Shattered Glass was released in 2003 with Billy Ray being the director but he also co-wrote the film with Buzz Bissinger. The production companies that backed this film were Lions Gate Films, Cruise/Wagner Productions and Baumgarten Merims.
Shattered Glass is a historic drama, with key themes such as naivety, deception, fame and aspiration.
This film has key actors in it such as Hayden Christensen, who is most well known for playing Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. It also has the likes of Rosario Dawson, Ted Kotcheff and Steve Zahn.
Receiving an a budget of $6,000,000 which was estimated, it was only able to produce $77,540 during its opening weekend. But even with this factor it was still able to receive a Golden Globe nomination as well as winning 10 other awards.
This film is based on a young writer in his 20's who was writing for the magazine 'The Republic,' during 1995-1998. Where it seems that at least 27 of his published articles were completely or at least partially made up, he wanted a quick route to fame by taking shortcuts. He had glass concocted sources, quotes and even stories, but his deception did not go unnoticed. His naivety got the best of him and his world was to be crumble beneath him.
The trailer is below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTeK1v6Qx_I
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