Anatomy of a Hate Crime

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• Genre(s): Drama, TV Movie
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Tim Hunter
• Cast(s): Cy Carter, Brendan Fletcher, Ian Somerhalder, Busy Philipps, Amanda Fuller See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 30min
• Music: Daniel Licht
• Award(s): GLAAD Media 2002 (Nominated) Awards List
• Similar To: Renovation Romance, Color of Love
• Story:
  This MTV film dramatizes the horrific hate-crime killing of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard (Cy Carter) in Wyoming. In 1998, Shepard, a gay college student, was savagely beaten by Russell Henderson (Ian Somerhalder) and Aaron McKinney (Brendan Fletcher), who left their victim to die. Flashbacks paint a picture of Shepard's life and provide insight into why the killers, who initially set out to rob the young man, would commit such a brutal murder.
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