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The Matthew Shepard Story

Not Rated Drama TV Movie

Starring: Stockard Channing, Shane Meier, Wendy Crewson, Kristen Thomson, Joseph Ziegler

Writer: John Wierick, Jacob Krueger

Release Date:
March 16, 2002
Ratings:
5.4 / 10
Director:
Roger Spottiswoode
Companies:
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

Overview

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.