Plot & Details
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.
- MPAA Rating: PG-13
- Genre(s): Drama
- Run Time: 95min.
- Theatrical Release Date: 10/31/2003
- DVD Release Date: 03/23/2004
- Distributor(s): Lions Gate Films
- Director(s): Billy Ray
- Starring: Hayden Christensen , Peter Sarsgaard , Chloƫ Sevigny , Melanie Lynskey , Hank Azaria
- Themes: Crisis of Conscience,Whistleblowers,Work Ethics,Members of the Press
- Tone: Biting,Cynical,Literate,Matter-of-Fact,Talky,Understated
- Keywords: co-worker,dishonesty,editor,fraud,journalism,magazine,reporter,scandal
- Country of Origin: USA - Limited (10-31-2003)
- Language: English
Awards
Golden Globes
| Year | Award | Category | Cast & Crew | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Peter Sarsgaard | Nominated |
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