Rating: PG13
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 10/31/2003(USA
Release Date: 03/23/2004
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 94 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Profanity, Suitable for Teens
Distributor/Studio: Lions Gate
Before
Jayson Blair made headlines for his plagiarized
New York Times reporting,
Stephen Glass defamed the weekly current events magazine
The New Republic with a series of eye-catching, entertaining, and completely fabricated stories. Now
Glass' trail of lies gets the big-screen treatment in writer/director
Billy Ray's
Shattered Glass, featuring
Hayden Christensen in the title role. The film chronicles
Glass' time at the magazine in the late '90s, when his colorful coverage of a hedonistic Young Republican convention, superstar web hackers, and the circus surrounding the
Bill Clinton/
Monica Lewinsky scandal made him the toast of the publishing world, garnering attention from such national publications as
George and
Rolling Stone. Barely out of college, the eager
Glass ingratiates himself with the office staff, including his mentor, managing editor
Michael Kelly (
Hank Azaria). But when
Kelly is unceremoniously fired and replaced with editor
Chuck Lane (
Peter Sarsgaard),
Glass' pieces come under a greater degree of scrutiny, until one in particular threatens to expose his tall tales to the rest of the world. Based in part on a
Vanity Fair article by journalist
Buzz Bissinger,
Shattered Glass premiered at the
Telluride and
Toronto film festivals before its limited fall theatrical release.
~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
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