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| budget = $6 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2003/SHTRD.php|title=Movie Shattered Glass|publisher=The Numbers|access-date=July 11, 2011}}</ref> | | budget = $6 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2003/SHTRD.php|title=Movie Shattered Glass|publisher=The Numbers|access-date=July 11, 2011|archive-date=July 8, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030708132440/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2003/SHTRD.php|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| gross = $2.9 million<ref name="mojo"/> | | gross = $2.9 million<ref name="mojo"/> | ||
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'''''Shattered Glass''''' is a 2003 ] ] about journalist ] and his ] at '']''. Written and directed by ], the film is based on a 1998 '']'' article of the same name by ]<ref>{{cite journal | last=Bissinger | first=Buzz | author-link |
'''''Shattered Glass''''' is a 2003 ] ] about journalist ] and his ] at '']''. Written and directed by ] in his ], the film is based on a 1998 '']'' article of the same name by ]<ref>{{cite journal | last=Bissinger | first=Buzz | author-link=H. G. Bissinger | url=http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1998/09/bissinger199809 | title=Shattered Glass | date=September 1998 | journal=] | access-date=2011-08-23 | archive-date=November 3, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103093945/http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1998/09/bissinger199809 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and chronicles Glass' fall from grace when his stories were discovered to be fabricated. It stars ] as Glass, alongside ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2017/03/09/why-shattered-glass-should-be-required-viewing/ |title=Why All Journalists Should Watch Shattered Glass |date=March 9, 2017 |website=Plagiarism Today |access-date=March 6, 2020 |archive-date=October 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023214234/https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2017/03/09/why-shattered-glass-should-be-required-viewing/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
The film premiered at the ]<ref>{{cite web|last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/der-spiegel-claas-relotius-fabricated-stories-shattered-glass-stephen-glass-1202523647/ |title=Der Spiegel Fires Journalist After Fabricated Articles |date=December 19, 2018 |website=]}}</ref> on September 10, 2003, and received a North American ] on November 26, 2003. Although a commercial failure, ''Shattered Glass'' received acclaim from critics, with particular praise for Christensen and Sarsgaard's performances.<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/> | The film premiered at the ]<ref>{{cite web |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/der-spiegel-claas-relotius-fabricated-stories-shattered-glass-stephen-glass-1202523647/ |title=Der Spiegel Fires Journalist After Fabricated Articles |date=December 19, 2018 |website=] |access-date=March 6, 2020 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108183902/https://deadline.com/2018/12/der-spiegel-claas-relotius-fabricated-stories-shattered-glass-stephen-glass-1202523647/ |url-status=live }}</ref> on September 10, 2003, and received a North American ] on November 26, 2003. Although a commercial failure, ''Shattered Glass'' received acclaim from critics, with particular praise for Christensen and Sarsgaard's performances.<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes"/> | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
In 1998, ] is an associate editor at '']''. |
In 1998, ] is an associate editor at '']''. The youngest and least experienced of the magazine's staff, Glass enjoys popularity with his colleagues for his entertaining stories. Glass serves under editor ], who holds loyalty with the writers. However, conflict between Kelly and publisher ] results in Peretz firing Kelly. Reporter ] is promoted by Peretz to replace Kelly, despite being disliked by the staff due to his cold reputation. | ||
Glass writes a story entitled "Hack Heaven" that details a teenage hacker being hired by a large software firm he infiltrated. The story reaches ], where reporter ] finds no corroborating evidence for what Glass described. When contacted by Penenberg about being unable to reach the individuals in his story, Glass provides a number with a ] area code for the firm |
Glass writes a story entitled "Hack Heaven" that details a teenage hacker being hired by a large software firm he infiltrated. The story reaches ], where reporter ] finds no corroborating evidence for what Glass described. When contacted by Penenberg about being unable to reach the individuals in his story, Glass provides a number with a ] area code for the firm that, when dialed, goes immediately to voicemail. Later in the day, Lane receives a brief call from an individual identifying as the firm's chairman. Glass and Lane also partake in a conference call with the Forbes staff, which further erodes the story's credibility and prompts Glass to claim he was tricked by his sources. | ||
Lane, looking to protect Glass from the Forbes staff, has Glass take him to |
Lane, looking to protect Glass from the Forbes staff, has Glass take him to the convention center where the story took place, but learns that it was closed during the events Glass wrote about. He also finds that the restaurant where the hackers supposedly had dinner afterwards closes in the mid-afternoon. With the story contradicted by this information, Glass tells Lane he only relied on sources for information and falsified his first-hand experiences to improve the story. Lane decides to suspend Glass instead of firing him due to his popularity, but upon discovering Glass's brother lives in Palo Alto, he realizes Glass had his brother pose as the firm's chairman. After confronting Glass with this knowledge, Lane re-reads Glass's previous stories and comes to the realization several were also falsified. With his deception exposed, Glass is fired by Lane. | ||
Despite initial pushback, Lane receives support from ''The New Republic'' staff for bringing Glass's deception to light, while the magazine's attorney questions Glass over which stories of his were fabricated. Closing titles reveal Penenberg's article on Glass was hailed as a breakthrough for internet journalism, ''The New Republic'' determined 27 of Glass's 41 stories were either partially or completely fabricated, Kelly was killed while covering the ], Glass earned a ] degree from ] and wrote a novel paralleling his own life, and Lane joined '']''. | Despite initial pushback, Lane receives support from ''The New Republic'' staff for bringing Glass's deception to light, while the magazine's attorney questions Glass over which stories of his were fabricated. Closing titles reveal Penenberg's article on Glass was hailed as a breakthrough for internet journalism, ''The New Republic'' determined 27 of Glass's 41 stories were either partially or completely fabricated, Kelly was killed while covering the ], Glass earned a ] degree from ] and wrote a novel paralleling his own life, and Lane joined '']''. | ||
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* ] as Lewis Estridge | * ] as Lewis Estridge | ||
* Simone-Élise Girard as Catarina Bannier | * ] as Catarina Bannier | ||
* ] as David Bach | * ] as David Bach | ||
* ] as Aaron Bluth | * ] as Aaron Bluth | ||
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] portrays ] teacher Mrs. Duke in the classroom sequences imagined by Glass. Louis Philippe Dandenault, ], ], James Berlingieri, and Brett Watson appear as the ] described in one of Glass's stories. In Glass's depiction of "Hack Heaven", Owen Roth plays Ian Restil, Bill Rowat plays George Sims, ] plays Ian's mother, and Terry Simpson plays Joe Hiert. Alec Shumpert, a fictional associate editor at '']'', is played by ]. ] appears as Glass's attorney and ] appears as a companion of Kelly. Making uncredited appearances are ] as ''The New Republic''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s attorney and the film's editor ] as the voice of a security guard at the magazine's office. | ] portrays ] teacher Mrs. Duke in the classroom sequences imagined by Glass. Louis Philippe Dandenault, ], ], James Berlingieri, and Brett Watson appear as the ] described in one of Glass's stories. In Glass's depiction of "Hack Heaven", Owen Roth plays Ian Restil, Bill Rowat plays George Sims, ] plays Ian's mother, and Terry Simpson plays Joe Hiert. Alec Shumpert, a fictional associate editor at '']'', is played by ]. Phillip Cole plays the security guard at the convention center, ] appears as Glass's attorney and ] appears as a companion of Kelly. Making uncredited appearances are ] as ''The New Republic''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s attorney and the film's editor ] as the voice of a security guard at the magazine's office. | ||
==Production== | ==Production== | ||
Producer Craig Baumgarten, working with ] executive Gaye Hirsch, optioned ]'s '']'' magazine article about Stephen Glass for an HBO original movie. They hired screenwriter ] based on the script he had written for the ] film ''Legalese''.<ref name="Bowen">{{cite news|last=Bowen | first=Peter |title=Confirm or Deny |work=] |date=Fall 2003 |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/archives/issues/fall2003/features/confirm_deny.php |access-date=August 3, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001020537/https://filmmakermagazine.com/archives/issues/fall2003/features/confirm_deny.php |archive-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref> Ray grew up with ] and ] as his heroes and studied journalism for a year. It was this love for journalism that motivated him to make ''Shattered Glass''.<ref name="Carr">{{cite news|last=Carr |first=David |author-link=David Carr (journalist) |title=Film: Authors of Their Own Demise; The Real Star of Stephen Glass's Movie |work=] |date=October 19, 2003 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/19/movies/film-authors-of-their-own-demise-the-real-star-of-stephen-glass-s-movie.html |access-date=August 13, 2009}}</ref> | Producer Craig Baumgarten, working with ] executive Gaye Hirsch, optioned ]'s '']'' magazine article about Stephen Glass for an HBO original movie. They hired screenwriter ] based on the script he had written for the ] film ''Legalese''.<ref name="Bowen">{{cite news|last=Bowen | first=Peter |title=Confirm or Deny |work=] |date=Fall 2003 |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/archives/issues/fall2003/features/confirm_deny.php |access-date=August 3, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001020537/https://filmmakermagazine.com/archives/issues/fall2003/features/confirm_deny.php |archive-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref> Ray grew up with ] and ] as his heroes and studied journalism for a year. It was this love for journalism that motivated him to make ''Shattered Glass''.<ref name="Carr">{{cite news |last=Carr |first=David |author-link=David Carr (journalist) |title=Film: Authors of Their Own Demise; The Real Star of Stephen Glass's Movie |work=] |date=October 19, 2003 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/19/movies/film-authors-of-their-own-demise-the-real-star-of-stephen-glass-s-movie.html |access-date=August 13, 2009 |archive-date=November 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128172936/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/19/movies/film-authors-of-their-own-demise-the-real-star-of-stephen-glass-s-movie.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
A sudden change in management put the film into ] and it remained inactive for two years until ] bought it from HBO.<ref name="Bear">{{cite news |last=Bear |first=Liz |title=Journalist as the Bad Guy |publisher=] |date=October 28, 2003 |url |
A sudden change in management put the film into ] and it remained inactive for two years until ] bought it from HBO.<ref name="Bear">{{cite news |last=Bear |first=Liz |title=Journalist as the Bad Guy |publisher=] |date=October 28, 2003 |url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/journalist_as_the_bad_guy_first-time_director_billy_ray_talks_about_shatter/ |access-date=August 13, 2009 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604195043/http://www.indiewire.com/article/journalist_as_the_bad_guy_first-time_director_billy_ray_talks_about_shatter/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They took it to ] and Ray asked the studio if he could direct in addition to writing it. The challenge for Ray was to make the subject matter watchable because, according to the filmmaker, "watching people write is deadly dull ... in a film like this, dialogue is what a character is willing to reveal about himself, and the camera is there to capture everything else".<ref name="Bowen"/> The breakthrough for Ray came when he realized that the film's real protagonist was not Glass but Chuck Lane. According to Ray, "as fascinating as Stephen Glass is by the end of the movie people would want to kill themselves – you just can't follow him all the way".<ref name="Bowen"/> He used the Bissinger article as a starting point, which gave him a line of dialogue on which to hook the entire character of Glass: "Are you mad at me?" According to Ray, "you can build an entire character around that notion, and we did".<ref name="Bear"/> | ||
The character of Caitlin Avey is an amalgamation of Glass's friends and ''The New Republic'' allies ] and ].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Last |first1=Jonathan V. |title=Stopping Stephen Glass |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/stopping-stephen-glass |access-date=28 January 2021 |work=] |date=31 October 2003 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Plotz |first1=David |title=Me and Stephen Glass. |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2003/09/me-and-stephen-glass.html |access-date=28 January 2021 |work=] |date=30 September 2003 |language=en}}</ref> | The character of Caitlin Avey is an amalgamation of Glass's friends and ''The New Republic'' allies ] and ].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Last |first1=Jonathan V. |title=Stopping Stephen Glass |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/stopping-stephen-glass |access-date=28 January 2021 |work=] |date=31 October 2003 |language=en |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206165058/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/stopping-stephen-glass |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Plotz |first1=David |title=Me and Stephen Glass. |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2003/09/me-and-stephen-glass.html |access-date=28 January 2021 |work=] |date=30 September 2003 |language=en |archive-date=February 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201130941/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2003/09/me-and-stephen-glass.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
To prepare for the film, Ray interviewed and re-interviewed key figures for any relevant details. He signed some of them as paid consultants and gave several approval over the script.<ref name="Carr"/> Early on, he spent a considerable amount of time trying to earn the trust of the people who had worked with Glass and get them to understand that he was going to be objective with the subject matter.<ref name="KenP">{{cite news |last=Otto |first=Jeff |title=Interview: Billy Ray |publisher=] |date=October 31, 2003 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/10/31/an-interview-with-billy-ray |access-date=August 13, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-date=October 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021060606/https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/10/31/an-interview-with-billy-ray}}</ref> The real Michael Kelly was so unhappy about how he was portrayed in Bissinger's article that he threatened to sue when Ray first contacted him about the film<ref name="Carr"/> and refused for two years to read Ray's script,<ref name="Horgan">{{cite news|last=Horgan |first=Richard |title=''Glass'' Shards |publisher=FilmStew |date=October 22, 2003 |url=http://www.filmstew.com/showArticle.aspx?ContentID=7089 |access-date=2009-08-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606054915/http://www.filmstew.com/showArticle.aspx?ContentID=7089 |archive-date=June 6, 2011 }}</ref> which he eventually approved.<ref name="Carr"/> Ray attempted to contact Glass through his lawyers but was unsuccessful. Lionsgate lawyers asked Ray to give them an annotated script where he had to footnote every line of dialogue and every assertion and back them up with corresponding notes.<ref name="Bowen"/> | To prepare for the film, Ray interviewed and re-interviewed key figures for any relevant details. He signed some of them as paid consultants and gave several approval over the script.<ref name="Carr"/> Early on, he spent a considerable amount of time trying to earn the trust of the people who had worked with Glass and get them to understand that he was going to be objective with the subject matter.<ref name="KenP">{{cite news |last=Otto |first=Jeff |title=Interview: Billy Ray |publisher=] |date=October 31, 2003 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/10/31/an-interview-with-billy-ray |access-date=August 13, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-date=October 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021060606/https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/10/31/an-interview-with-billy-ray}}</ref> The real Michael Kelly was so unhappy about how he was portrayed in Bissinger's article that he threatened to sue when Ray first contacted him about the film<ref name="Carr"/> and refused for two years to read Ray's script,<ref name="Horgan">{{cite news|last=Horgan |first=Richard |title=''Glass'' Shards |publisher=FilmStew |date=October 22, 2003 |url=http://www.filmstew.com/showArticle.aspx?ContentID=7089 |access-date=2009-08-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606054915/http://www.filmstew.com/showArticle.aspx?ContentID=7089 |archive-date=June 6, 2011 }}</ref> which he eventually approved.<ref name="Carr"/> Ray attempted to contact Glass through his lawyers but was unsuccessful. Lionsgate lawyers asked Ray to give them an annotated script where he had to footnote every line of dialogue and every assertion and back them up with corresponding notes.<ref name="Bowen"/> | ||
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The night before principal photography began in ], Ray screened '']'' for the cast and crew.<ref name="Horgan"/> He shot both halves of the film differently – in the first half, he used hand-held cameras in the scenes that took place in the offices of ''The New Republic'', but when the '']'' editors begin to question Glass, the camerawork was more stable.<ref name="Bowen"/> | The night before principal photography began in ], Ray screened '']'' for the cast and crew.<ref name="Horgan"/> He shot both halves of the film differently – in the first half, he used hand-held cameras in the scenes that took place in the offices of ''The New Republic'', but when the '']'' editors begin to question Glass, the camerawork was more stable.<ref name="Bowen"/> | ||
Ray's original cut of the film was a much more straightforward account of events, but became dissatisfied while editing the film and raised additional funds to shoot the high school scenes that bookend the film.<ref name="Bowen"/> | Ray's original cut of the film was a much more straightforward account of events, but he became dissatisfied while editing the film and raised additional funds to shoot the high school scenes that bookend the film.<ref name="Bowen"/> | ||
On April 3, 2003, a little more than six months before the film was released, Michael Kelly was killed while reporting on the ]. The film is dedicated to his memory. | On April 3, 2003, a little more than six months before the film was released, Michael Kelly was killed while reporting on the ]. The film is dedicated to his memory. | ||
==Release== | ==Release== | ||
''Shattered Glass'' premiered at the ] and was shown at the ], the ], the ], the ], and the ] before opening on eight screens in New York City and Los Angeles on October 31, 2003. It grossed $77,540 on its opening weekend. It eventually earned $2,220,008 in North America and $724,744 in other markets for a total worldwide box office of $2,944,752.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=shatteredglass.htm |title=Shattered Glass |website=] |date=2004-01-29 |access-date=August 23, 2011}}</ref> | ''Shattered Glass'' premiered at the ] and was shown at the ], the ], the ], the ], and the ] before opening on eight screens in New York City and Los Angeles on October 31, 2003. It grossed $77,540 on its opening weekend. It eventually earned $2,220,008 in North America and $724,744 in other markets for a total worldwide box office of $2,944,752.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=shatteredglass.htm |title=Shattered Glass |website=] |date=2004-01-29 |access-date=August 23, 2011 |archive-date=October 19, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031019110415/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=shatteredglass.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
===Critical reception=== | ===Critical reception=== | ||
The film received positive reviews from critics. On ], the film has a 92% |
The film received positive reviews from critics. On ], the film has a 92% rating, based on 168 reviews, with an average rating of 7.70/10. The site's consensus states: "A compelling look at Stephen Glass' fall from grace."<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes">{{cite news | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shattered_glass/ | title=Shattered Glass (2003) | work=] | publisher=] | access-date=November 16, 2021 | archive-date=October 22, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022083943/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shattered_glass/ | url-status=live }}</ref> On ], the film has a score of 73 out of 100, based on 38 critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/shattered-glass |title=Shattered Glass reviews |work=] |publisher=] |access-date=December 26, 2010 |archive-date=August 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820145305/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/shattered-glass |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
] of '']'' described the film as "a serious, well-observed examination of the practice of journalism |
] of '']'' described the film as "a serious, well-observed examination of the practice of journalism", and "an astute and surprisingly gripping drama". He added, "A more showily ambitious film might have tried to delve into Glass's personal history in search of an explanation for his behavior, or to draw provocative connections between that behavior and the cultural and political climate of the times. Such a movie would also have been conventional, facile and ultimately false. Mr Ray knows better than to sensationalize a story about the dangers of ]. ''Shattered Glass'' is good enough to be true".<ref name="Scott">{{cite news |last=Scott |first=A.O. |author-link=A. O. Scott |title=A Young Writer's Ambition, With Loyalty and Betrayal |work=] |date=October 31, 2003 |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2003/10/31/movies/31GLAS.html |access-date=June 12, 2009 |archive-date=May 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524103357/http://movies.nytimes.com/2003/10/31/movies/31GLAS.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ] of the '']'' gave the film three-and-a-half out of four and felt the film was well-cast and "deserves comparison with '']'' among movies about journalism".<ref name="Ebert">{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |title=Shattered Glass |work=] |date=November 7, 2003 |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/shattered-glass-2003 |access-date=August 3, 2022 |archive-date=August 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803222126/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/shattered-glass-2003 |url-status=live }}</ref> In a dissenting review from '']'', ] dismissed the film as "self-important yet insipid" and asks, "''Shattered Glass'' begs a larger question: What sort of culture elevates Glass for his entertainment value, punishes him for being too entertaining, rewards his notoriety, and then resurrects him again as a moral object lesson?"<ref name="Hoberman">{{cite news |last=Hoberman |first=J. | author-link= J. Hoberman |title=Telling Lies in America |work = ] |date= October 28, 2003 |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-10-28/film/telling-lies-in-america/1 |access-date=June 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001163304/http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-10-28/film/telling-lies-in-america/1 |archive-date=October 1, 2009}}</ref> | ||
Sarsgaard's performance as Charles Lane was singled out by several critics for praise. '']'' gave the film three-and-a-half |
Sarsgaard's performance as Charles Lane was singled out by several critics for praise. '']'' gave the film three-and-a-half out of four and wrote of him: "Sarsgaard deserves more credit than he'll probably get for his multi-layered performance".<ref name="Clark">{{cite news |last=Clark |first=Mike |title='Glass' puts the pieces together |work=] |date=October 30, 2003 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2003-10-30-shattered-glass_x.htm |access-date=June 12, 2009 |archive-date=February 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217133012/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2003-10-30-shattered-glass_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> '']''{{'}}s ] wrote, "it's Peter Sarsgaard, as the editor who serves Glass his {{sic|]}}, who walks away with the picture, metamorphosing his character's stiffness into a moral indignation that's jolting and, finally, invigorating".<ref name="Kenny">{{cite news |last=Kenny |first=Glenn |author-link=Glenn Kenny |date=October 29, 2003 |title=''Shattered Glass'' |work=] |url=http://www.premiere.com/Review/Movies/Shattered-Glass |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131195819/http://www.premiere.com/Review/Movies/Shattered-Glass |archive-date=January 31, 2010}}</ref> His performance ended up winning numerous awards, including "Best Supporting Actor" citations from the ], Kansas City Film Critics Circle, ], ], San Francisco Film Critics Circle, and the ], as well as nominations from the ] and the ]. '']'' placed his portrayal of Chuck Lane at number six on a list of the best performances of the decade.<ref name="Murray">{{cite news |last=Murray |first=Noel |title=The best film performances of the '00s |work=] |date=December 1, 2009 |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-best-film-performances-of-the-00s-1798218709 |access-date=January 6, 2009 |display-authors=etal |archive-date=December 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204125931/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-best-film-performances-of-the-00s,35851/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
Stephen Glass saw the film and, when reflecting about the experience, he said, "It was very painful for me. It was like being on a guided tour of the moments of my life I am most ashamed of".<ref name="Carr"/> | Stephen Glass saw the film and, when reflecting about the experience, he said, "It was very painful for me. It was like being on a guided tour of the moments of my life I am most ashamed of".<ref name="Carr"/> | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:46, 22 December 2024
2003 film
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Directed by | Billy Ray |
Screenplay by | Billy Ray |
Based on | "Shattered Glass" by H. G. Bissinger |
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Cinematography | Mandy Walker |
Edited by | Jeffrey Ford |
Music by | Mychael Danna |
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Distributed by | Lions Gate Films |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
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Language | English |
Budget | $6 million |
Box office | $2.9 million |
Shattered Glass is a 2003 biographical drama film about journalist Stephen Glass and his scandal at The New Republic. Written and directed by Billy Ray in his feature directorial debut, the film is based on a 1998 Vanity Fair article of the same name by H. G. Bissinger and chronicles Glass' fall from grace when his stories were discovered to be fabricated. It stars Hayden Christensen as Glass, alongside Peter Sarsgaard, Chloë Sevigny, and Steve Zahn.
The film premiered at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2003, and received a North American limited release on November 26, 2003. Although a commercial failure, Shattered Glass received acclaim from critics, with particular praise for Christensen and Sarsgaard's performances.
Plot
In 1998, Stephen Glass is an associate editor at The New Republic. The youngest and least experienced of the magazine's staff, Glass enjoys popularity with his colleagues for his entertaining stories. Glass serves under editor Michael Kelly, who holds loyalty with the writers. However, conflict between Kelly and publisher Marty Peretz results in Peretz firing Kelly. Reporter Charles Lane is promoted by Peretz to replace Kelly, despite being disliked by the staff due to his cold reputation.
Glass writes a story entitled "Hack Heaven" that details a teenage hacker being hired by a large software firm he infiltrated. The story reaches Forbes Digital Tool, where reporter Adam Penenberg finds no corroborating evidence for what Glass described. When contacted by Penenberg about being unable to reach the individuals in his story, Glass provides a number with a Palo Alto area code for the firm that, when dialed, goes immediately to voicemail. Later in the day, Lane receives a brief call from an individual identifying as the firm's chairman. Glass and Lane also partake in a conference call with the Forbes staff, which further erodes the story's credibility and prompts Glass to claim he was tricked by his sources.
Lane, looking to protect Glass from the Forbes staff, has Glass take him to the convention center where the story took place, but learns that it was closed during the events Glass wrote about. He also finds that the restaurant where the hackers supposedly had dinner afterwards closes in the mid-afternoon. With the story contradicted by this information, Glass tells Lane he only relied on sources for information and falsified his first-hand experiences to improve the story. Lane decides to suspend Glass instead of firing him due to his popularity, but upon discovering Glass's brother lives in Palo Alto, he realizes Glass had his brother pose as the firm's chairman. After confronting Glass with this knowledge, Lane re-reads Glass's previous stories and comes to the realization several were also falsified. With his deception exposed, Glass is fired by Lane.
Despite initial pushback, Lane receives support from The New Republic staff for bringing Glass's deception to light, while the magazine's attorney questions Glass over which stories of his were fabricated. Closing titles reveal Penenberg's article on Glass was hailed as a breakthrough for internet journalism, The New Republic determined 27 of Glass's 41 stories were either partially or completely fabricated, Kelly was killed while covering the Iraq War, Glass earned a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown and wrote a novel paralleling his own life, and Lane joined The Washington Post.
Cast
- Hayden Christensen as Stephen Glass
- Peter Sarsgaard as Charles Lane
- Chloë Sevigny as Caitlin Avey
- Rosario Dawson as Andy Fox
- Melanie Lynskey as Amy Brand
- Hank Azaria as Michael Kelly
- Steve Zahn as Adam Penenberg
- Mark Blum as Lewis Estridge
- Simone-Élise Girard as Catarina Bannier
- Chad Donella as David Bach
- Jamie Elman as Aaron Bluth
- Luke Kirby as Rob Gruen
- Cas Anvar as Kambiz Foroohar
- Linda E. Smith as Gloria
- Ted Kotcheff as Marty Peretz
Caroline Goodall portrays Highland Park High School teacher Mrs. Duke in the classroom sequences imagined by Glass. Louis Philippe Dandenault, Morgan Kelly, Christian Tessier, James Berlingieri, and Brett Watson appear as the Young Republicans described in one of Glass's stories. In Glass's depiction of "Hack Heaven", Owen Roth plays Ian Restil, Bill Rowat plays George Sims, Michele Scarabelli plays Ian's mother, and Terry Simpson plays Joe Hiert. Alec Shumpert, a fictional associate editor at George, is played by Andrew Airlie. Phillip Cole plays the security guard at the convention center, Mark Camacho appears as Glass's attorney and Lynne Adams appears as a companion of Kelly. Making uncredited appearances are Sean Cullen as The New Republic's attorney and the film's editor Jeffrey Ford as the voice of a security guard at the magazine's office.
Production
Producer Craig Baumgarten, working with HBO executive Gaye Hirsch, optioned H.G. Bissinger's Vanity Fair magazine article about Stephen Glass for an HBO original movie. They hired screenwriter Billy Ray based on the script he had written for the TNT film Legalese. Ray grew up with Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein as his heroes and studied journalism for a year. It was this love for journalism that motivated him to make Shattered Glass.
A sudden change in management put the film into turnaround and it remained inactive for two years until Cruise/Wagner Productions bought it from HBO. They took it to Lionsgate and Ray asked the studio if he could direct in addition to writing it. The challenge for Ray was to make the subject matter watchable because, according to the filmmaker, "watching people write is deadly dull ... in a film like this, dialogue is what a character is willing to reveal about himself, and the camera is there to capture everything else". The breakthrough for Ray came when he realized that the film's real protagonist was not Glass but Chuck Lane. According to Ray, "as fascinating as Stephen Glass is by the end of the movie people would want to kill themselves – you just can't follow him all the way". He used the Bissinger article as a starting point, which gave him a line of dialogue on which to hook the entire character of Glass: "Are you mad at me?" According to Ray, "you can build an entire character around that notion, and we did".
The character of Caitlin Avey is an amalgamation of Glass's friends and The New Republic allies Hanna Rosin and Jonathan Chait.
To prepare for the film, Ray interviewed and re-interviewed key figures for any relevant details. He signed some of them as paid consultants and gave several approval over the script. Early on, he spent a considerable amount of time trying to earn the trust of the people who had worked with Glass and get them to understand that he was going to be objective with the subject matter. The real Michael Kelly was so unhappy about how he was portrayed in Bissinger's article that he threatened to sue when Ray first contacted him about the film and refused for two years to read Ray's script, which he eventually approved. Ray attempted to contact Glass through his lawyers but was unsuccessful. Lionsgate lawyers asked Ray to give them an annotated script where he had to footnote every line of dialogue and every assertion and back them up with corresponding notes.
The night before principal photography began in Montreal, Ray screened All the President's Men for the cast and crew. He shot both halves of the film differently – in the first half, he used hand-held cameras in the scenes that took place in the offices of The New Republic, but when the Forbes editors begin to question Glass, the camerawork was more stable.
Ray's original cut of the film was a much more straightforward account of events, but he became dissatisfied while editing the film and raised additional funds to shoot the high school scenes that bookend the film.
On April 3, 2003, a little more than six months before the film was released, Michael Kelly was killed while reporting on the invasion of Iraq. The film is dedicated to his memory.
Release
Shattered Glass premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was shown at the Telluride Film Festival, the Boston Film Festival, the Woodstock Film Festival, the Mill Valley Film Festival, and the Austin Film Festival before opening on eight screens in New York City and Los Angeles on October 31, 2003. It grossed $77,540 on its opening weekend. It eventually earned $2,220,008 in North America and $724,744 in other markets for a total worldwide box office of $2,944,752.
Critical reception
The film received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 92% rating, based on 168 reviews, with an average rating of 7.70/10. The site's consensus states: "A compelling look at Stephen Glass' fall from grace." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 73 out of 100, based on 38 critics.
A. O. Scott of The New York Times described the film as "a serious, well-observed examination of the practice of journalism", and "an astute and surprisingly gripping drama". He added, "A more showily ambitious film might have tried to delve into Glass's personal history in search of an explanation for his behavior, or to draw provocative connections between that behavior and the cultural and political climate of the times. Such a movie would also have been conventional, facile and ultimately false. Mr Ray knows better than to sensationalize a story about the dangers of sensationalism. Shattered Glass is good enough to be true". Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three-and-a-half out of four and felt the film was well-cast and "deserves comparison with All the President's Men among movies about journalism". In a dissenting review from The Village Voice, J. Hoberman dismissed the film as "self-important yet insipid" and asks, "Shattered Glass begs a larger question: What sort of culture elevates Glass for his entertainment value, punishes him for being too entertaining, rewards his notoriety, and then resurrects him again as a moral object lesson?"
Sarsgaard's performance as Charles Lane was singled out by several critics for praise. USA Today gave the film three-and-a-half out of four and wrote of him: "Sarsgaard deserves more credit than he'll probably get for his multi-layered performance". Premiere's Glenn Kenny wrote, "it's Peter Sarsgaard, as the editor who serves Glass his just desserts [sic], who walks away with the picture, metamorphosing his character's stiffness into a moral indignation that's jolting and, finally, invigorating". His performance ended up winning numerous awards, including "Best Supporting Actor" citations from the Boston Society of Film Critics, Kansas City Film Critics Circle, National Society of Film Critics, Online Film Critics Society, San Francisco Film Critics Circle, and the Toronto Film Critics Association, as well as nominations from the Independent Spirit Awards and the Golden Globes. The A.V. Club placed his portrayal of Chuck Lane at number six on a list of the best performances of the decade.
Stephen Glass saw the film and, when reflecting about the experience, he said, "It was very painful for me. It was like being on a guided tour of the moments of my life I am most ashamed of".
Awards and nominations
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External links
- Shattered Glass at IMDb
- Shattered Glass at Box Office Mojo
- Shattered Glass at Metacritic
- Shattered Glass at Rotten Tomatoes
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