THE MATTHEW SHEPARD STORY is a made for television movie made in 2002 and only recently released on DVD. It is time for us all to see this film again as a reminder of how heinous was this incident that rocked the world. Matthew Shephard (December 1, 1976 - October 12, 1998) as a student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and beaten and left o die on a barbed wire fence in the prairie of Wyoming - because he was gay. Writers John Wierick and Jacob Krueger gathered the information surrounding this event and the subsequent events following his death, focusing on the trial and the difficult gesture his parents made concerning the fate of the murderers.
Roger Spottiswoode directed this compelling film, electing to engage the talents of Stockard Channing and Sam Waterston as the parents of Mathhew (played with great dignity by Shane Meier). The remainder of the cast includes such touching portraits of the others involved in this tragedy as played by Tani Gellman, Wendy Crewson and Kristen Thompson. While the dram a of this film is not in the same arena as 'Teh Laramie Project', it still is a potent reminder of an unnecessary injustice that unfortunately is still being played out across the country. Perhpas with the DVD now available for wider viewing the crime will affect more people to action begun by Judy Shepard. Grady Harp, April 11
Roger Spottiswoode directed this compelling film, electing to engage the talents of Stockard Channing and Sam Waterston as the parents of Mathhew (played with great dignity by Shane Meier). The remainder of the cast includes such touching portraits of the others involved in this tragedy as played by Tani Gellman, Wendy Crewson and Kristen Thompson. While the dram a of this film is not in the same arena as 'Teh Laramie Project', it still is a potent reminder of an unnecessary injustice that unfortunately is still being played out across the country. Perhpas with the DVD now available for wider viewing the crime will affect more people to action begun by Judy Shepard. Grady Harp, April 11