The film is framed by starryeyed young steve glass hayden christensen. Being a film about fibs, it is desperate not to tell any. Glass rise and fall is the central focus of the film and provides most of the riveting tension, but as the facts become less fragmented the audience is invited to analyse every scene like a proofreader. Glass fabricated many of his stories, which led to his downfall. This movie is, at once, a crash course in journalism and a warning to those. Based on the vanity fair article by buzz bissinger, shattered glass is a cautionary journalistic tale which has been repeated all too often in recent years.
This riveting tale is based on the true story of a promising young journalist, stephen glass, who was exposed as a fraud in the late 90s. Shattered glass posted in the imdbfilmgeneral community. 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. Photos would have saved us, one staffer notes, because. For years steven fabricated articles that were published in the magazine. A perfect familys dynamic is ruined by a kidnappers brutally efficient plot. Night shyamalan most anticipated project in years, completing the. Rent shattered glass 2003 starring hayden christensen and peter sarsgaard on dvd and bluray. Based in champaignurbana, illinois, shatterglass studios is a creative agency of young filmmakers who pride themselves on understanding the intricacies of influential and meaningful newmedia, video production and film. Hayden christensen in shattered glass 2003 hank azaria and billy ray in. Security guard david dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track kevin wendell crumb, a disturbed man who has twentyfour personalities. Shattered glass, written and directed by billy ray and based on a vanity fair article by buzz bissinger, relates the rise and fall of the young charmer in terms of the office culture at the new republic, which is written by and for smart people and, crucially, doesnt use photographs. As everyone discussing shattered glass is bound to observe, there.
With pierce brosnan, maria bello, gerard butler, emma karwandy. Shattered glass film guide by kim praser teachers pay. According to ray, as fascinating as stephen glass is by the end of the movie people would want to kill themselves you just cant follow him all the. This performance took place in freehold, nj as part of the downtown concert series on 51014. The simple notesheet i created allows students to select which side of stephen glass they liked and which side of him would make them question his intentions. See the acclaimed 2003 drama, shattered glass, starring hayden christensen and peter sarsgaard, followed by an onstage discussion with arizona daily star. Now, that is a story, and it makes the rest of shattered glass. Rent shattered glass 2003 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. In 2003 a movie named shattered glass aimed to tell the tale. The film is a crossover and sequel to shyamalans previous films unbreakable 2000 and split 2016 and the third and final installment in the unbreakable trilogy a. This factbased film depicts the rise and fall of disgraced journalist stephen glass. The publications youngest writer, glass hayden christensen dazzles everyone with charming compliments and selfdeprecation. Shattered glass focuses on steven glass, a reporter for the magazine the new republic. In the movie looking glass, after losing their daughter to a tragic accident, shattered couple ray and maggie nicolas cage and robin tunney purchase a motel in the middle of nowhere in the hopes of starting a new life.
Director ray cowriter of harts war has crafted a lean, suspenseful film that plays like the inverse of all the presidents men on a smaller scale. This movie is, at once, a crash course in journalism and a warning to those who would exploit the fields weaknesses. This factbased film depicts the rise and fall of disgraced journalist stephen glass hayden christensen, who was a staff writer at the new republic and contributed stories to rolling stone and other magazines. Since this is based on a true story, ill lay the facts down for you right now. Shattered glass, a biopic about stephen glass, weaves the tale of a young journalist whos story snowballs into an ethical controversy. The movie paints him brilliantly as borderlineweird he. Billy rays excellent debut as writerdirector, shattered glass, is the true story of 24yearold stephen glass, an upandcoming journalistic star in washington, associateeditor of the liberal. The true story of journalist stephen glass, the twentysomething whiz kid who quickly rose from a. Shattered glass is the story of stephen glass, a reporter for the cerebral and. Hes like a puppy whos made a mess on the carpet but knows hes cute and all of the kids are crazy.
The closing credits of the movie remind us that stephen glasss editor michael kelly was killed while working in iraq in 2003. Night shyamalan, who also produced with jason blum, marc bienstock, and ashwin rajan. If there is one journalism film that my students really liked, appreciated, and understood ethics, it is this one. Today in class we got to watch the 2004 movie, shattered glass, based on his time at the national republic. Steve zahn plays the technology reporter who uncovered the truth about glass s deception. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing shattered glass near you. That is, until a new editor takes over and glasss work becomes. I have not read the novel by richard neely that inspired shattered, but now, having seen the movie, i feel like i need to. Writing for the prestigious new republic magazine in washington dc, glass is a fast rising star. 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. T heres a bogus sort of genius to billy rays shattered glass, which recounts the events surrounding forbes online journalists busting stephen glass for cooking up stories for the new republic. The film is wellacted but i came away with the impression that this film would have been better as a madefortv movie to be viewed whilst.
Glass studied at the university of pennsylvania where he worked for the student newspaper. Ray makes excellent arguments for the films fantasy framing sequences and wishes the real stephen glass could have. The article depicted the center as doing little more than selling hysteria with its diatribes against chinese food, movietheater popcorn, and the fat substitute. Hayden christensen stars as glass, proving that despite prior indications he can act or that he can at least be used effectively when his limitations. Young hotshot journalist stephen glass hayden christensen puts on a good show for his adoring editor, michael kelly hank azaria, but admits deep insecurities to his fellow writer, caitlin avey. I wish there were more like it, but maybe that would make it less special when we find these kinds of movies. National catholic register quietly riveting, crisply intelligent, and ethically uncompromising, shattered glass tells the factbased story of the spectacularly fraudulent journalistic career of stephen glass hayden christensen, a hotshot writer for the new republic the inflight magazine on air force one during the 1990s. Glass is a 2019 american psychological superhero thriller film written and directed by m. Shattered glass is a 2003 biographical drama film about journalist stephen glass and his. The movie is a serious, wellobserved examination of the practice of. The cast, led by peter sarsgaard, is subtle, passionate and real. Shattered glass is a 2003 american film about disgraced journalist stephen glass, who in 1998 was caught fabricating many of the stories he wrote for the new republic.
Shattered glass is a 2003 film written and directed by billy ray its about the rise and fall of stephen glass, a writer at the new republic magazine who spent years making up fictitious stories for the magazine before he was finally exposed. Fabrication is defined as lying, falsehood, or f orgery dictionary reference both sides of the argument. A young writer for the prestigious political magazine the new republic, glass was found to have fabricated and plagiarized dozens of articles for the publication by taking advantage of lax factchecking methods at the journal. Shattered glass is the story of one of the biggest scandals in the history of journalism. A prolific tyro leaps up the ranks at a hallowed american news source. Shattered glass 2003 is an absorbing film detailing the brilliant rise and unprecedented fall of star journalist stephen glass. The worst that can be said about the film is that it doesnt concern itself with the natureornurture anatomy of glasss crimes. Shattered glass, directed by billy ray, is based on the true story of stephen glass played by hayden christensen, a writer for a journal who is finally caught falsifying information in his.
A major flaw in the movie, however, is its inability to connect the political dots. Ethics in journalism tested in shattered glass the medium. Lane for taking a moral stand against the popular, slippery mr. Shattered glass is a well judged, superbly taut drama that achieves its directors aim of being the cinematic equivalent of good reporting. Shattered glass tells a sobering, enlightening tale of journalistic deceit and journalistic integrity. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Filming took place in san francisco and on the northern oregon coast.
In 1998 stephen glass nearly destroyed the new republic with a fabrication scandal. After a horrific car wreck leaves him an amnesiac, a man. Financial analysis of shattered glass 2003 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. The reason to buy this shattered glass dvd is the commentary track by director billy ray and former new republic editor chuck lane, and yet you wont find it advertised on the back cover. Where was the new movie filmed in philadelphia posted by ra moon glass is m. In 1998, the editor of the tiny but prestigious new republic found that star writer stephen glass had fabricated dozens of stories. Shattered%20glass%3a%20thorough%20investigation%20into%20one%20man%. But ray begins to notice strange goingson, and starts to piece together the history of a bizarre murder associated with the motel. Clarinetist, mark dover, performs the clarinet concerto by aaron copland with shattered glass. Perhaps it would shed more light on the state of mind of judith merrick, the character played by greta scacchi in the film, who commits a series of acts so implausible, and so bewildering, that i would do anything to eavesdrop on her stream of consciousness. An affable workaholic, he cranks out lively copy and seems to be everywhere at once. A young writers ambition, with loyalty and betrayal. Glass, it makes viewers want to stand up and cheer as well. Shattered glass 2003 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
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