The Matthew Shepard Story
2002-03-16
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1h 32m
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Drama
TV Movie
User Score
27 votes
Overview
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.
Roger Spottiswoode
Director
Jacob Krueger
Writer
