A poor Kentucky woman (Holly Hunter) becomes an integral part of a violent yearlong strike against the mining company that employs her husband (Ted Levine). Jakopovich: Stellan Skarsgard. Tug Jones: Wayne Robson. Floyd: Tom Barnett. Buddy: Alex House. Lucinda: Charlotte Arnold. Little Lee: Ker Wells. Mary: Jennifer Irwin. Worthington: Rufus Crawford. Perkins: Cliff Saunders. Ora: Deborah Pollitt. Dillard: Timothy Burd. Gilly: Bruce McFee.