Film
The Matthew Shepard Story
Canada- Director
- Roger Spottiswoode
- Year
- 2002
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.
Top cast
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
Drew Nelson
Lance
Damien Atkins
Donny
Philip Eddolls
Aaron McKinney
Paul Robbins
Russell Henderson
Judah Katz
Defense Attorney
Nazneen Contractor
Shima
Makyla Smith
Casey
Lindsay Murrell
Matthew's Date
James Bearden
Protester
B.J. McLellan
Logan Shepard - age 17
Davin Broadhurst
Logan Shepard - age 12
Directed by
Roger Spottiswoode
Written by
Jacob Krueger, John Wierick
Produced by
Clara George
