What Just Happened? Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Last modified: Dec. 21, 2008

What Just Happened?

Release Date: Friday, October 17, 2008

A desperate movie producer, in the throes of a broken second marriage, tries to survive the treachery of Hollywod and the hell of getting his move made.

Director: Barry Levinson

Starring: Robert De Niro • Catherine Keener • Robin Wright • Stanley Tucci • John Turturro

R Drama 1 hr, 53 m

33% WILL SEE 67% WON'T SEE

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A desperate movie producer, in the throes of a broken second marriage, tries to survive the treachery of Hollywod and the hell of getting his move made.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot: 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. Ben is 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.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in What Just Happened?.

Robert De Niro
Zero Day (limited series), The Comeback Trail
Catherine Keener
Joker: Folie à Deux, The Adam Project
Robin Wright
Here, Blade Runner 2049
Stanley Tucci
Conclave, The Electric State
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John Turturro
The Room Next Door, The Batman
Kristen Stewart
Love Me, Sacramento

Crew Behind the Film

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The film's director Barry Levinson last directed Rock The Kasbah and The Humbling. The film's writer Art Linson last wrote The Comedian.

Director: Barry Levinson
Screenwriter: Art Linson
Producers: Art Linson
Robert De Niro
Jane Rosenthal

Studios: Magnolia Pictures
Production Company: 2929 Productions; Tribeca Films

Production Details

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Key Facts

Based on Art Linson's novel of the same name. The independent pic is expected to include cameos from Bruce Willis and Sean Penn.

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Dec 2004

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: R Restricted for language, some violent images, sexual content and some drug material
Runtime: 1 hr, 53 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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What Just Happened? was released in on Friday, October 17, 2008. There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including The Secret Life of Bees, The Elephant King and Sex Drive.

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