The Matthew Shepard Story
Alliance Atlantis (2002)
Documentary, Drama, Queer Themes/Interest
In Collection
#749
6*
Seen ItYes
(2/14/2017)
IMDB   7.4
88 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1
Stockard Channing Judy Shepard
Shane Meier Matthew Shepard
Wendy Crewson Sarah
Kristen Thomson Romaine Patterson
Joseph Ziegler Cal
Yani Gellman Pablo
Sam Waterston Dennis Shepard
Damien Atkins Donny
Director
Roger Spottiswoode
Producer Ed Gernon
Peter Sussman
Writer/Composer John Wierick
Jacob Krueger

In a senseless act of hatred, openly gay college student Matthew Shepard was murdered in 1998. This made for television film recounts the final days of Matthew's killers' trial, the weeks leading to Matthew's death, and his parents responses.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1

Notes
Of the three films in my collection that deal with the hate-murder of Matthew Shephard (see Links) , this to me is by far the weakest -- Its focus is on the parents of Matthew and their responsees -- The performances of Sam Waterston and Stockard Channing as parents seemed superficially pro forma -- You learn little of Matthew as a person.