Harlan County War

2000 · 104 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 635 VOTES · DIR. Tony Bill

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,069 lines

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00:02:08 -Ruby, come on in here. -How ya doin' Aunt Melva?
00:08:04 Ranger troops today surrounded the Macon Delta...
00:12:12 Come to the union meeting.
00:15:09 My daddy's got the black lung.
00:17:53 'til you met the next damn fool.
00:20:38 They're sayin' now it's Mother Nature caused that fall.
00:23:04 You don't have to work under any contract that you don't vote on...
00:29:14 What are we gonna live on? Strike benefits?
00:32:59 $3,75 for Aunt Jemima.
00:37:04 ln a holler a little further up the creek.
00:40:49 Now us ol' heads remember when the state patrols, the National Guard...
00:44:24 There're not never been just women on the picket line.
00:47:59 Take your sign up And make up your mind
00:52:33 Let's have us a drink. It's Sunday, Tug.
00:56:22 -We ain't afraid. -Okay Ruby?
00:59:17 They got to sign on that dotted line.
01:06:14 your life depends on the men you work with, right?
01:09:25 -Look it up in the dictionary. -You're the educated one.
01:12:37 I'll take him anyway.
01:17:29 Somethin' that'll stick to my ribs 'cause my ribs stick...
01:20:44 Is this accurate? Can you talk about that?
01:25:07 I'm not at all shocked that a union...
01:30:33 Baby, sit down.
01:37:09 You've come a long way, and we're close to the end.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,069
Dialogue density10.3 lines / min
First line00:02:08
Final line01:37:09

Production Record

DirectorTony Bill
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes635