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The Laramie project
- Title
- Laramie project (Television program) The Laramie project [videorecording] / HBO Films presents ; a Good Machine production ; directed by Moisés Kaufman ; written by Moisés Kaufman and the members of Tectonic Theater Project ; produced by Declan Baldwin.
- Format
- DVD, Videodisc
- Published/Produced
- [Santa Monica, CA] : HBO Films ; New York, NY : Distributed by HBO Home Video, 2002, c2010.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Cast
- Dylan Baker, Stephen Belber, Tom Bower, Clancy Brown, Steve Buscemi, Nestor Carbonell, Kathleen Chalfant, Jeremy Davies, Clea Duvall, Michael Emerson, Noah Fleiss, Peter Fonda, Ben Foster, Janeane Garofalo, Amanda Gronich, Mercedes Herrero, Bill Irwin, Joshua Jackson, Terry Kinney, Laura Linney, Amy Madigan, Camryn Manheim, Margo Martindale, John McAdams, James Murtaugh, Andy Paris, Summer Phoenix, Greg Pierotti, Barbara Pitts, Christina Ricci, Richard Riehle, Kelli Simpkins, Lois Smith, Frances Sternhagen, Mark Webber.
- Credits
- Tectonic Theater Project members Leigh Fondakowski, Jeffrey LaHoste, Stephen Belber, Greg Pierotti, Stephen Wangh, Amanda Gronich, John McAdams, Andy Paris, Barbara Pitts, Kelli Simpkins ; director of photography, Terry Stacey ; edited by Brian A. Kates ; music by Peter Golub.
- System details
- DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital stereo.
- Language
- In English or Spanish with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish ; closed-captioned.
- Summary
- "This film is based on transcripts of over 200 interviews with the people of Laramie, Wyoming."--Title screens. In October 1998, 21 year-old Matthew Shepard had been found savagely beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die. National media attention made his case a cause célèbre, and a month later, off Broadway writer-director Moisés Kaufman and Tectonic Theatre (his collaborating actors) arrived. They succeeded in interviewing a wide range of relevant persons, from those who knew Shepard or knew the accused to police, university, and hospital personnel and community members. Then they wrote a play.
- Contents note
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- Arriving in Laramie
- Remembering Matthew
- Wyoming queer
- Karaoke night
- Statement of facts
- Media coverage
- "What were you thinking?"
- Exposed to HIV
- Nationwide vigil
- Gay lifestyle
- Parade tag
- Religious perspective
- Funeral
- State vs. Russell Henderson
- Guardian angels
- State vs. Aaron McKinney
- Sparkling lights
- End credits.
- Notes
- Based on the play "The Laramie Project" written by Moisés Kaufman and the members of Tectonic Theater Project. Adapted from the play "The Laramie Project" written by Moisés Kaufman and the members of Tectonic Theater Project. Originally produced for broadcast on HBO in 2002. "2002 Sundance Film Festival"--DVD case. Full screen (presentation aspect ratio 4:3) or widescreen (presentation aspect ratio 16:9) versions. Special features: Cast & director biographies [text feature]; The making of "The Laramie Project" [text feature]; Featurette 1 [featurette] (5 min.); Featurette 2 [featurette] (4 min.).
- Subject headings
- Kaufman, Moisés--Television adaptations. Shepard, Matthew, 1976-1998--Death and burial--Drama.
- Kinsey subjects
- Crime. Homosexuality--Male--United States--Drama. Homophobia--Drama. Homicide--Drama.
- Other contributors
- Baldwin, Declan. Kaufman, Moisés. Baker, Dylan. Bower, Tom, 1938- Brown, Clancy. Buscemi, Steve, 1957- Carbonell, Nestor, 1967- Chalfant, Kathleen, 1945- Davies, Jeremy, 1969- Du Vall, Clea. Emerson, Michael, 1954- Fleiss, Noah, 1984- Fonda, Peter, 1940-2019 Foster, Ben, 1980- Garofalo, Janeane. Irwin, Bill, 1950- Jackson, Joshua, 1978- Kinney, Terry. Linney, Laura. Madigan, Amy. Manheim, Camryn. Martindale, Margo, 1951- Paris, Andy. Phoenix, Summer, 1978- Ricci, Christina. Riehle, Richard, 1948- Smith, Lois, 1930- Sternhagen, Frances, 1930-2023 Tectonic Theater Project. HBO Films. Good Machine (Firm) Cane/Gabay Productions. HBO Video (Firm) Home Box Office (Firm)