First-Time Viewing

The Matthew Shepard Story

Release Date:March 16, 2002

Running Time:92 min

Genres:Drama, TV Movie

Director

Roger Spottiswoode

Cast

Stockard Channing Shane Meier Wendy Crewson Kristen Thomson Joseph Ziegler Yani Gellman Sam Waterston Drew Nelson

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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.

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