| Release Date: | Jan 2002 |
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| Genres: | Crime / Drama |
| Awards: | Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 5 wins & 7 nominations |
| Runtime: | 97 min |
| Cast: | Kathleen Chalfant (Anonymous Female Rancher), Laura Linney (Sherry Johnson) Peter Fonda (Doctor Cantway) Jeremy Davies (Jedadiah Schultz) Nestor Carbonell (Moises Kaufman) Camryn Manheim (Rebecca Hillicker) Andy Paris (Stephen Belber) Grant Varjas (Greg Pierotti (as Grant James Varjas)) Kelli Simpkins (Leigh Fondakowski) Clea DuVall (Amanda Gronich) Billie McBride (Waitress) Bill Christ (Man on Porch) Frances Sternhagen (Marge Murray) Michael Emerson (Reverend) Margo Martindale (Trish Steger) Steve Buscemi (Doc O'Conner) Christina Ricci (Romaine Patterson) Greg Pierotti (John Peacock) Janeane Garofalo (Catherine Connolly) John McAdams (Jonas Slonaker) Joshua Jackson (Matt Galloway) Michael K. Osborn (Murdock Cooper) Anne Cloud (Kristin Price) Mark Webber (Aaron McKinney) Ben Foster (Aaron Kreifels) Lois Smith (Lucy Thompson) Leslie Henson (Catherine Connolly's Partner) Garrett Neergaard (Russell Henderson) Daniel Ahearn (Arraingment Judge) Amy Madigan (Reggie Fluty) Clancy Brown (Rob Debree) Tom Bower (Father Roger Schmit) Steve Sealy (Bill McKinney) Pat Mahoney (Sgt. Hing) Nancy Phillips (Reporter #3) Craig Stout (Governor Jim Geringer) Dylan Baker (Rulon Stacey) Summer Phoenix (Jen Malmskog) John Lodico (Conrad Miller) Bhavna de Montebello (Zubaida Ula (as Bhavana Kundanmal)) Amanda Gronich (Zackie Salmon) Mercedes Herrero (Pam Sears) Bill Irwin (Harry Woods) James Murtaugh (Reverend Fred Phelps) Richard Riehle (Henderson Judge) Terry Kinney (Dennis Shepard) Lou Anne Wright (Judy Shepard) Ben Fuhrman (McKinney Trial Judge) John Nance (Jury Foreman) Stephen Belber (Anonymous Friend of Aaron McKinney) Nicholas DiNardo (Reverend) Nelson Embleton (Anonymous Male Rancher) Noah Fleiss (Shannon Shingleton) Jim Hooley (Reporter #1) Regina Krueger (Alison Mears) Jacquie Palisi (Reporter #2) Barbara Pitts (Sherry Aenenson) Stanley Roach (County Sheriff) Dawn E. Anderson (Angel (uncredited)) Kevin Aviance (Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)) Bill Clinton (Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)) Zach Cumer (Rev. Fred Phelps younger son...) Ellen DeGeneres (Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)) Payton Dunham (Motel Clerk (uncredited)) |
Moisés Kaufman and members of New York's Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie, Wyoming after the murder of Matthew Shepard. This is a film version of the play they wrote based on more than 200 interviews they conducted in Laramie. It follows and in some cases re-enacts the chronology of Shepherd's visit to a local bar, his kidnap and beating, the discovery of him tied to a fence, the vigil at the hospital, his death and funeral, and the trial of his killers. It mixes real news reports with actors portraying friends, family, cops, killers, and other Laramie residents in their own words. It concludes with a Laramie staging of "Angels in America" a year after Shephard's death.
