The Glass House (2001 film)
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| Directed by | Daniel Sackheim |
| Produced by | Neal H. Moritz |
| Written by | Wesley Strick |
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Leelee Sobieski Diane Lane Stellan Skarsgård Bruce Dern Kathy Baker Trevor Morgan Chris Noth |
| Music by | Christopher Young |
| Cinematography | Alar Kivilo |
| Edited by | Howard E. Smith |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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September 14, 2001 |
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Running time
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103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million |
| Box office | $23 million |
The Glass House is a 2001 American mystery thriller film directed by Daniel Sackheim and written by Wesley Strick. The film stars Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Stellan Skarsgård, Bruce Dern, Kathy Baker, Trevor Morgan, and Chris Noth.
The film received generally negative reviews and was a box office bomb grossing merely $23 million on a $30 million production budget. The main reason cited for the financial failure of the film was the fact that the film was released 3 days after the September 11 attacks.
Sixteen-year-old Ruby Baker (Leelee Sobieski) and her eleven-year-old brother Rhett (Trevor Morgan) lose their parents, Dave and Grace, in a car accident. Their parents' will is not a recent one but, in accordance with its terms, the children are placed under the guardianship of family neighbors from some years back, the childless couple Erin (Diane Lane) and Terry (Stellan Skarsgård) Glass, who live in a large glass house in Malibu.
There are early indications that all is not well. The children have to share a room; they are no longer educated privately; Rhett is allowed to play with games consoles at all times; and Ruby is made uneasy by Terry's sexual hints when they are alone. Ruby comes across unlabeled pharmaceuticals and sees Erin injecting herself, though the couple claim this is for diabetes. Ruby tries unsuccessfully to get the children's estate and trust fund lawyer, Alvin Begleiter (Bruce Dern), to accept her concerns, and a visiting social worker is taken in by the couple's assurances.
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