What Just Happened is a movie directed by Barry Levinson in 2008 and based on the book What Just Happened?: Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line by Art Linson, first published in 2002. The movie features Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, Sean Penn, Robin Wright, Catherine Keener, Stanley Tucci, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
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Storyline
Filmmaker Ben is followed as he interacts with immature directors and actors, attends to the demands of numerous ex-wives, and closes multi-million dollar deals while driving. With Sean Penn and Bruce Willis as themselves, the movie combines imagination and reality as a fake director and producer argue over the editing of a new movie.
Movie vs Book
Year
2008
Minutes
104
Movie Rate
5.60
Source: IMDb
Movie
What Just Happened
Director: Barry Levinson
Country: USA
Year: 2008
Length: 1h44m
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Year
2002
Pages
208
Book Rate
6.78
S: Goodreads
Book
What Just Happened?
Subtitle: Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line
Author: Art Linson
Country: USA
First published in: 2002
Length: 208 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.”
JOHN LE CARRE (Writer)
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