The Laramie project
(DVD Video) 

Adapted from the play "The Laramie Project" written by Moisés Kaufman and the members of Tectonic Theater Project.

Based on the play "The Laramie Project" written by Moisés Kaufman and the members of Tectonic Theater Project.

Full screen (presentation aspect ratio 4:3) or widescreen (presentation aspect ratio 16:9) versions.

Originally produced for broadcast on HBO in 2002.

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.).

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.

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.

"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.

MPAA rating: Unrated; adult content.

DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital stereo.

In English or Spanish with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish ; closed-captioned.