The Matthew Shepard Story

5.5

92m

2002

Drama, TV Movie

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.

Starring

Stockard Channing, Shane Meier, Wendy Crewson, Kristen Thomson, Joseph Ziegler, Yani Gellman, Sam Waterston, Drew Nelson

Directed By

Roger Spottiswoode