Shattered Glass

Shattered Glass

He'd do anything to get a great story.

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Release Date

11/14/2003

Runtime

94 mins

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$2,944,752

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A meticulously crafted portrait of a young man's elaborate self-deception and the slow-motion catastrophe of his unraveling. The film makes you complicit in his lies while watching him dig deeper into the hole of his own making.

Mood

TenseParanoidUnsettling

Themes

AmbitionCorruptionIdentityComing apart

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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