The Laramie Project
HBO (2002)
Crime, Documentary, Queer Themes/Interest
In Collection
#752
8*
Seen ItYes
(1/13/2017 Home)
026359189722
IMDB   7.1
91 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Jeremy Davies Jedadiah Schultz
Lois Smith Lucy Thompson
Camryn Manheim Rebecca Hillicker
Dylan Baker Rulon Stacey
Ben Foster Aaron Kreifels
Steve Buscemi Doc O'Conner
Janeane Garofalo Catherine Connolly
Clea DuVall Amanda Gronich
Kathleen Chalfant Anonymous Female Rancher
Christina Ricci Romaine Patterson
Amy Madigan Reggie Fluty
Peter Fonda Doctor Cantway
Joshua Jackson Matt Galloway
Clancy Brown Rod Debree
Tom Bower Father Roger Schmit
Summer Phoenix Jen Malmskog
Margo Martindale Trish Steger
Terry Kinney Dennis Shepard
Mark Webber Aaron McKinney
Kelli Simpkins Leigh Fondakowski
Frances Sternhagen Marge Murray
Laura Linney Sherry Johnson
Bill Irwin Harry Woods
Nestor Carbonell Moises Kaufman
Michael Emerson Reverend
Andy Paris Stephen Belber
Grant Varjas Greg Pierotti
Greg Pierotti
Garrett Neergaard Russell Henderson
Lou Anne Wright Judy Shepard
Nestor Carbonell Moisés Kaufman
Camryn Manheim Rebecca Hilliker
Billie McBride Waitress
Bill Christ Man on the Porch
Regina Krueger Alison Mears
Steve Buscemi Doc O'Connor
Greg Pierotti Jon Peacock
John McAdams Jonas Slonaker
Michael K. Osborn Murdock Cooper
Anne Cloud Kristin Price
Director/Choreographer
Moises Kaufman
Producer Declan Baldwin
Peter Cane
Writer/Composer Moises Kaufman
Stephen Belber
Amanda Gronich
Greg Pierotti
Cinematography Terry Stacey


"The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. To create the stage version of "The Laramie Project," the eight-member New York-based Tectonic Theatre Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, recording hours of interviews with the town's citizens over a two-year period. The film adaptation dramatizes the troupe's visit, using the actual words from the transcripts to create a portrait of a town forced to confront itself.
Edition Details
Edition Special Edition
Distributor Hbo Home Video
Release Date 2002
Packaging Snap Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed)
Fullscreen (4:3, Pan and Scan)
Widescreen (1.85:1)
Subtitles English; French; German; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Dolby Digital Stereo [Spanish]
Dolby Surround [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 1

Features
Chapter Selections Cast & Director Bios The Making Of The Laramie Project
References
Festivals & Awards Sundance 2002

Notes
Unlike other film documentaries of the Matthew Shepard murder, this film (and the play on which it is based) focuses less on Matthew Shepard the person as on the citizens of Laramie and others, and their involvement and reactions --
See Also The Matthew Shepard Story and Matt Shepard Is A Friend Of Mine -- an important gay heritage film