From cutout:
"In October 1998, 21 year-old Matthew Shepard was found savagely beaten, tied to a fence and left to die in Laramie, Wyoming. 'The Laramie Project' is a portrait of a town painfully forced to confront itself in the reflective glare of the national spotlight. How did this small town wit…
From cutout:
"In October 1998, 21 year-old Matthew Shepard was found savagely beaten, tied to a fence and left to die in Laramie, Wyoming. 'The Laramie Project' is a portrait of a town painfully forced to confront itself in the reflective glare of the national spotlight. How did this small town with a 'live and let live' philosophy become a town where young men could commit such a crime? The answer may lie in 'The Laramie Project,' a stunning, profoundly moving picture of a community facing an incomprehensible event and its aftermath."
Written and directed by Moisés Kaufman
Produced by Declan Baldwin
Cinematography by Terry Stacey
Edited by Brian A. Kates
With Nestor Carbonell, Christina Ricci, Dylan Baker, Terry Kinney, Lou Ann Wright, et al.
Notes
Contains trailer before main feature
Contains packaging : 1 black plastic case from Guelph Public Library and 1 cutout with information about content
From sleeve:
"In October 1998, 21 year-old Matthew Shepard was found savagely beaten, tied to a fence and left to die in Laramie, Wyoming. This is a portrait of a town painfully forced to confront itself in the reflective glare of the national spotlight, responding with love, anger, sympathy, suppo…
English (original) and Spanish (dubbed) audio ; English, French, and Spanish subtitles; English closed captions
Physical Description
1 optical disc (1 hr., 34 min., 54 sec.) : DVD, dual layer, col., NTSC, 16:9 and 4:3, sd., Dolby Digital ; 12 cm + 1 video store packaging
Physical Condition
Good
Scope and Content
From sleeve:
"In October 1998, 21 year-old Matthew Shepard was found savagely beaten, tied to a fence and left to die in Laramie, Wyoming. This is a 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."
Written and directed by Moisés Kaufman
Produced by Declan Baldwin
Cinematography by Terry Stacey
Edited by Brian A. Kates
With Nestor Carbonell, Christina Ricci, Dylan Baker, Terry Kinney, Lou Ann Wright, et al.
Notes
DVD from Rogers Video (chain of video rental stores)
Contains extras : cast and director biographies (textual), making of (textual), featurette 1 (4 min., 46 sec.), and featurette 2 (3 min., 32 sec.)
Contains video store packaging : 1 black plastic keep case, 1 paper sleeve with colour graphics and information about content, and 1 cardboard cutout from original packaging
Includes bibliographical references and directory.
Contents : Forward / by Karla Jay [p. 1-2] -- Part 1: Join us! an introduction to gay liberation [p. 3] -- Christopher Street liberation day, June 28, 1970 [poem] / by Fran Winant [p. 4-6] -- Out of the closets, into the streets / by Allen Young [p. 6-31] -- Gay is good / by Martha Shelley [p. 31-34] -- Dear mom / by Virginia Hoeffding [p. 34-37] -- My soul vanished from sight : a California saga of gay liberation / by Konstantin Berlandt [p. 38-56] -- Part 2: Gay people vs. the media [p. 57] -- The Closet syndrome / by Stuart Byron [p. 58-65] -- A Gay critique of modern literary criticism / by Karla Jay [p. 66-68] -- An Open letter to Tennessee Williams / by Mike Silverstein [p. 69-72] -- Queer books / by John Murphy [p. 72-94] -- Part 3: The Man's law [p. 95] -- Happy birthday, baby butch / by Jaye V. Poltergeist [p. 96-99] -- Sissy in prison / an interview with Ron Vernon [p. 99-112] -- Rapping with a street transvestite revolutionary / in interview with Marcia Johnson [p. 112-120] -- Part 4: Gay people vs. the "Professionals" [p. 121] -- Lesbians and the health care system / by Radicalesbians Health Collective [p. 122-141] -- Gay liberation meets the shrinks / by Gary Alinder [p. 141-145] -- A Lesflet for the American Medical Association / by Chicago Gay Liberation Front [p. 145-147] -- Surviving psychotherapy / by Christopher Z. Hobson [p. 147-153] -- The Orderly / by Robbie Skeist [p. 153-157] -- The Anthropological perspective / by The Red Butterfly [p. 157-165] -- Gay bureaucrats : what are they doing to you? / byMike Silverstein [p. 165-170] -- Part 5: Lesbians and the Women's Liberation movement [p. 171] -- The Women-identified women / by Radicalesbians [p. 172-177] -- Realesbians and politicalesbians / by Gay Revolution Party Women's Caucus [p. 177-181] -- A Letter from Mary / by Mary [p. 182-185] -- Take a lesbian to lunch / by Rita Mae Brown [p. 185-194] -- Hanoi to Hoboken, a round trip ticket / by Rita Mae Brown [p. 195-201] -- Lesbians and the ultimate liberation of women / by Gay Liberation Front Women (New York City) [p. 201-204] -- Part 4: Cuba gay as the sun [p. 205] -- The Cuban revolution and gay liberation / by Allan Young [p. 206-228] -- On the Venceremos Brigade : a forum [p. 228-244] -- Letter from Cuban gay people to the North American gay liberation movement [p. 244-246] -- Declaration by the First National Congress on education and culture / excerpted from GRANMA, daily organ of the Communist Party of Cuba [p. 246-250] -- Part 7: Sex and roles [p. 251] -- Gay revolution and sex roles / by Third World Gay Revolution (Chicago) and Gay Liberation Front (Chicago) [p. 252-259] -- Smash phallic imperialism / by Katz [p. 259-262] -- On sex roles and equality / by N.A. Diaman [p. 262-264] -- Cruising : games men play / by Perry Brass [p. 264-265] -- The Fairy princess exposed / by Craig Alfred Hanson [p. 266-269] -- The Politics of my sex life / by Mike Silverstein [p. 270-275] -- Portrait of the young lesbian as a young dyke / by Karla Jay [p. 275-277] -- Will you still need me when I'm 64? / by Ralph S. Schaffer [p. 278-280] -- Part 8: Moving together [p. 281] -- My gay soul / by Gary Alinder [p. 282-283] -- Looking at women [a poem] / by Fran Winant [p. 284-290] -- Leaving the gay men behind / by Radicalesbians (New York City) [p. 290-293] -- Notes on gay male consciousness-raising / by A Gay Male Group [p. 293-301] -- Somewhere in the right direction : testimony of my experience in a gay male collective / by John Knoebel [p. 301-315] -- Problems of an inter-racial relationship / by Marlene [p. 315-317] -- Epistle to Tsha / by Rita Mae Brown [p. 318] -- Elitism / by Del Whan [p. 318-323] -- Viewpoint of an anti-sexist Marxist / by Sandy Blixton [p. 323-328] -- Part 9: Manifestos [p. 329] -- A Gay manifesto / by Carl Wittman [p. 330-341] -- Gay Revolution Party manifesto [p. 342-345] -- Working paper for the Revolutionary People's Constituional Convention / by Chicago Gay Revolution [p. 346-352] -- I.D., leadership and violence / by Charles P. Thorp [p. 352-363] -- What we want, what we believe / by Third World Revolution (New York City) [p. 363-368] -- A Selected gay bibliography [p. 369-374] -- An international directory of gay organizations [p. 375-403]
