Released:
2002-03-16

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.

Director:
Roger Spottiswoode

Runtime:
1h 32min

Genre:
Drama, TV Movie

• Cast:
• 
  Stockard Channing
  as
  Judy Shepard
• 
  Shane Meier
  as
  Matthew Shepard
• 
  Wendy Crewson
  as
  Sarah
• 
  Kristen Thomson
  as
  Romaine Patterson
• 
  Joseph Ziegler
  as
  Cal