The Matthew Shepard Story (2002)

	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

Personal Details
Purchase Date	12/3/2016
Location	Personal Library
Owner	Deitz
Store	Amazon
Purchase Price	$6.51
Condition	New
Links	± Review: Variety - Review: Entertainment Weekly "The Laramie Project; The Matthew Shepard Story" ‡ Wikipedia ‡ Commentary: Advocate (Have We Got Matthew Shepard All Wrong?) ‡ Related Movie: Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine ‡ Related Movie: The Laramie Project The Matthew Shepard Story at Core for Movies IMDB TheMovieDb.org

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.