The Glass House (2001)

Director:

Daniel Sackheim

Writer (WGA):

Wesley Strick (written by)

Release Date:

14 September 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Be Careful Who You Trust

Plot:

An orphaned teenager is taken in by a Malibu couple but discovers they aren't the caring friends they seemed to be.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Car Accident | Death | Car | Inheritance

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Leelee Sobieski	...	Ruby Baker
Diane Lane	...	Erin Glass
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Terrence 'Terry' Glass
Bruce Dern	...	Begleiter
Kathy Baker	...	Nancy Ryan
Trevor Morgan	...	Rhett Baker
Chris Noth	...	Uncle Jack
Michael O'Keefe	...	Dave Baker
Vyto Ruginis	...	Don
Gavin O'Connor	...	Whitey
Carly Pope	...	Tasha
China Shavers	...	E.B. (as China Jesusita Shavers)
Agnes Bruckner	...	Zoe
Michael Paul Chan	...	Mr. Kim
Rachel Wilson	...	Hannah
Rutanya Alda	...	Vice Principal
Erick Avari	...	Ted Ross
Mia Barrentine	...	5 Year Old Ruby
John Billingsley	...	Driving Instructor
Richard Anthony Crenna	...	Cop
Maia Danziger	...	Deirdre (as Maya Danziger)
Leslie Sackheim	...	Waitress
Stephanie Ittleson	...	Officer
Harry Johnson	...	Minister
January Jones	...	Girl
Kirk Kinder	...	Sheriff
Maya McLaughlin	...	Receptionist
Wayne Morse	...	Psycho Killer
Michele Nordin	...	Teen Queen
Brent Sexton	...	Mechanic
Paul Tuerpe	...	Traffic Cop
Julia Vera	...	Vicki
Hunter Shepard	...	Male Student
Kim Webster	...	Miss Drake
D. Elliot Woods	...	Cop
Kempton Kilbarger	...	Valet
Alice Hirson	...	Mrs. Morgan
Drew Snyder	...	Mr. Morgan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harris Mann	...	Young Father
Rita Wilson	...	Grace Avery-Baker (uncredited)

Directed by
Daniel Sackheim

Writing credits (WGA)
Wesley Strick		(written by)

Produced by
Heather Lieberman	....	co-producer (as Heather Zeegen)
Neal H. Moritz	....	producer
Michael I. Rachmil	....	executive producer (as Michael Rachmil)

Original Music by
Christopher Young

Cinematography by
Alar Kivilo

Film Editing by
Howard E. Smith

Casting by
Felicia Fasano
Anne McCarthy
Mary Vernieu

Production Design by
Jon Gary Steele

Art Direction by
Sarah Knowles

Set Decoration by
Tessa Posnansky

Costume Design by
Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko		(as Chrisi Karvonides Dushenko)

Makeup Department
Linda Arnold	....	key hair stylist
Christina Criswell	....	makeup artist
Lana Heying	....	hair stylist
Nina Kraft	....	key makeup artist
Mark Shostrom	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Michael I. Rachmil	....	unit production manager (as Michael Rachmil)
Cornelia Ryan	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Louis D'Esposito	....	first assistant director
Randol Perelman-Taylor	....	second second assistant director
Michael Viglietta	....	second assistant director
Bob Brown	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Jonathan Bobbitt	....	lead man (as Jonathan Bobbit)
Charisse Cardenas	....	set designer
Gabriel Hardman	....	storyboard artist
Teri Anne Kopp	....	property master
Joe Ondrejko	....	construction coordinator (as Joseph M. Ondrejko)
Randall D. Wilkins	....	set designer (as Randy D. Wilkins)
Salvador Anaya	....	plaster foreman (uncredited)
Amiee Clark	....	art department coordinator (uncredited)
Shannon Curfman	....	assistant property master (uncredited)
Chad S. Frey	....	set designer (uncredited)
Rob Garlow	....	construction general supervisor (uncredited)
Daniel R. Jennings	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Victoria Ruskin	....	set designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Gary C. Bourgeois	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Gary Bourgeois)
Raul A. Bruce	....	boom operator (as Raul Bruce)
Lane Burch	....	foley mixer
Richard Burton	....	sound editor
Matthew Dettmann	....	foley artist
Alison Fisher	....	sound editor
Gary A. Hecker	....	foley artist (as Gary Hecker)
Andrea Horta	....	adr supervisor
Skip Longfellow	....	assistant sound editor
Mark Hopkins McNabb	....	production sound mixer (as Mark H. McNabb)
John Morris	....	supervising sound editor
Greg Orloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Pappas	....	foley supervisor
Craig Weintraub	....	assistant sound editor
Jay Wilkinson	....	sound editor
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
R. Bruce Steinheimer	....	special effects
Doug Hubbard	....	special effects (uncredited)
Rick Thompson	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)
Aaron Walters	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Mat Beck	....	visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
Casey Cannon	....	visual effects and graphics producer (uncredited)
Rob A. Kelly	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Erik Liles	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Scott E. Metzger	....	3D artist: Light Matters/Pixel Envy (uncredited)
Colin Strause	....	3D effects supervisor: Pixel Envy (uncredited)
Greg Strause	....	2D supervisor (uncredited)
Yoshiya Yamada	....	CG artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Bob Brown	....	stunt coordinator
Troy Brown	....	stunts
Steve M. Davison	....	stunts (as Steve Davison)
Tim A. Davison	....	stunts (as Tim Davison)
Chris Durand	....	stunts
Jon H. Epstein	....	stunts (as Jon Epstein)
J. Armin Garza II	....	stunts
Randy Hall	....	stunts
Thomas Robinson Harper	....	stunts
Norman Howell	....	stunts
Billy D. Lucas	....	stunts (as Billy Lucas)
Sam Maloof	....	stunts (as Sammy Maloof)
Marta Merrifield	....	stunts
Debby Lynn Ross	....	stunts (as Debbie Ross Rondell)
Monica Staggs	....	stunts
April Weeden	....	stunt double: China Shavers (as April Weeden-Washington)
Chris Blackwood	....	stunts (uncredited)
Annie Ellis	....	stunts (uncredited)
Kent W. Luttrell	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunts (uncredited)
Michelle Sebek	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Kenny Davis	....	dolly grip (as Kenneth Davis)
Joseph Dianda	....	key grip
Tom Franchett	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Bob Hall	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Peter Iovino	....	still photographer
Lee Johnson	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Aaron Katz	....	video assistant
Jason E. Lord	....	set lighting technician
Scott Patten	....	second grip
Monty Rowan	....	camera operator
Philip Shanahan	....	second assistant camera
Chris Squires	....	Steadicam operator
Chris Squires	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Elan Yaari	....	chief lighting technician
Chris Bennett	....	lighting programmer (uncredited)
Josh Bleibtreu	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
Robert Cheung	....	rigging best boy (uncredited)
Thomas M. Dangcil	....	lamp operator (uncredited)
Jamie Franta	....	grip (uncredited)
Ron Goodman	....	camera operator: SpaceCam (uncredited)
Dan Jones	....	electrician (uncredited)
Monty Rowan	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
David A. Seekins	....	camera loader (uncredited)
Cameron Smith	....	rigging gaffer (uncredited)
Michael Tolochko	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Freddy Luis	....	casting associate
Sarah Grace Monson	....	casting assistant (as Sarah Monson)
Alex Newman	....	casting associate
Jennifer Bender	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Victoria DeKay	....	costume supervisor (as Victoria deKay)
Linda Huse	....	wardrobe: women
Shirley Lipscomb	....	wardrobe: women
Jerry M. Ross	....	wardrobe supervisor: men
Jerry Ross	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Lane Baker	....	first assistant editor
Luke Borghi	....	assistant editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Bambi Sickafoose	....	assistant editor
Seth Clark	....	apprentice editor (uncredited)
Dale Jones	....	avid technician (uncredited)
Eric Rigney	....	avid technician (uncredited)

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Bruce Babcock	....	orchestrator
Frank Bennett	....	orchestrator
Robert Fernandez	....	score mixer
Thomas Milano	....	music editor
Adam Jeremy Williams	....	composer: additional music
Kostas Christides	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Peter Doell	....	score recordist (uncredited)
Mark Eshelman	....	scoring crew (uncredited)
Rick Fleishman	....	music coordinator (uncredited)
M.B. Gordy	....	musician: percussion (uncredited)
Andrew Hausmann	....	score coordinator (uncredited)
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring crew (uncredited)
Flavio Motalla	....	score producer (uncredited)
Jonathan Price	....	score producer (uncredited)
Jasper Randall	....	scoring coordinator: Christopher Young (uncredited)
Patrick Russ	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn (uncredited)
Pat Weber	....	scoring technician (uncredited)
Gernot Wolfgang	....	score coordinator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Gina August	....	driver: cast
Joel Renfro	....	transportation captain (as Joel A. Renfro)
Lee Sanders	....	transportation co-captain (as Lee A. Sanders)
Kelly Aldrich	....	driver (uncredited)
Paulie DiCocco	....	driver: Rita Wilson (uncredited)
Scott Howard	....	set captain (uncredited)

Other crew
Libuse Binder	....	production secretary
Brian Buller	....	production assistant
Zack Coutroulis	....	production assistant
Robert C. Decker	....	location manager
Stephen P. Del Prete	....	production assistant (as Stephen P. DelPrete)
Patricia L. DeShields	....	production accountant (as Patsy Deshields)
Gretchen Douglass	....	assistant: Ms. Zeegen
Andrea Gabusi	....	production coordinator
Sean Ilnseher	....	production assistant
Lontih Khatami	....	assistant: Mr. Sackheim
Shelley Kirkwood	....	unit publicist
Amanda Lewis	....	assistant: Mr. Moritz (as Amanda Cohen)
Elizabeth Ludwick-Bax	....	script supervisor (as Elizabeth Ludwick)
Cody Williams	....	production assistant
Jeff Winn	....	craft service
Gerard Averill	....	location manager: re-shoot (uncredited)
Serena Baker	....	location scout (uncredited)
Mady Manson Burza	....	post-production accountant (uncredited)
Glenn Cannon	....	computer playback operator (uncredited)
Lisa Collins	....	script supervisor: second unit (uncredited)
Joanne Guthrie	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Jerrold McKinley Ivery	....	assistant post-production accountant (uncredited)
James Jacobson	....	synthesizer programmer (uncredited)
Kate Kelly	....	assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Christopher Lee	....	key assistant location manager (uncredited)
Steven S. Lee	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)
Gerard K. Marino	....	synthesizer programmer (uncredited)
Bill McAdams Jr.	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Craig Nix	....	assistant crane operator: Technocrane (uncredited)
Brian M. O'Neill	....	key assistant location manager (uncredited)
Karen Scarborough	....	payroll accountant (uncredited)
Benjamin Scissors	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Pete Waterman	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Garson Yu	....	title designer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation (as Columbia Pictures) (presents)
• Original Film

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2001) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia Pictures (2001) (USA) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2001) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film (2001) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing Canada (2001) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Italia (2002) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (2002) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (2002) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Egmont Entertainment (2002) (Finland) (DVD)
• Egmont Entertainment (2002) (Finland) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2002) (Argentina) (all media)
• LK-TEL (2002) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2002) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2002) (Canada) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (Netherlands) (VHS) (rental)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (Netherlands) (VHS) (retail)
• Fox Network (2004) (USA) (TV)
• Nelonen (2005) (Finland) (TV)
• Talpa (2006) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (200?) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (200?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• DVD Service (Russia) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Executive Assurance  security
• FootageWorks  stock footage provided by
• Howard Anderson Company, The  opticals
• Inter Video  24 frame equipment
• Looper Anonymous  loop group (as Loopers Anonymous)
• Sony Pictures Studios  sound services
• yU+Co.  titles

Also Known As:

"Glass House" - Japan (English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sinister thematic elements, violence, drug content and language

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | France:-12 | Germany:16 (f) | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Iceland:16 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37273) | Malaysia:18PL | Canada:14A | Finland:K-15 | Finland:K-15 (video rating) | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R13 | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

Leo Carrillo State Beach - 35000 W. Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Kip Pardue was to play Leelee Sobieski's love interest, but his character was deleted.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene after Ruby runs Terry over with the police car, we see that the police car is a new 2000 model, with fewer than 500 miles on the odometer. After Ruby lets Rhett out of the backseat, the car changes and becomes a 1992-1997 model Crown Victoria.

Quotes:

[first lines]
E.B.:[leaving movie] Scared the living crap out of me!
Ruby Baker:Meryl Streep, that girl was not.
Zoe:Who's Meryl Streep?
Tasha:Oh, Zoe, she's like Katie Holmes to our parents, okay?
E.B.:So, what's next ladies?
Ruby Baker:I have to go home.
E.B.:No!
Ruby Baker:Yeah, make... make that a that a block from home. I can't have another close encounter with my parents. They think I'm home in bed...

Movie Connections:

References "Dragon Ball Z" (1989)

Soundtrack:

Sunken Bells

I had low expectations... but luckily, they were not fulfilled!

I had not heard much about "The Glass House", besides unfavorable reviews by critics, who claimed it was a ridiculous display of unintentional humor. However, when I came across it casually on HBO, I was immensely surprised and impressed!

The story was gripping and I loved the character development - which is so rare in thrillers today. I thought the cast was brilliant, especially Diane Lane and Stellan Skarsgard. Stellan's character was completely chilling, and he played it so effectively. And Diane's character was also wonderfully displayed - despite her terrible actions at times, you can't help but empathize with her a bit, due to Diane's emotional investment in the role. And Trevor Morgan (who I also recently saw in "A Rumor of Angels") is sure to do very well on the big screen for years to come... he's very good for such a young kid. And Leelee Sobieski... she was weak at times, but I felt that she was perfect for the part. She has kind of an authentic look to her and she was casted very well for the part. She had on-screen appeal without being too obnoxiously cutsie. She did a fair job, certainly enough to fulfil the director's vision of the movie - I'm sure of that.

As far as the story goes, it's got everything you could want in a thriller. There were some holes, but some of my favorite movies of all-time have holes and I think it's really too much to ask for a perfect film. But it's downfall was that at times it was a bit predictable - but for me, that only enhanced the movie's suspense.

I greatly enjoyed this movie and I think you will too. I'll agree with the critics that there are some technical flaws in some of the story's details - but over all, the story was very compelling and told VERY well, great development of it's characters and all the events were portrayed very believably, the director definitely kept the audience's trust and attention. So, I recommend it - despite the critic's bashing of the film. Personally, as a teenager, I thought the portrayal of LeeLee's high school was very realistic and so that definitely caught my attention in a good way. Little things like that, that are usually not apparent in most movies today, certainly made up for other little flaws. So, go catch it on HBO or rent it! It's good!