主演：斯托卡特·詹宁/ShaneMeier/温迪·eee
导演：罗杰·斯波蒂伍德
语言：英语
地区:美国/加拿大
编剧：JohnWierick/JacobKrueger
类型：剧情/同性
上映时间：2002-03-16
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用户标签：美国,同志,真实故事改编,Gay,美国电影,同性,爱,2002
片长：88分钟
imdb编号：tt0267736
这是部电视电影，影片根据美国怀俄明州的一个叫Laramie镇上发生的一件两个年轻的异性恋男生杀害一个年轻的同性恋男生MatthewShepard的真实案件而拍摄.
同样反映这个案件还有:同志少年杀人事件/THELARAMIEPROJECT
In1998,ayounggaymanbythenameofMatthewShepardwasrobbed,viciouslybeatenandlefttiedtoafencetodie.Althoughhewassoonfoundbythepoliceandhospitalized,hesoonexpired.Thisfilmrecountstheeventsaftertheconvictionofthetwomenresponsibleforthishatemotivatedmurder.Matthew'sparents,thoughsatisfiedbytheconviction,arefindingthesentencingphaseofthetrialmoredifficult.Theparentsinitiallywanttorequestthedeathpenaltyfortheirson'smurderers,butthemother,Judy,startstoreconsider.Astheystrugglewiththeirdecision,theydecidetoreexaminethelifeoftheirsonandrediscoverhispersonality,hisstruggletoaccepthishomosexualsexualorientationasanaturalpartofhisbeingandaboveall,hisgeneroushumanitytoothers.Allofthisleadstheparentstoappealtothecourtthewaytheirsonwouldhavewanted,notoutofvengeancebuttorepresentbestofwhattheirsonwasandthetragedyofhisloss.