The Matthew Shepard Story (2002)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	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
	Damien Atkins	...	Donny
	Philip Eddolls	...	Aaron McKinney (as Philip Edolls)
	Paul Robbins	...	Russell Henderson
	Judah Katz	...	Defense Attorney
	Drew Nelson	...	Lance
	Nazneen Contractor	...	Shima
	Makyla Smith	...	Casey
	Lindsay Murrell	...	Matthew's Date

Storyline

In 1998, a young gay man by the name of Matthew Shepard was robbed, viciously beaten and left tied to a fence to die. Although he was soon found by the police and hospitalized, he soon expired. This film recounts the events after the conviction of the two men responsible for this hate motivated murder. Matthew's parents, though satisfied by the conviction, are finding the sentencing phase of the trial more difficult. The parents initially want to request the death penalty for their son's murderers, but the mother, Judy, starts to reconsider. As they struggle with their decision, they decide to reexamine the life of their son and rediscover his personality, his struggle to accept his homosexual sexual orientation as a natural part of his being and above all, his generous humanity to others. All of this leads the parents to appeal to the court the way their son would have wanted, not out of vengeance but to represent best of what their son was and the tragedy of his loss. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@rogers.com>  

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