County, U.S.A.
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
Swedish release 1978-04-01

Cast

Nimrod Workman
sångare, f.d. kolgruvearbetare

Jerry Wynn
kolgruvearbetare

Bob Davis
kolgruvearbetare

Lois Scott
strejkorganisatör

Joe Dougher
kolgruvearbetare

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Title for Swedish TV release

Crew

Director
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Associate Director
Production Assistant
Additional Photography
Assistant Cameraman
Sound Editor
Re-recording Mixer

Cast

Nimrod Workman sångare, f.d. kolgruvearbetare
Bessie Lou Cornett
Jerry Wynn kolgruvearbetare
Bob Davis kolgruvearbetare
Lois Scott strejkorganisatör
Joe Dougher kolgruvearbetare
Jerry Johnson kolgruvearbetare
Sudie Crusenberry ordförande i Brooksides kvinnoförening
Dorothy Johnson ny kassör i Brooksides kvinnoförening
Betty Eldridge
Ron Curtis kolgruvearbetare
Bill Doan kolgruvearbetare
Phyllis Boyens
Florence Reece
E.B. Allen
Jim Thomas
Mickey Messer
Nanny Rainey
Tom Pysell
Tommy Fergerson
Bill Worthington strejkande svart kolgruvearbetare
Crystal Fergerson
Barry Speilberg
Polly Jones mor till den skjutne Lawrence Jones
Diane Jones sextonårig hustru till Lawrence Jones
Otis King
Mary Lou Fergerson ny kassör i Brooksides kvinnoförening
John L. Lewis ordförande i amerikanska gruvarbetareförbundet 1920-1960
Carl Horn VD i Duke Power Company
Norman Yarborough VD för Eastover Mining Company
Logan Patterson Eastover Mining Companys chefsförhandlare
Houston Elmore ombudsman UMW
Phil Sparks tjänsteman UMW
John Corcoran VD för Consolidation Coal
John O'Leary f.d. ledare för Gruvfederationen
Donald Rasmussen läkare vid Black Lung Clinic, West Virginia
Hawley Wells Jr. läkare
W.A. Boyle (as W.A. "Tony" Boyle) ordförande för UMW
Joseph Yablonski (as Joseph "Jock" A. Yablonski) fackföreningsledare UMW
Chip Yablonski son till Joseph Yablonski
Kenneth Yablonski son till fackföreningsledaren Joseph Yablonski
Tom Williams valarbetare för Tony Boyle
Arnold Miller installerad som ordförande i UMW 22 december 1972
Billy G. Williams sheriff i Harlan County 1974-1977
Harry Patrick ekonomichef UMW
Mike Trbovich vice ordförande i UMW
Bernard Aronson (as Bernie Aronson) tjänsteman vid UMW
Walter Wallace ordförande för Bituminous Coal Operatators' Association (BCOA)
Guy Farmer jurist vid Bituminous Coal Operators' Association
William E. Simon USA:s finansminister
Basil Collins gruvförman
Ken Sailor kolegruvearbetare
Jimmy Howard kolgruvearbetare
Hazel Dickens sångerska
Ed Riggs kolgruvearbetare
Jim White kolgruvearbetare
Melba Strong
Carl Noe
Mary Lou Coldarm

Companies

Production Company Cabin Creek Films Inc.
Copyright Cabin Creek Films Inc. 1976
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Folkets Bio AB 1979
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm) Föreningen Filmcentrum 1979

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 119833
Date 1979-01-15
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 2850 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.85:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Colour
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2850 meter
Length in minutes 104 min


Production location

Brookside, Kentucky USA
Harlan, Kentucky USA
New York City, New York USA

Release dates

Festival showing 1976-10-15 New York City, New York USA 104 min (New York Film Festival)
1976-10-18 Toronto, Ontario Canada 104 min (Toronto Film Festival)
First showing 1977-01-23 USA 104 min
Release in Sweden 1978-04-01 TV2 Sweden 100 min
Other showing 1980-02-05 Hagabion Gothenburg Sweden 104 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2011-09-13
2011-09-24
Cinematheque screening 2015-09-22 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2015-09-22
2015-10-10

Soundtrack listing

Original title Dark As a Dungeon
Composer Merle Travis
Lyrics Merle Travis
Sung by David Morris


Original title Forty-Two Years
Composer Nimrod Workman
Lyrics Nimrod Workman
Sung by Nimrod Workman (i bild)


Original title Come All You Coal Miners
Composer Sarah Gunning (1960-talet)
Lyrics Sarah Gunning (1960-talet)
Sung by Sarah Gunning


Original title Which Side Are You On?
Lyrics Florence Reece (1931)
Joshua Waletzky (kompletterande text 1976)
Sung by Florence Reece (i bild)
Hazel Dickens (repris)


Original title Mannington
Composer Hazel Dickens
Lyrics Hazel Dickens
Sung by David Morris


Original title Black Lung
Composer Hazel Dickens
Lyrics Hazel Dickens
Sung by Hazel Dickens


Original title Cold Blooded Murder
Composer Hazel Dickens
Lyrics Hazel Dickens
Sung by Hazel Dickens (i bild)
Nimrod Workman (i bild)


Original title Miner's Life
Performed by David Morris Band


Original title This Little Light of Mine
Sung by Bill Worthington


Original title Coal Tattoo
Composer Billy Edd Wheeler
Lyrics Billy Edd Wheeler
Sung by David Morris


Original title Trouble Among the Yearlings
Performed by Country Cookin


Original title Lone Prairie
Performed by Roscoe Holcomb
Wade Ward


Original title They Can Never Keep Us Down
Sung by Hazel Dickens
Musician Lamar Grier (banjo)
John Katarakis
John Otsuka (mandolin)
Gary Henderson (bas)


Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 16 mm
Length 1144


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2846


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 1
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck



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