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He'd do anything to get a great story.

Shattered Glass (2003)

November 14, 20031h 34mEN
7.0

467 votes

Overview

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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Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$6.0M

Revenue

$2.9M

Production Companies

Cruise/Wagner ProductionsBaumgarten Merims ProductionsForest Park Pictures

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gownpolitician

Story portrayed as interestingly as possible. Christensen well-cast as someone reprehensible.

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CinemaSerf

7.0

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…

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