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| It's hard to know how to feel about Glass. He is so likable that you want it all to be a mistake. He's so insecure that you feel sorry for him. He is so guilty and without remorse, that you want him to be discovered and dealt with severely. |
(2003) Film Review by Darrel Manson |
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| CREDITS |
| Directed by Billy Ray
Article by H.G. Bissinger
Screenplay by Billy Ray
Producers
Craig Baumgarten ... producer
Marc Butan ... producer
Tove Christensen ... producer
Tom Cruise ... executive producer
Gaye Hirsch ... producer
Anjalika Mathur ... assistant producer
Adam Merims ... producer
Tom Ortenberg ... executive producer
Michael Paseornek ... executive producer
Paula Wagner ... executive producer
Cast - in credits order
Hayden Christensen ... Stephen Glass
Peter Sarsgaard ... Chuck Lane
Chloë Sevigny ... Caitlin Avey
Melanie Lynskey ... Amy Brand
Steve Zahn ... Adam Penenberg
Hank Azaria ... Michael Kelly
Rosario Dawson ... Andie Fox
Luke Kirby ... Rob Gruen
Jamie Elman ... Aaron Bluth
Mark Blum ... Lewis Estridge
Chad Donella ... David Bach
Russell Yuen ... Emmit Rich
Cas Anvar ... Kambiz Foroohar
Linda E. Smith ... Gloria
Ted Kotcheff ... Marty Peretz
Owen Rotharmel ... Ian Restil
Bill Rowat ... George Sims
Michele Scarabelli ... Ian's Mother
Terry Simpson ... Joe Hiert
Original Music by Mychael Danna
Cinematography by Mandy Walker
Edited by Jeffrey Ford
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for language, sexual references and brief drug use.
Runtime: Canada:99 min (Toronto International Film Festival) / USA:95 min
For rating reasons, go to FILMRATINGS.COM, and MPAA.ORG.
Parents, please refer to PARENTALGUIDE.ORG |
| TRAILERS AND CLIPS |
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Shattered Glass (Score)
Mychael Danna
The original motion picture score is by acclaimed Canadian film composer Mychael Danna, whose credits include The Hulk, Bounce, 8MM, Hearts in Atlantis, and The Ice Storm.
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. 1. A Little Bit Humble
2. TNR
3. Kelly's Goodbye
4. 16,800 Magazines
5. Fact Check
6. Night Shift
7. Forbes.com
8. There is a State Called Nevada
9. Conference Call
10. Stop Pitching
11. Explain
12. If You Remain Silent
13. Epilogue
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| 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 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.
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Review by
DARREL MANSON BLOG
Pastor, Artesia Christian Church, Artesia, CA
http://netministries.org/see/churches/ch01198
Darrel has an incredible love and interest in the cinematic arts. His reviews usually include independent and significantly important film. |
 Between 1995 and 1998 a young journalist named Stephen Glass rose to prominence as a writer for the prestigious magazine The New Republic. His articles were insightful
and entertaining. Many of them were also either partially or completely fabricated. In time it cost Glass his job and The New Republic some of the credibility and integrity that are so important in journalism.
Writer-director Billy Ray does a wonderful job of telling the story. He allows Glass to give a glowing account of his work at one of the paragons of journalism. He refers to The New Republic as "the in-flight magazine of Air Force One." Clearly he is pleased with the height he as reached in this competitive field.
But even as Glass is telling his story to a high school journalism class (all girls, all in rapt attention as if Glass were the god of journalism), we also see the reality. We see that Glass is in reality extremely insecure. He constantly apologizes. He does all he can to get on everyone's good side. He's certainly likable -- he is fun and entertaining and loyal. We begin to see that he will do anything for acceptance. And feeling so insecure is a key element in his deception. As talented
as he is as a writer and storyteller, he's a lousy journalist. Rather than finding real stories, he makes them up.
In time, someone catches him. Like peeling back layer after layer of onion, we see lie after lie. The more closely people look, the more he lies -- and he lies badly.
It's hard to know how to feel about Glass. He is so likable that you want it all to be a mistake. He's so insecure that you feel sorry for him. He is so guilty and without remorse, that you want him to be discovered and dealt with severely.
 His sin is not minor. Journalistic integrity is an important part of a free society. Of course, there are supermarket tabloids that no one takes seriously, but real journalism is only valuable if it is believable. Because
of that, major papers and magazines go to great length to make sure their facts are right. Glass found a way to short-circuit that process. In so doing, he damaged the integrity of his magazine and his co-workers. His was a breech of trust, not only of his employer and friends, but of the society that depends on ethical journalism.
It would be easy to watch Shattered Glass and focus on how bad he was. But as I watched, I was thinking about how common his behavior was -- not the fabrication of stories, but the response to being found out. In the story of Adam and Eve, when God comes to the garden after they had eaten the forbidden fruit, they tried to cover up and blame others. When a child does something wrong, they may try to accuse a sibling, pet or imaginary friend as they try to avoid blame. As we grow up,
we may not be as obvious, but we find more sophisticated ways of shirking our responsibilities for what we have done.
The Bible calls people to confess sins and repent. Watching Glass's life slowly coming unraveled, I was struck by how much confession and repentance were needed in his life. It was too late to salvage his career, but his life would never find healing without them.
Shattered Glass is a cautionary tale. It warns us that even the most trusted institutions can be corrupted. It warns us that our lies and sins will catch up to us. It warns us that trying to hide or cover up those sins will only dig our pit deeper. |
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