Shattered Glass (2003)

Owen Roth: Ian Restil

Quotes 

• Stephen Glass : [Pitching his next article to his editor with his colleagues listening]  Is anyone interested in hackers? Uh, because I met this kid named Ian Restil. Biggest computer geek of all time. He hacked his way into the database of a company called Jukt Micronics and posted naked pictures of women and the salary of every Jukt employee on Jukt's website with a note saying, "the Big, Bad, Bionic Boy has been here, baby!" The guys at Jukt decided that it would be cheaper to hire him as a security consultant than it would be to try to stop him. So they met with him last week at the hotel where the National Hackers' Conference was taking place. It was the chairman from Jukt, Restil, Restil's mother, and Restil's agent.

  Caitlin Avey : No.

  Stephen Glass : Yes. Hackers have agents, too. All right... I was at the table with these guys. Restil's just laying out all of his demands,

  Ian Restil : [In "flashback"]  I want a Miata.

  Stephen Glass : "I want a trip to Disney World."

  Ian Restil : I want X-Men comic book number one.

  Stephen Glass : "I want a lifetime subscription to Playboy."

  Ian Restil : And throw in Penthouse.

  Stephen Glass : And they're complying with every single word.

  Jukt Executive : Excuse me, sir, pardon me for interrupting. We can arrange more money for you, and you can buy the comic book yourself. And when you're of a more appropriate age, you can buy the car and, uh, pornographic magazines on your own.

  Ian Restil : [nods at his agent]  Cool.

  Stephen Glass : After that, after they have the meeting, he goes back into the conference, where all these hackers have gathered. And they're treating him like he's a rock star. Then, Restil jumps up on a table, and he's like...

  Ian Restil : I want a Miata!

  Stephen Glass : [demonstrating]  He starts gyrating his hips like this. "I want a Miata! I want my Playboys. I want a trip to Disney World."

  Ian Restil : [simultaneously with Glass]  Show me the money!

  Stephen Glass : [simultaneously with Restil]  "Show me the money! Show me the money!"

  [sits down] 

  Stephen Glass : Turns out there are now twenty-one states considering versions of a law called the "Uniform Computer Security Act," which would criminalize immunity deals between hackers and the companies they've torched. Meanwhile, Restil's agent claims a client list of over three hundred... one of whom was once paid a million dollars and a monster truck.

• Ian Restil : [his demands to the Jukt executives for not disclosing their company's secrets]  I want a Miata. I want a trip to Disney World. I want X-Men comic book number one. I want a lifetime subscription to Playboy and throw in Penthouse.