Shattered Glass (film)

Shattered Glass
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBilly Ray
Screenplay byBilly Ray
Based on"Shattered Glass"
by H. G. Bissinger
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMandy Walker
Edited byJeffrey Ford
Music byMychael Danna
Production
companies
Distributed byLions Gate Films
Release date
  • October 31, 2003 (2003-10-31) (United States)
Running time
94 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Canada
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million[2]
Box office$2.9 million[3]

Shattered Glass is a 2003 biographical drama film about journalist Stephen Glass and his scandal at The New Republic. Written and directed by Billy Ray in his feature directorial debut, the film is based on a 1998 Vanity Fair article of the same name by H. G. Bissinger[4] and chronicles Glass' fall from grace when his stories were discovered to be fabricated. It stars Hayden Christensen as Glass, alongside Peter Sarsgaard, Chloë Sevigny, and Steve Zahn.[5]

The film premiered at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival[6] on September 10, 2003, and received a North American limited release on November 26, 2003. Although a commercial failure, Shattered Glass received acclaim from critics, with particular praise for Christensen and Sarsgaard's performances.[7]

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  2. ^ "Movie Shattered Glass". The Numbers. Archived from the original on July 8, 2003. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
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  4. ^ Bissinger, Buzz (September 1998). "Shattered Glass". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  5. ^ "Why All Journalists Should Watch Shattered Glass". Plagiarism Today. March 9, 2017. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  6. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (December 19, 2018). "Der Spiegel Fires Journalist After Fabricated Articles". Deadline. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
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