What Just Happened?
Director: Barry Levinson
Genre: Thriller, Action, Satire, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Indie, Drama
Year: 2008
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language, Hebrew Language, French Language
Starring: John Turturro, Bruce Willis, Sean Penn, Stanley Tucci, Robert De Niro, Robin Wright, Kristen Stewart, Catherine Keener, Michael Wincott, Moon Bloodgood, Lily Rabe, Marin Hinkle, Ayla Kell, Raul Bustamante
What Just Happened is a satirical comedy-drama directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robert De Niro.
What Just Happened is an independent film, produced by 2929 Productions, Art Linson Productions and Tribeca Productions, and was released on October 17, 2008.
The film is based on the book, What Just Happened? Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line, by Art Linson, about his experiences as a producer in Hollywood.
This film was shown at the Cannes Film Festival on May 25, 2008.
Ben (Robert De Niro), a veteran Hollywood producer, is suffering a number of professional and personal problems. His latest film, Fiercely, has a disastrous test screening, mostly because of its ending which features the murder of its main character (played by Sean Penn, who plays himself elsewhere in the film) along with his pet dog.
Ben and his maverick British director, Jeremy Brunell (Michael Wincott), plead their case to studio executive Lou Tarnow (Catherine Keener). She accuses Ben of filming the dog's killing only so he could use it as a "bargaining chip" - to make it easier to negotiate against cutting other problematic scenes). Lou threatens to pull Ben's movie from Cannes and take over editing
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