What Just Happened
Synopsis
"What Just Happened" is about two nail-biting, back-stabbing, roller-coaster weeks in the world of a middle-aged Hollywood producer--as he tries to juggle an actual life with an outrageous series of crises in his day job. This is the tale of a man besieged by people who want him all to be sorts of things--a money maker, an ego buster, a bad news breaker, an artistic champion, a loyal husband, an all-knowing father, not to mention sexy, youthful and tuned-in--everything except for the one thing he and all the preposterously behaved people he's surrounded by really are: bumbling human beings just trying to survive by any means necessary. Ben is already in over his head trying to balance the tug-of-war of having two ex-wives and two different families with his latest business venture--the boldly "visionary" movie "Fiercely," starring Sean Penn--when everything that can go wrong goes completely screwy. Somehow amidst all the madness, treachery, deceit, runaway egos, rampant commercialism, personal politics and atrocious behavior of America's dream-making machinery, Ben has to find a way not just to make it to Cannes with a finished film, but to cope...
Full Credits
- Director:Barry Levinson,
- Writer:Art Linson,
- Producer:Mark Allan, Mark Allan, Todd Wagner, Eric Kopeloff, Barry Levinson, Jane Rosenthal, Art Linson, Mark Cuban, Robert De Niro,
- Cinematographer:Stéphane Fontaine,
- Editor:Hank Corwin,
- Executive Producer:Mark Cuban, Eric Kopeloff, Todd Wagner,
- Cast:Robin Wright, Catherine Keener, John Turturro, Sean Penn, Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, Robin Wright Penn, Stanley Tucci,
- First Assistant Director:Chip Signore, Michael Lerman, Mark Allan,
- Second Assistant Director:Peter Thorell, Yann Thomas,
- Second Second Assistant Director:Alyson Latz,
- Line Producer:Mark Allan,
- Supervising Sound Editor:Philip Stockton,
- Boom Operator:Scott La Rue, Gary Thomas,
- Sound Effects Editor:Eugene Gearty,
- Key Hair Stylist:Lisa M. Cubero, Fleur Morell,
- Hairstylist:Diana Sikes, Frances Mathias, Mishell Chandler, Jerry Popolis,
- Consulting Producer:Victoria Cordova,
- Assistant Sound Editor:Larry Wineland,
- Production Supervisor:
- Costume Design:Ann Roth,
- Assistant Makeup Artist:Don Kozma, Dina Sliwiak,
- Production Design:Stefania Cella,
- Original Music Composer:Marcelo Zarvos,
- Key Makeup Artist:Cheryl Ann Nick,
- Makeup Department Head:Bill Corso,
- Prosthetics:Patrick Magee, Lee Romaire,
- Apprentice Sound Editor:Jessica Parks,
- Special Effects Technician:Chris Cline,
- Makeup Artist:Nuria Sitja, Gerald Quist, Carla White,
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer:Bret Johnson, Tom Fleischman,
- Sound Mixer:Steve Cantamessa,
- Special Effects:Phil Gauvin, Kizuku Kitano, Mike Najera, Nikki Amoriasino,
- Costumer:David Davenport,
- Special Effects Supervisor:Josh Hakian,
- Art Direction:Anthony D. Parrillo,
- Special Effects Coordinator:David Waine,
- Stunt Double:Trampas Thompson, Laurence Todd Rosenthal,
- Stunts:David Gere,
- Assistant Production Manager:Brian Esquivel,
- Stunt Coordinator:Peewee Piemonte,
- Sound Designer:Eugene Gearty,
- Set Decoration:David Gere,
Technical specifications
- Rating:15
- Country:United States
- Language:English, Français, עברית
- Release:October 17, 2008
- Duration:107 min
- Genres:Comedy, Drama