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Shattered Glass (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 156 Fresh: 142  Rotten:14 Average Rating: 7.7/10
 
Consensus: A compelling look at Stephen Glass' fall from grace. A compelling look at Stephen Glass' fall from grace. more
 
Rated: PG-13
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Theatrical Release: Oct 31, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $2,105,024
Synopsis:
Shattered Glass stars Hayden Christensen as Stephen Glass, a staff writer for the respected current events and policy magazine The New Republic and a freelance feature writer for publications such as Rolling Stone, Harper's and George. By the mid-90s, Glass' articles had turned him into... [More]
Shattered Glass stars Hayden Christensen as Stephen Glass, a staff writer for the respected current events and policy magazine The New Republic and a freelance feature writer for publications such as Rolling Stone, Harper's and George. By the mid-90s, Glass' articles had turned him into one of the most sought-after young journalists in Washington, but a bizarre chain of events - chronicled in Buzz Bissinger's September, 1998 Vanity Fair article upon which "Shattered Glass" is based - suddenly stopped his career in its tracks. "Shattered Glass" is a study of a very talented - and at the same time very flawed - character. It is also a look inside our culture's noblest profession, one that protects our most precious freedoms by revealing the truth, and what happens when our trust in that profession is called into question.

"Shattered Glass" is jointly produced by Cruise / Wagner Productions and Baumgarten Merims in association with Forest Park Pictures. The film's executive producers are Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner of Cruise / Wagner as well as Lions Gate executives Michael Paseornek, Marc Butan and Tom Ortenberg. "Shattered Glass" is being produced by Craig Baumgarten, Adam Merims, Gaye Hirsch and Tove Christensen. A Lions Gate production, "Shattered Glass" will be distributed worldwide by the company in 2003. [Less]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, Hank Azaria, Chloë Sevigny, Melanie Lynskey

Director: Billy Ray
Screenwriter: Billy Ray
Producer: Craig Baumgarten, Gaye Hirsh, Adam J. Merims, Tove Christensen
Composer: Mychael Danna

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Release:

Mar 24, 2004

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

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Not a particularly cinematic story, but outstanding performances justify this production

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cautionary tale for future generations

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Ray stages the film not as a mystery but as a case study in all-consuming denial and professional and psychological self-destruction.

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...even when faced with shame and mortification, some people will find it within themselves to do the right thing.

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01/29/05 07:52 AM
Philip Martin
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Small and big lies

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12/08/04 01:13 PM
Louis Proyect
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Ranks beside 'All the President's Men' as one of the great movies about journalism.

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10/07/04 07:31 PM
Tony Medley
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Screenwriter and first-time director Billy Ray turns the story of Glass’ self-destruction into a gripping psychological thriller.

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09/23/04 08:18 AM
Thomas Peyser
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An eye-opening and gripping thriller that poses some very important questions.

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Mark Sells
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Peter Rainer
New York Magazine
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Shattered Glass is engrossing drama, every bit as entertaining as the story on which it’s based.

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