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Shattered Glass

  • 20032003
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 34m
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Hayden Christensen and Peter Sarsgaard in Shattered Glass (2003)
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The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.
IMDb RATING
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36K
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    • Billy Ray
    • Buzz Bissinger(article)
    • Billy Ray
  • Stars
    • Hayden Christensen
    • Chloë Sevigny
    • Steve Zahn
    • Billy Ray
    • Buzz Bissinger(article)
    • Billy Ray
  • Stars
    • Hayden Christensen
    • Chloë Sevigny
    • Steve Zahn
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    • 210User reviews
    • 91Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
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    Hayden Christensen in Shattered Glass (2003)
    Peter Sarsgaard in Shattered Glass (2003)
    Hayden Christensen and Peter Sarsgaard in Shattered Glass (2003)
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    Melanie Lynskey, Chloë Sevigny, and Hayden Christensen in Shattered Glass (2003)
    Chloë Sevigny and Hayden Christensen in Shattered Glass (2003)
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    Hayden Christensen
    Hayden Christensen
    • Stephen Glass
    Chloë Sevigny
    Chloë Sevigny
    • Caitlin Avey
    Steve Zahn
    Steve Zahn
    • Adam Penenberg
    Peter Sarsgaard
    Peter Sarsgaard
    • Charles 'Chuck' Lane
    Rosario Dawson
    Rosario Dawson
    • Andy Fox
    Melanie Lynskey
    Melanie Lynskey
    • Amy Brand
    Hank Azaria
    Hank Azaria
    • Michael Kelly
    Mark Blum
    Mark Blum
    • Lewis Estridge
    Simone-Élise Girard
    Simone-Élise Girard
    • Catarina Bannier
    Chad Donella
    Chad Donella
    • David Bach
    Jamie Elman
    Jamie Elman
    • Aaron Bluth
    Luke Kirby
    Luke Kirby
    • Rob Gruen
    Cas Anvar
    Cas Anvar
    • Kambiz Foroohar
    Linda E. Smith
    Linda E. Smith
    • Gloria
    Ted Kotcheff
    Ted Kotcheff
    • Marty Peretz
    Owen Roth
    Owen Roth
    • Ian Restil
    • (as Owen Rotharmel)
    Bill Rowat
    Bill Rowat
    • George Sims
    Michele Scarabelli
    Michele Scarabelli
    • Ian's Mother
      • Billy Ray
      • Buzz Bissinger(article)
      • Billy Ray
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    • Trivia
      Many members of the test audience didn't believe the story was true. They thought no real-life magazine would have so many journalists in their early to mid 20s, even though the New Republic did. A place card added to the opening of the film stated that the median age of journalists working for the New Republic was 26.
    • Goofs
      When Marty sits in on the editors' meeting, Caitlin is wearing a light blue sleeveless top. When the camera cuts back to the editors sitting down and checking the paper for "comma errors", she is wearing a dark blue button-up shirt with short sleeves.
    • Quotes

      Stephen Glass: [Outside the closed restaurant] I didn't do anything wrong, Chuck.

      Chuck Lane: I really wish you'd stop saying that.

    • Connections
      Featured in Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Will Ferrell/Chloë Sevigny/Sarah Vowell (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Wild Thing
      Written by Chip Taylor

      Performed by X

      Used by permission of EMI Blackwood Music Inc.

      Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group

      By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing

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    The best American film about journalism since ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN.
    This fascinating study of journalistic malpractice is not only one of the best American films of 2003, but the best movie about journalism itself since ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN. It's a complex, intimate character study that's simultaneously tragic and funny thanks to a brilliant performance by Hayden Christensen, who in his portrayal of New Republic writer Stephen Glass is almost nauseatingly amoral yet strangely sympathetic--like the other characters in the film (all of whom are excellently played by the best ensemble cast since TRAFFIC), the viewer roots for Glass to be innocent of journalistic fraud in spite of all the evidence to the contrary. And if the movie is entertaining and emotionally involving on the micro-level of ensemble character study, on the macro-level of social and historical sweep it's an absolute masterpiece, a witty and terrifying satire about what Americans want from their news media and how easy it is to lie and be lied to in a society that values sensationalism over substance. First-time director Billy Ray uses the 'scope frame expressively yet with subtlety and restraint--there isn't a moment in this film in which the camera fails to find the perfect way of emphasizing the dynamic drama that's already there on the page and in the performances.
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    • Release date
      • November 26, 2003 (United States)
      • United States
      • Canada
      • English
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      • Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Lions Gate Films
      • Cruise/Wagner Productions
      • Baumgarten Merims Productions
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    • 1 hour 34 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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