The Matthew Shepard Story

The Matthew Shepard Story

🎞️ Movie 88 min CA
โ˜… 7.3 /10 2002

In 1998, a young gay man by the name of Matthew Shepard was robbed, viciously beaten and left tied to a fence to die. Although he was soon found by the police and hospitalized, he soon expired. This film recounts the events after the conviction of the two men responsible for this hate motivated murder. Matthew's parents, though satisfied by the conviction, are finding the sentencing phase of the trial more difficult. The parents initially want to request the death penalty for their son's murderers, but the mother, Judy, starts to reconsider. As they struggle with their decision, they decide to reexamine the life of their son and rediscover his personality, his struggle to accept his homosexual sexual orientation as a natural part of his being and above all, his generous humanity to others. All of this leads the parents to appeal to the court the way their son would have wanted, not out of vengeance but to represent best of what their son was and the tragedy of his loss.

Cast

Stockard Channing
Stockard Channing
Judy Shepard
Shane Thomas Meier
Shane Thomas Meier
Matthew Shepard
Wendy Crewson
Wendy Crewson
Sarah
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Kristen Thomson
Romaine Patterson
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Joseph Ziegler
Cal
Yani Gellman
Yani Gellman
Pablo
Sam Waterston
Sam Waterston
Dennis Shepard
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Damien Atkins
Donny
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Philip Eddolls
Aaron McKinney
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Paul Robbins
Russell Henderson
Jeff Danna
Jeff Danna
Composer
Mychael Danna
Mychael Danna
Composer
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John S. Bartley
Cinematographer