What Just Happened? (2008)

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R | 1 hr 47 mins | Comedy, Satire, Adaptation | Released: 10/17/2008 |Box Office Total: $1.0M

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Synopsis:

Middle-aged Hollywood producer 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. "Fiercely" looks like an audience-offending flop which draws the ire of iron-gloved studio chief Lou, who forces him into tangling with the film’s rebellious and drug-addled director Jeremy. Meanwhile, he’s confused and bewitched by his ex Kelly who can’t make up her mind about him; shocked by his daughter Zoe, who seems to have grown up overnight; infuriated by his screenwriter friend Scott who’s trying to make a deal with him while making moves on his former wife; horrified by a hirsute Bruce Willis and flummoxed by Willis’ nebbishy agent Dick, who’s scared to death of his own clients. 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.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/17/2008

Director	Credit
Barry Levinson	Director
Cast	Credit
Robert De Niro	Ben
Sean Penn	Himself
Bruce Willis	Himself
Stanley Tucci	Scott Solomon
John Turturro	Dick Bell
Kristen Stewart	Zoe
Catherine Keener	Lou Tarnow
Robin Wright-Penn	Kelly
Dey Young	Ben's First Wife
Mark Ivanir	Johnny
Logan Grove	Max
Alessandra Daniele	Sophie
Moon Bloodgood	Laura
Michael Wincott	Jeremy Brunell
William Ragsdale	Agent #1
Peter Jacobson	Cal
Brandon Keener	Young Studio Executive
Bess Rous	Actor's Assistant
Ari Barak	Aba Peterson
Lily Rabe	Dawn
Jason Kravitz	Pollster
Remy Selma	Jimmy
Christopher Evan Welch	Studio Marketing Guy
Sam Levinson	Carl
Karina Buck	Verna
Paul Herman	Jerry
Jonathan C Kaplan	Suit #1
Terrance Yates	Dance Instructor
Ron Li-Paz	Rabbi
Jacques Maroun	Taxi Driver
Emily Alpren	Lou’s Assistant
Marin Hinkle	Vanity Fair Coordinator
Paul Lieber	Vanity Fair Photographer
Lombardo Boyar	Guard at Studio Gate
Lindy Booth	Hostess
Kate Burton	Doctor Randall
Bernt Rose	1st AD
Ayla Kell	Mary #1
Paydin LoPachin	Mary #2
Jean-Michel Richaud	Festival Host
Alex Norca	Guard at Cannes Airport
Cayleen Davies	Young Woman in Maserati
John Schiappa	Fiercely Villain
Annie Parisse	Fiercely Actress
Tienne Vu	Manicurist #1
Viginia Nguyen	Manicurist #2
Thao Le	Manicurist #3
Production Credits	Credit
Robert De Niro	Producer
Todd Wagner	Executive Producer
Mark Cuban	Executive Producer
Art Linson	Producer
Jane Rosenthal	Producer
Eric Kopeloff	Executive Producer
Barry Levinson	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Linson Films	Production Company
Tribeca Films	Production Company
2929 Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Medusa Film	Foreign Distribution Rights
Magnolia Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Pathe Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Magnolia Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Concorde Filmverleih GmbH	Foreign Distribution Rights
Paradiso Entertainment	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
TF1 International	Foreign Distribution Rights
Paradise Film Distribution Company	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Wide Pictures	Foreign Distribution Rights
Aurora Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Gulf Film	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
ECS	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
Writer	Credit
Art Linson	Screenplay
Art Linson	Source Material
Accounting	Credit
Allen Wong	Assistant Accountant
Amy Ostrower	Post-Production Accountant
Gloria Inzitari	Accountant - Accounting Clerk
Steve Beeson	Production Accountant
Janette C. Cosby	Assistant Accountant
Kariemah Shah	Accountant - Payroll Accountant
Monica Mcleod	Accountant - Payroll Accountant (Los Angeles)
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Larry Madrid	Animal Trainer
Art Department	Credit
Philip C Canfield	Leadman
Miles Richman	Painter - Paint Supervisor (Los Angeles)
Jacki Zbuska	Art Department - Art Department Production Assistant
Stefania Cella	Production Designer
Andrew Cahn	Assistant Art Director
Kristen Davis	Set Designer (Los Angeles)
Brendon Crigler	Set Dresser
Roya Parivar	Set Decorator
Anthony D. Parrillo	Art Director
Robert Zorella	Art Department Coordinator
Robert Topol	Scenic Artist - Master Scenic
John Warner	Leadman (Los Angeles)
Grant Sawyer	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Maggie Ryan	Scenic Artist - Scenic Charge
Wende Gaither	Painter - Paint Gang Boss (Los Angeles)
Ben Leddick	Art Department - Art Department Assistant (Los Angeles)
Diana Salzburg	Art Department Coordinator
Melissa Harrison	Art Department - Art Department Assistant (Los Angeles)
Deborah N Canfield	Set Dresser
Elizabeth Flaherty	Art Department Coordinator (Los Angeles)
M Tony Trotta	Scenic Artist - Camera Scenic
Christopher Ferraro	Set Dresser
Stephen Caldwell	Scenic Artist - Scenic Forman
Rand Angelicola	Scenic Artist
Brian Jones	Set Dresser
Diane P Rich	Scenic Artist
Shannon Canfield	Set Dresser
Richard D Hoppe	Set Dresser
Elizabeth S Lieberman	Scenic Artist
William Canfield	Set Dresser
Cathy Colby-Grauer	Scenic Artist
William J Kolpin	Set Dresser
Richard Montesanto	Scenic Artist
Susan Dee Johnson	Scenic Artist
Gordon H Gertsen	Set Dresser
Travis K Wright	Set Dresser
Victor Littlejohn	Set Dresser
Jim Lillis	Set Dresser
Brendon K Crigler	Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
Nicole Dome	Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
Leroy Rice	Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
Sarah Lee Wade	Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
Casting	Credit
Amanda Mackey Johnson	Casting
Jocelyn Thomas	Casting Associate (Los Angeles)
Jeff Olan	Extras Casting (Los Angeles)
Cathy Sandrich Gelfond	Casting
Gil Espinoza	Extras Casting (Los Angeles)
Kate Bulpitt	Casting
Sue Jones	Casting (London)
Craft Services	Credit
William Sepulveda	Craft Service
Eva Vedock	Craft Service
Michael Hernandez	Craft Service - Chef
Alejandro Lopez	Craft Service - Chefs
Juan A Espinoza	Craft Service - Chef
Homero Jazquez	Craft Service - Chef
Francisco Trujillo Sr	Craft Service - Chef
Juan Carlos Anaya	Craft Service - Chef (Los Angeles)
Rich Cody	Craft Service
Erik Sorensen	Craft Service (Los Angeles)
Film Camera	Credit
Harry Zimmerman	Camera Assistant - Camera 1st Assistant
David Katz	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assistant Operator
Jim McConkey	Steadicam Operator
Jim McConkey	Camera Operator
Mark Marcum	Video Playback - 24 Frame Playback Supervisor (Los Angeles)
Alan Markfield	Photography - Still Photographer
Stephane Fontaine	Director of Photography
Chocez Peterson	Film Lab - Digital Intermediate Producer
Julian Delacruz	Loader
Adrian DeLude	Colorist
Ian Pauly	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assistant
Missy Papageorge	Film Lab - Producer
Melanie Banders	Loader (Los Angeles)
Thom Lairson	Camera Assistant - Camera 2nd Assistant
Larry McConkey	Camera Operator
Ralph Nelson	Photography - Still Photographer (Los Angeles)
Stefan Sonnenfeld	Colorist
Richard Masino	Camera Assistant - Camera 1st Assistant
Brent Ekstrand	Video Assist/Playback - Video Playback
Mike Chiado	Film Lab - Digital Intermediate Technologist
Todd Avery	Camera Assistant - Camera 2nd Assistant
Todd Crawford	Film Lab - Digital Intermediate Assistant
Daniel R Salk	Video Assist/Playback - Video Playback
Simon Knights	Video Assist/Playback - 24 Frame Playback Operator (Los Angeles)
Jeremiah Morey	Film Lab - Digital Intermediate Assistant
Bob Mancuso	Camera Assistant - Camera 1st Assistant
Michael Liotta	Camera Assistant - Camera Production Assistant
Film Sales Financing	Credit
2929 International	Distribution Sales International Sales
Music	Credit
Robert Elhai	Orchestrations
Leo Delibes	Song
Jennifer Dunnington	Music Editor
Lawrence Manchester	Score Mixing
Lawrence Manchester	Score Recording
Allan Mason	Music Supervisor
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	Song Performer
Marcelo Zarvos	Music Producer - Score Producer
Sebastian Arocha Morton	Music Engineer - Programming
Angie Teo	Music - Recording Assistant
Philip Rothman	Orchestrations
Ben Pedersen	Music Editor
Danie Coe	Music Producer - Score preparation
Missy Webb	Music - Recording Assistant
Lee Hazlewood	Song
Lee Hazlewood	Song Performer
Raam Lazman	Song
Raam Lazman	Song Performer
Marcelo Zarvos	Music - Piano
Ennio Morricone	Song
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	Song Performer
Mark Stewart	Music - Guitar
Adam Rogers	Music - Guitar
Nick Drake	Song
Nick Drake	Song Performer
Nina Simone	Song Performer
Jerry Jeff Walker	Song
Eric Poland	Music - Mallets
Steven Kenyon	Music - Woodwinds
Bebel Gilberto	Song
Bebel Gilberto	Song Performer
Frankie Pine	Music - Music Clearances
Didi Gutman	Song
Steve Kornicki	Song Performer
Marius De Vries	Song
Buck 65	Song Performer
Steve Kornicki	Song
Paolo Conte	Song Performer
Richard Terfry	Song
Citizen Cope	Song Performer
Charles Austin	Song
Arthur Lyman	Song Performer
Strings	Song Performer
Graeme Campbell	Song
Paolo Conte	Song
Dire Straits	Song Performer
Camille	Song Performer
Clarence Greenwood	Song
Les Baxter	Song
Sting	Song
Strings	Song
Mark Knopfler	Song
Camille Dalmais	Song
Malik Mezzadri	Song
Matthew Ker	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Eddie Braun	Stunts - Stunt Driver
Pee Wee Piemonte	Stunt Coordinator
Tyler Vogt	Stunt Player - Stunt Player-Agent
Trampas Thompson	Stunt Double
Production Management	Credit
Ted Deiker	Production Supervisor
Douglas Dresser	Location Manager (Los Angeles)
Ann Gray	Post-Production Coordinator
Paul A Levin	Post-Production Supervisor
Kerry Lyn McKissick	Script Supervisor
Lark Bernini	Production Coordinator
Michael Lerman	Assistant Director
Eric Kopeloff	Unit Production Manager
Malaika Johnson	Location Assistant - Location Scouts/Assistant
Mathew Provost	Assistant Production Coordinator
Aaron Hurvitz	Assistant Location Manager
Lisa Joelle Curtis	Assistant Production Coordinator (Los Angeles)
Kyle Oliver (Snappy)	Assistant Location Manager (Los Angeles)
Sean Mayo	Location Assistant - Location Scouts/Assistant
Michael Nickodem	Location Manager
Peter Thorell	Assistant Director
S Dylan Kirkland	Assistant Location Manager (Los Angeles)
Alyson Latz	Assistant Director
Kate Eismann	Location Assistant - Location Scouts/Assistant
Mara Alcaly	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
Publicity	Credit
Irina Vaysman	Unit Publicist
Cynthia Swartz	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Larry Wineland	Assistant Sound Editor
Jane McCulley	ADR Editor
Eugene Gearty	Sound Designer
Brian Gallagher	ADR - ADR Recordist
Eugene Gearty	Sound Effects Editor
Tom Fleischman	Rerecording Mixer
Marko Costanzo	Foley Artist
Scott LaRue	Sound - Utility
Frank Kern	Foley - Foley Supervisor
Kam Chan	Foley Editor
Steve Cantamessa	Sound Mixer
David Boulton	ADR Mixer
Philip Stockton	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Phil Stockton	Supervising Sound Editor
Gary Thomas	Boom Operator
Jessica Parks	Assistant Sound Editor - Apprentice Sound Editor
George Lara	Foley Artist
Eugene Gearty	Supervising Sound Editor
Branka Mrkic-Tana	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Roland Vajs	ADR Editor - ADR Assistant Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Nikki Amorosino	Special Effects
Geoffrey Mandel	Graphic Designer (Los Angeles)
Nina Saxon	Titles - Titles Designer
Josh Hakian	Special Effects Supervisor
David Waine	Special Effects Coordinator
Michael Uguccioni	Visual Effects Supervisor
Karen Teneyck	Graphic Designer (Los Angeles)
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Patrick Magee	Special Makeup Effects - Prosthetic Effects
Nicole Greenbaum	Set Costumer - On-Set Costumer
Bill Corso	Makeup - Department Head Make-Up Artist
Ann Roth	Costume Designer
Olga Ishkahnova	Seamstress Supervisor - Seamstress (Los Angeles)
Jennifer Starzyk	Costumer (Los Angeles)
Jonathan Schwartz	Costumes - Costume Assistant
Donn Hook	Wardrobe - Patternmaker/Fitter (Los Angeles)
David Davenport	Wardrobe Dresser - Dresser
Kendall Errair	Key Costumer (Los Angeles)
Cheryl Nick	Makeup Artist - Key Assistant Makeup Artist (Los Angeles)
Donna Maloney	Costume Supervisor
Frances Mathias	Hair Stylist - Department Head Hair Stylist
Michelle Matland	Assistant Costume Designer
Juan A Lopez	Set Costumer - On-Set Costumer (Los Angeles)
Gregory B Pena	Key Costumer (Los Angeles)
Lisa Cubero	Hair Stylist
Nuria Sitja	Makeup Artist
Lisa Tobias	Costumes - Costume Production Assistant
Jerry Popolis	Hair Stylist
Donald A Kozma	Makeup Artist
Carla White	Makeup Artist
Diana Sikes	Hair Stylist
Mishell Chandler	Hair Stylist
Gerald Quist	Makeup Artist

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