The Matthew Shepard Story
2002, Film, 88 min, Drama, English, United States, MoviePedia score 63
In a senseless act of hatred, openly gay college student Matthew Shepard was murdered in 1998. This critically-acclaimed, moving film recounts the final days of Matthew's killers' trial—and the weeks leading to Matthew's death—with unnerving detail. Stockard Channing delivers an unforgettable, Emmy® Award-winning performance as Matthew's grieving mother, Judy, in a story of a murder that moved a nation to action. Also starring Law & Order's Sam Waterston.
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Cast
- Stockard Channing as Judy Shepard
- Shane Thomas Meier as Matthew Shepard
- Wendy Crewson as Sarah
- Kristen Thomson as Romaine Patterson
- Joseph Ziegler as Cal
- Yani Gellman as Pablo
- Sam Waterston as Dennis Shepard
- Damien Atkins as Donny
- Philip Eddolls as Aaron McKinney
- Paul Robbins as Russell Henderson
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