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What Just Happened is a 2008 American satirical comedy-drama directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robert De Niro. The supporting cast includes Catherine Keener, Robin Wright Penn, Stanley Tucci, Moon Bloodgood, John Turturro, Sean Penn, and Bruce Willis. It is an independent film, produced by 2929 Productions, Art Linson Productions and Tribeca Productions, and it was released on October 17, 2008.[2]

What Just Happened
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Barry Levinson
Written by	Art Linson
Based on	What Just Happened? Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line by Art Linson
Produced by	Art Linson Robert De Niro Jane Rosenthal Barry Levinson
Starring	Robert De Niro Sean Penn Catherine Keener Stanley Tucci John Turturro Robin Wright Penn Moon Bloodgood Kristen Stewart Michael Wincott Bruce Willis Peter Jacobson
Cinematography	Stéphane Fontaine
Edited by	Hank Corwin
Music by	Marcelo Zarvos
Production companies	2929 Productions TriBeCa Productions Linson Films
Distributed by	Magnolia Pictures
Release dates	January 19, 2008 (2008-01-19) (Sundance) May 25, 2008 (2008-05-25) (Cannes) October 17, 2008 (2008-10-17) (United States)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$25 million
Box office	$6.7 million[1]

The film is based on the 2002 book What Just Happened? Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line by Art Linson, about his experiences as a producer in Hollywood.[3]

This film was shown at the Cannes Film Festival on May 25, 2008.[2]

Plot

Ben, 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, plead their case to studio executive Lou Tarnow. 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 unless at least the dog's death is removed. Jeremy adamantly refuses, throwing a tantrum.

Adding to Ben's problems, he is having trouble making a clean break from Kelly, his second wife. Ben later discovers his wife is having an affair with Scott Solomon, a married screenwriter whom Ben has previously worked with. Scott has a screenplay that he's trying to get off the ground, to which Brad Pitt later becomes attached.

Lastly the studio is threatening to cancel a planned Bruce Willis movie because of the star's unwillingness to shave the large, thick beard that he has grown. Ben's career hinges on the fate of the film, but any attempt to reason with Willis inevitably meets a violent, foul-mouthed response.

Ultimately Jeremy relents and re-edits the ending of Fiercely to have the dog survive. Ben tries to get Willis's agent, Dick Bell, to reason with him and get the beard removed, but his efforts only get Dick fired. Nonetheless, Willis does eventually shave his beard off, and the film goes ahead.

A week later, Ben, Lou and Jeremy attend Cannes, hopeful that they might take a Palme d'Or award. Unfortunately, and without telling Ben or Lou, Jeremy has re-edited Fiercely again, not only killing the dog, but adding nearly a full minute of bullets being shot into their bodies. While the new ending destroys the film's chances of a Palme d'Or and angers many in the audience, others eagerly applaud the final version of the film, including Penn. Lou is not impressed, and immediately flies out of Cannes on the studio's private jet, leaving Ben stranded in France.

Ben eventually does make it back home, in time for a photo-shoot of Hollywood's top thirty producers with Vanity Fair, although after the magazine's publishers hear about the debacle in Cannes, Ben is relegated to the far edge of the photo, meaning he will be barely noticeable.

Cast

• Robert De Niro as Ben
• Kristen Stewart as Zoe
• Sean Penn as Himself
• Catherine Keener as Lou Tarnow
• Bruce Willis as Himself
• John Turturro as Dick Bell
• Michael Wincott as Jeremy Brunell
• Moon Bloodgood as Laura
• Robin Wright as Kelly
• Stanley Tucci as Scott Solomon
• Christopher Evan Welch as Studio Marketing Guy
• Lily Rabe as Dawn
• Peter Jacobson as Cal
• Paul Herman as Jerry

Critical reception

Based on 141 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film has received an overall "Rotten" rating of 50%, with a weighted average score of 5.74/10.[4] The sites consensus states: "What Just Happened has some inspired comic moments, but this inside-baseball take on Hollywood lacks satirical bite."

References

External links

• Official website
• What Just Happened at IMDb
• What Just Happened at AllMovie
• What Just Happened at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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[de] Inside Hollywood

Inside Hollywood ist eine US-amerikanische Filmkomödie aus dem Jahr 2008. Regie führte Barry Levinson, das Drehbuch schrieb Art Linson anhand des eigenen Buches What Just Happened? Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line.

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- [en] What Just Happened (2008 film)

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[es] What Just Happened

What Just Happened[1] (Algo pasa en Hollywood en España, Los realizadores en Colombia y México y Malos muchachos en Argentina), es una comedia dramática satírica dirigida por Barry Levinson y protagonizada por Robert De Niro. Fue realizada de forma independiente y lanzada en octubre de 2008 antes de ser estrenada en el Festival de cine de Cannes de 2008.

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[it] Disastro a Hollywood

Disastro a Hollywood (What Just Happened?) è un film statunitense del 2008 diretto da Barry Levinson, ispirato dalle memorie di Art Linson What Just Happened? Storie amare dal fronte di Hollywood.

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[ru] Однажды в Голливуде (фильм, 2008)

«Однажды в Голливуде» (англ. What Just Happened, США, 2008 год) — фильм режиссёра Барри Левинсона, созданный в смешении жанров комедии, драмы и сатиры.

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