What Just Happened (2008)
Directed by Barry Levinson
During the course of an ordinary week in Hollywood, movie producer Ben must navigate his way through shark-infested waters as he struggles to complete his latest projects. A demanding studio boss demands extensive changes to a movie starring Sean Penn, while another chief won't greenlight a project unless star Bruce Willis shaves his beard. Meanwhile, Ben tries to reconcile with his wife and maintain a relationship with his young daughter.
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Oct. 17, 2008 | Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened" is based on the memoirs of renegade producer Art Linson, whose varied credits include a number of hits ("Fight Club," "The Untouchables," "Heat") but also numerous pictures ( "Into the Wild," "Casualties of War," "Melvin and Howard") that suggest he's the kind of guy who's willing to take some risks.
Linson has produced bona fide classics including "Heat," "The Untouchables" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," and in print this experience seems to give him a surprising fearlessness.
His producing credits include such classics as Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Untouchables, Dick Tracy, Fight Club, and Into the Wild, and it's clear he knows all about the darker sides of the movie business.
Art Linson (a real-life producer whose long resumé includes The Untouchables and Fight Club) wrote the script, and Barry Levinson directed.
After all, Art Linson has produced several of De Niro and Penn’s movies over the years (including “ Heat ,” “The Untouchables,” “ Fast Times at Ridgemont High ” and “ Into the Wild ”), and after playing himself in Robert Altman’s own insider movie, “The Player,” Willis probably jumped at the chance of doing it again.
Producer Art Linson (The Untouchables) adapts his own same-title book about his experiences as a savvy and shrewd industry player.