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Films set in mining communities
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The list Films set in mining communities includes
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, October Sky, Harlan County U.S.A. and Salt of the Earth.
The list consists of 36 members.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937 Disney film
Overview: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the 1812 German fairy tale by the Brothers ...
Release date: 21 December 1937Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical, RomanceDirector: William Cottrell, David HandCast: Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Marion DarlingtonProducer: Walt DisneyWriter: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm GrimmExiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.
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Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2004 film directed by Raja Gosnell
Overview: Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (also referred to as Scooby-Doo 2 or Scooby 2) is a 2004 American mystery adventure comedy horror film based on the animated franchise Scooby-Doo. The second installment ...
Release date: 20 March 2004Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, HorrorDirector: Raja GosnellCast: Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Seth Green, Peter BoyleProducer: Joseph Barbera, Richard CowanWriter: William Hanna, Joseph BarberaThe Mystery Inc. gang must save Coolsville from an attack of their past monsters brought to life by an evil masked figure trying to take down the gang ... 0
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Billy Elliot
2000 film directed by Stephen Daldry
Overview: Billy Elliot is a 2000 British coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Lee Hall. Set in County Durham in North East England during the 1984–1985 miners' strike, the film ...
Release date: 19 May 2000Genre: Comedy, Drama, MusicDirector: Stephen DaldryProducer: Charles Brand, Greg BrenmanWriter: Lee HallA talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family. 0
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October Sky
1999 film by Joe Johnston
Overview: October Sky is a 1999 American biographical drama film directed by Joe Johnston, and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Chris Owen, and Laura Dern. The screenplay by Lewis Colick, based on the memoir ...
Release date: 19 February 1999Genre: Biography, Drama, FamilyDirector: Joe JohnstonProducer: Peter Cramer, Larry J. FrancoWriter: Homer H. Hickam Jr., Lewis ColickThe true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes. 0
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North Country
2005 film by Niki Caro
Overview: North Country is a 2005 American drama film directed by Niki Caro, starring Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins, Michelle Monaghan, Jeremy Renner, Woody Harrelson, and Sissy ...
Release date: 12 September 2005Genre: DramaDirector: Niki CaroProducer: Helen Buck Bartlett, Doug ClaybourneWriter: Michael Seitzman, Clara BinghamA fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States, Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured ... 0
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My Bloody Valentine
2009 American slasher film
Overview: My Bloody Valentine 3D is a 2009 American 3D slasher film directed and co-edited by Patrick Lussier, and written by Todd Farmer and Zane Smith. A remake of the 1981 Canadian film of the same name, it stars ...
Release date: 16 January 2009Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, ThrillerDirector: Patrick LussierProducer: John Dunning, André LinkWriter: Todd Farmer, Zane SmithTom returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine's night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming ... 0
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Kes
1969 British drama film by Ken Loach
Overview: Kes is a 1969 British coming-of-age drama film directed by Ken Loach (credited as Kenneth Loach) and produced by Tony Garnett, based on the 1968 novel A Kestrel for a Knave, written by the Hoyland Net ...
Release date: 1 November 1969Genre: DramaDirector: Ken LoachProducer: Tony GarnettWriter: Barry Hines, Ken LoachA working-class English boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet kestrel. 0
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Eight Legged Freaks
2002 film
Overview: Eight Legged Freaks (originally titled Arac Attack, under which it was released in some parts of Europe and other countries around the world) is a 2002 monster comedy horror film directed by Ellory Elkayem ...
Release date: 30 May 2002Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, ThrillerDirector: Ellory ElkayemProducer: Bruce Berman, Dean DevlinWriter: Ellory Elkayem, Randy KornfieldVenomous spiders get exposed to a noxious chemical that causes them to grow to monumental proportions. 0
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Coal Miner's Daughter
1980 film by Michael Apted
Overview: Coal Miner's Daughter is a 1980 American biographical musical film directed by Michael Apted and written by Tom Rickman. It follows the story of country music singer Loretta Lynn from her early teen years ...
Release date: 7 March 1980Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, MusicalDirector: Michael AptedCast: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm, Phyllis Boyens-Liptak, Bill Anderson Jr., Foister DickersonProducer: Zelda Barron, Robert E. LarsonWriter: Thomas Rickman, Loretta LynnThe fictionalized life of singer Loretta Lynn, a girl who rose from humble beginnings to become a country music star in the 1960s/70s. 0
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021 film directed by Jason Reitman
Overview: Ghostbusters: Afterlife (also known as Ghostbusters III or Ghostbusters: A New Generation) is a 2021 American supernatural comedy film directed by Jason Reitman from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gil Kenan ...
Release date: 10 July 2020Director: Jason ReitmanProducer: Patrice Avery, Dan AykroydWriter: Gil Kenan, Jason ReitmanWhen a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their ... 0
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Gunday
2014 film by Ali Abbas Zafar
Overview: Gunday (transl. Outlaws) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Aditya Chopra. The film features Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor ...
Release date: 14 February 2014Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Crime, ThrillerDirector: Ali Abbas ZafarCast: Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Irrfan Khan, Karan Aanand, Victor BanerjeeProducer: Padam Bhushan, Aditya ChopraWriter: Ali Abbas Zafar, Sanjay MasoomThe lives of Calcutta's most powerful Gunday, Bikram and Bala, changes when Nandita enters it. Then a counter-force takes charge and a thriller unfolds ... 0
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My Bloody Valentine
1981 Canadian horror film by George Mihalka
Overview: My Bloody Valentine is a 1981 Canadian slasher film directed by George Mihalka and written by John Beaird. It stars Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, and Neil Affleck. The plot tells about a group of young adults ...Release date: 11 February 1981Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller, MysteryDirector: George MihalkaProducer: John Dunning, André LinkWriter: Stephen A. Miller, John BeairdA decades-old folk tale surrounding a deranged murderer killing those who celebrate Valentine's Day turns out to be true to legend when a group defies ... 0
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How Green Was My Valley
1941 film by John Ford
Overview: How Green Was My Valley is a 1941 American drama film directed by John Ford, adapted by Philip Dunne from the 1939 novel of the same title by Richard Llewellyn. It stars Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara ...
Release date: 28 October 1941Genre: Drama, FamilyDirector: John FordProducer: Darryl F. ZanuckWriter: Philip Dunne, Richard LlewellynAt the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better ... 0
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Brassed Off
1996 British film by Mark Herman
Overview: Brassed Off is a 1996 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Mark Herman and starring Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald and Ewan McGregor.
Release date: 1 November 1996Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, MusicDirector: Mark HermanCast: Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson, Jim Carter, Philip JacksonProducer: Steve Abbott, Olivia StewartWriter: Mark HermanThe coal mine in a northern English village may be closing, which would also mean the end of the miners' brass band. 0
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Pride
2014 film
Overview: Pride is a 2014 historical comedy-drama film written by Stephen Beresford and directed by Matthew Warchus. Based on a true story, it depicts a group of lesbian and gay activists who raised money to help ...
Genre: Comedy, Drama, HistoryDirector: Matthew WarchusProducer: James Clayton, Benjamin GreenacreWriter: Stephen BeresfordU.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984. 0
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The Molly Maguires
1970 film by Martin Ritt
Overview: The Molly Maguires is a 1970 American historical drama film directed by Martin Ritt, starring Sean Connery and Richard Harris. It is based on the 1964 book Lament for the Molly Maguires by Arthur H. Lewis ...Release date: 27 January 1970Genre: Drama, HistoryDirector: Martin RittProducer: Walter Bernstein, Arthur H. LewisLife is rough in the coal mines of 1876 Pennsylvania. A secret group of Irish emigrant miners, known as the Molly Maguires... 0
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The Corn Is Green
1945 film by Irving Rapper
Overview: The Corn Is Green is a 1945 American drama film starring Bette Davis as a schoolteacher determined to bring education to a Welsh coal mining town despite great opposition. It was adapted from the 1938 ...
Release date: 29 March 1945Genre: DramaDirector: Irving RapperProducer: Jack Chertok, Jack L. WarnerWriter: Casey Robinson, Frank CavettA schoolteacher becomes the mentor of a talented young miner and seeks to get him into a university. 0
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Matewan
1987 American drama film by John Sayles
Overview: Matewan is a 1987 American independent drama film written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Chris Cooper (in his film debut), James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell and Will Oldham, with David Stra ...Release date: 18 May 1987Genre: Drama, HistoryDirector: John SaylesProducer: John Sayles, Mark BalsamA labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company. 0
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Desert Fury
1947 film by Lewis Allen
Overview: Desert Fury is a 1947 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis Allen, and starring Lizabeth Scott, John Hodiak and Burt Lancaster. Its plot follows the daughter of a casino owner in a small Nevada ...Release date: 15 August 1947Genre: Film-Noir, Drama, Crime, Romance, Thriller, WesternDirector: Lewis AllenProducer: Hal B. WallisWriter: Robert Rossen, Ramona StewartThe daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them. 0
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Snow White
upcoming film directed by Marc Webb
Overview: Disney's Snow White, or simply Snow White, is an upcoming American musical fantasy film directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Marc Platt ...
Release date: 22 March 2024Director: Marc WebbCast: Andrew Burnap, Andrew Barth Feldman, Tituss Burgess, Martin Klebba, Jason Kravits, George SalazarProducer: Russell Allen, Jared LeBoffWriter: Erin Cressida Wilson, Dorothy Ann BlankA princess joins forces with seven dwarfs to liberate her kingdom from her cruel stepmother the Evil Queen. A live-action adaptation of the 1937 Disney ... 0
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