The Laramie Project (film)

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Movie
German title The Laramie Project
Original title The Laramie Project
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2002
length 97 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Moisés Kaufman
script Moisés Kaufman
production Declan Baldwin
music Peter Golub
camera Terry Stacey
cut Brian A. Kates
occupation

The Laramie Project is a television film produced by the US pay-TV broadcaster HBO in 2002 . It is based on the play of the same name by Moisés Kaufman . It tells the story of the violent death of student Matthew Shepard , but deals with what happened after his death. A top-class cast could be won for the film. The film premiered in January 2002 at the Sundance Film Festival . In February 2002 the film was presented at the Berlinale . It was broadcast on US television in March 2002 on HBO. In October 2002 the film was shown as part of the Lesbian Gay Film Days Hamburg and was released on DVD in Germany at the same time.

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The film describes the story of the theater group around Moisés Kaufman, who conducted many interviews in the hometown of the murdered man after the death of the gay student Matthew Shepard. They interview family members, friends, neighbors, and residents of the city of Laramie , Wyoming . Over time, the members of the theater group get an insight into the life of the small town with all its dark sides such as intolerance or even homophobia . The film ends with the trial of the two killers and the premiere of the play in Laramie.

background

The film looks like a documentary, but recreates what actually happened with professional actors. Many of the actors chatted to the real people they were playing while filming in Laramie. Original TV documents are sometimes used in the film, such as a statement by then US President Bill Clinton or the speech by actress Ellen DeGeneres at the funeral marches on the occasion of the death of Matthew Shepard. The preacher Fred Phelps and his followers not only made a name for themselves at Matthew Shepard's funeral and at the court hearing with anti-gay statements and posters such as "Matt in Hell" ( Matt in Hell ), but also disrupted the various theater and cinema performances .

Awards

The film received four nominations from the 2002 Emmys . At the Berlin International Film Festival ( Berlinale ) in 2002, the work received the special prize for best first work.

Trivia

In the same year, another film was released in the United States that deals with the murder of Matthew Shepard: The Matthew Shepard Story

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