American Dream
“The award-winning film of American lives, American courage, and the...”
When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota are asked to take a substantial pay cut in a highly profitable year, the local labor union decides to go on strike and fight for a wage they believe is fair. But as the work stoppage drags on and the strikers face losing everything, friends become enemies, families are divided and the very future of this typical mid American town is threatened.
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Barbara Kopple Director · Michael Small Composer Kevin Keating Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $270K · United States release December 6, 1993 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$269,823
Production
Cabin Creek Films
Production
Catholic Communication Campaign
Production
Channel 4 Television
Production
United Kingdom · United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 6, 1990
Premiere · New York Film Festival
United States · December 6, 1993
Physical · VHS
United States
August 21, 2009 · Physical · DVD
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