gownpolitician
Story portrayed as interestingly as possible. Christensen well-cast as someone reprehensible.
Shattered Glass
- Drama
- History
11/14/2003
94
PG-13
He'd do anything to get a great story.
The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff writer at The New Republic for three years. Looking for a short cut to fame, Glass concocted sources, quotes and even entire stories, but his deception did not go unnoticed forever, and eventually, his world came crumbling down.
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- Revenue:
- $2,944,752
- Budget:
- $6,000,000
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Cast
Hayden ChristensenStephen Glass- Peter SarsgaardCharles 'Chuck' Lane
Chloë SevignyCaitlin Avey- Rosario DawsonAndy Fox
- Melanie LynskeyAmy Brand
- Hank AzariaMichael Kelly
- Steve ZahnAdam Penenberg
- Mark BlumLewis Estridge
- Simone-Elise GirardCatarina Bannier
- Chad DonellaDavid Bach
- Jamie ElmanAaron Bluth
- Luke KirbyRob Gruen
- Cas AnvarKambiz Foroohar
- Linda E. SmithGloria
- Ted KotcheffMarty Peretz
- Owen RothIan Restil
Reviews
Geronimo1967
Long before Donald Trump became obsessed with fake news, there was Stephen Glass (here played by Hayden Christensen). Here is an ambitious and creative man who successfully manipulated the verification processes at Washington DC's prestigious "New Republic" magazine leading it to publish over twenty long form articles that had no basis in fact. It's only when the editor of a competing online outlet questions one of his own journalists - Adam Peneberg (Steve Zahn) as to why he didn't get the story, that some detailed investigations into his sources start to reveal a tissue of fantasy. The half lies and lies he tells grow into whoppers as his own editor Chuck Lane (Peter Sarsgaard) uses his own considerable investigative journalism skills and...