Monday, October 27, 2003

Howie the Right-Wing Movie Critic Putz Kurtz gives a mixed review to Shattered Glass:

The movie doesn't really address why Kelly (who was tragically killed in Iraq this year) and Lane (now a Washington Post reporter) missed some obvious warning signs (such as a fabricated tale about hard-drinking, pot smoking conservatives at a conference). And there are other elements -- made-up scenes of Lane and his wife, the composite female staffer (Chloe Sevigny) who befriends Glass, the penultimate meeting with Peretz, who wasn't actually there -- that undercut the film's veracity in small ways, at least to those who know the true story.
Yeah, who would ever believe a tale of conservative drunks and drug users -- it's inconcievable! Here's a tip, Howie: You've got a Rolodex full of them!

Howie also bitches that the movie doesn't include him, because Charles Lane called him after Glass was found out (except, uh, didn't Forbes break the story?). Now there's an important part of the story. And Howie wonders who would play him. Marv Albert, who else?

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