Shattered Glass Page #3

Synopsis: Young hotshot journalist Stephen Glass (Hayden Christensen) puts on a good show for his adoring editor, Michael Kelly (Hank Azaria), but admits deep insecurities to his fellow writer, Caitlin Avey (Chloë Sevigny). When Glass begins turning in outrageous stories, his popularity skyrockets, but rival journalist Charles Lane (Peter Sarsgaard) becomes suspicious as to their factual accuracy, and eventually discovers that Glass has been fabricating many of his sources.
Genre: Drama, History
Production: Lions Gate Films Inc.
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 11 wins & 27 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
PG-13
Year:
2003
94 min
$2,105,024
Website
2,069 Views


I'm sorry.

They don't want to hear

the whole "journalistic

responsibility" speech... do you?

You just want to know how to get

your name in print, right?

That sounds familiar.

Okay.

Let me take you through the life

of your typical piece

so you can see

what some of the hurdles are.

We'll use one I wrote last year,

about a bunch of Young Republicans

at a Conservatives' convention.

Now, journalism is about

pursuing the truth.

And I would never encourage you

to do anything sneaky or dishonest

in pursuit of a story,

such as assuming a phony identity.

I don't know, man. It seemed like

a pretty good turnout to me.

No, man.

Conservatism is dead.

- Dead?

- We're lost.

Damn straight.

On a story like that,

your notes are crucial.

You have to record

everything you see and hear.

Every quote, every detail...

all the way down

to the mini-bottles in the fridge.

We're like this guy

who has to pee,

lost in the desert,

looking for a tree.

That's true.

Completely true.

You guys know what

you're shopping for, right?

Yeah, totally.

Get us a real "heifer."

The fatter the better.

Bad acne would be a bonus.

Let's do it!

- Hey, Steve.

- Hey, Chuck.

What are you working on?

A piece Gabriel García Marquez

wrote about the Falklands War.

How about you?

Young Republicans

at a CPAC Conference.

Pretty standard stuff.

Hotel ballrooms, boring speeches.

Chicken dinners.

Which is why everybody spends

their time in the suites upstairs

committing felonies.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah. I went to one.

The ballroom was empty.

Every delegate under the age of

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Billy Ray

William "Billy" Ray is an American screenwriter and director. He began writing for television and movies in 1994 with Color of Night. He has written numerous movies including Volcano and Hart's War. He was one of the creators and writers of the science fiction show Earth 2. On August 10, 2015, it was announced that he will be writing the screenplay that Martin Scorsese will direct of an adaptation of The Devil in the White City, which will star Leonardo DiCaprio. more…

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