The Matthew Shepard Story
MovieTitle | The Matthew Shepard Story |
User score | 5.8 |
Release date | Mar 16, 2002 |
Genre | Drama, TV Movie |
Director | Roger Spottiswoode |
Production country | Canada |
Production companies | Echo Bridge Home Entertainment |
Run time | 92 min. |
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.