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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 9780783120553 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0783120559 Label: Hbo Home Video Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Hbo Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 25, 2002 Running Time: 97 minutes Studio: Hbo Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 2001 Sales Rank: 9715 MPN: HBOD91897D
Description: In October 1998, 21 year-old Mathew Shepard was found savagely beaten, tied to a fence and left to die in Laramie, Wyoming. "The Laramie Project" is the portrait of a town painfully forced to confront itself in the reflective glare of the national spotlight, responding with love, anger, sympathy, support and defiance.
Amazon.com: Even though The Laramie Project has been edited down from almost three hours (the original length of the play) to a lean 96 minutes, the harrowing nature of the subject matter--the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard--and the clarity of the voices of the inhabitants of Laramie, Wyoming, give this film a remarkable emotional power. The Laramie Project was created from over 200 interviews conducted with Laramie residents before, during, and after the trials of the two boys who killed Shepard; the interviews create an amazing cross-section of American views on homosexuality, religion, class, privacy, and so much more besides. Even though it features an all-star cast--Steve Buscemi, Janeane Garofalo, Christina Ricci, Peter Fonda, and Laura Linney are only a few of the recognizable faces--the material has not been glamorized and the performances are both honest and intimate. Even abbreviated, it's a remarkable piece of work. --Bret Fetzer
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Rating: - review of laramie project
a good film which exposes the biased opinions of many americans in a small town named laramie. laramie can be viewed as a metaphor for ultra conservative thinking in many parts of america, and indeed, ... Read More
Rating: - Amazing
Normally, I'm not a crier, but this movie made me bawl. It's an incredibly moving story about the aftereffects the Matthew Shepard murder had on the town of Laramie, Wyoming. The film is pieced together ... Read More
Rating: - No Changes
This movie tells me that nothing has changed since then (1998) to today (2008). There still are no laws against discrimination against gays, neither State nor Federal. It is still open season on gays and ... Read More
Rating: - Matthew Shepard
This documentary was thought provoking and insightful. R.I.P. Matthew with the angels and God!
Rating: - the laramie project
this movie is a great tool to show you the details of the murder and court procedings on the matthew shepard case. it is done in true documentry style and is put together very well.
- review of laramie project
- Amazing