Shattered Glass is a 2003 American drama film written and directed by Billy Ray. The screenplay is based on a September 1998 Vanity Fair article by H.G. Bissinger. In it he chronicled the rapid rise of Stephen Glass's journalistic career at The New Republic during the mid-1990s and his steep fall when his widespread journalistic fraud was exposed. The film is based on real events and also captures the high-pressure world of national political jou...
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Shattered Glass is a 2003 American drama film written and directed by Billy Ray. The screenplay is based on a September 1998 Vanity Fair article by H.G. Bissinger. In it he chronicled the rapid rise of Stephen Glass's journalistic career at The New Republic during the mid-1990s and his steep fall when his widespread journalistic fraud was exposed. The film is based on real events and also captures the high-pressure world of national political journalism.
The film opens with Stephen Glass wandering through a trade fair featuring Monica Lewinsky memorabilia. In a voice-over, he criticizes reporters who show off and try to get ahead and recommends they try being humble and self-effacing instead. He is then seen giving advice to aspiring journalists in his former high school. The film cuts back to this scene occasionally throughout.
At The New Republic, Glass is known for his highly imaginative articles and amusing pitches at editorial meetings, although he expresses his lack of self...
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