Movie

The Matthew Shepard Story

★ 5.6/10 · 27 votes 2002 1h 32m Released

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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.

Cast

Stockard Channing Judy Shepard Shane Meier Matthew Shepard Wendy Crewson Sarah K Kristen Thomson Romaine Patterson J Joseph Ziegler Cal Yani Gellman Pablo