Harvey Guillén

In 2009, a movie about Stephen's life is released.

It's called I Love You, Philip Morris, and it stars Jim Carrey as Stephen and Ewan McGregor as Philip.

The movie opens with a disclaimer.

This really happened.

It's totally true.

We couldn't make this up, which is almost funny because Stephen's entire life has been about making things up.

about becoming whoever he needed to be in order to survive, to be loved, to keep Philip.

Philip is released in 2006, just in time to appear in the movie as an extra, playing Stephen's lawyer in a courtroom scene.

He's on Stephen's visitation list, but never visits.

which Stephen understands, because why would Philip want to step foot in another prison?

They do write letters for a while, but according to Stephen's 2018 book, their relationship just fades.

He falls out of love.

The thing that drove three escapes that cost him everything just dissolves.

Stephen admits that though he loved Philip, he regrets his decisions.

All of those escapes weren't worth the extra time in prison away from his daughter.

Luckily for Stephen, he gets another chance.

On July 16, 2024, he's released from prison on parole.

He'd spent 26 years in solitary confinement

You think after waiting that long, there'd be a chance for Stephen and Philip to see each other again, to see each other face to face and see what's left of their love.

We don't know if that ever happened.