Due settimane nella vita di un produttore hollywoodiano in declino che sta avendo un momento difficile cercando di ottenere la sua nuova immagine.Due settimane nella vita di un produttore hollywoodiano in declino che sta avendo un momento difficile cercando di ottenere la sua nuova immagine.Due settimane nella vita di un produttore hollywoodiano in declino che sta avendo un momento difficile cercando di ottenere la sua nuova immagine.
- Premi
- 1 candidatura
- Kelly
- (as Robin Wright Penn)
- Pollster
- (as Jason Kravitz)
- Jimmy
- (as Remy Selma)
- Sophie
- (as Alessandra Danielle)
- Verna
- (as Karina Buck)
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- QuizThe subplot involving Bruce Willis refusing to shave his beard for a movie is based on a real-life incident writer and producer Art Linson had with Alec Baldwin on the set of L'urlo dell'odio (1997).
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Ben: [discussion about Bruce Willis] I suppose it took him a long time to grow it, he probably just wants to wait 'til the last minute.
Cal: That's what I thought last week, but after seeing him today, I got the sense this is going to be his "look", it's an artistic-choice...
Ben: The extra weight is too? It can't be.
Cal: It's a feeling.
Ben: Cal, we got the studio to pay him $20 million to be a leading man. For that kind of money there is an expectation.
Cal: They expect a good performance...
Ben: No, no, no no, Cal. For that kind of money they expect millions of menstruating women to want to have intercourse with him. You understand what I'm saying? You want a poster that says "See Santa Run"?
- ConnessioniReferenced in Teen Wolf: The Tell (2011)
- Colonne sonoreFlow of Experience
Written & Performed by Steve Kornicki
Courtesy of MS-Pro
Based on producer Art Linson's book, "What Just Happened? Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line", the film version tells the story of a successful Hollywood producer, Ben, played by Robert Deniro, as he juggles his personal and professional crises. This film has an impressive cast including Robin Wright Penn as Ben's second wife, Kelly; John Turturro as Dick, the stereotypical shifty agent; Stanley Tucci as Scott, the blocked screenplay writer; Michael Wincott as Jeremy, the temperamental director; Catherine Keener, as Lou, the hardcore studio exec; Bruce Willis as the demanding movie star; and Sean Penn as himself.
This mildly funny expose of modern-day Hollywood, was entertaining, but a little disappointing. The message is supposed to shock and outrage the viewer about how the film industry ruins art by turning it into pure commerce. But there have been plenty of Hollywood satires like "The Player" that have done this genre better. Although the source of the material is authentic and despite an outstanding cast (who all give great performances), "What Just Happened?" ultimately has nothing new to say besides the fact that Hollywood is a devious place to work. As a gimmicky farce, it works, but as a satire it was a limp and familiar insider's movie that lacked sharp irony, humor and novel characters.
This film won't appeal to everyone, but it does have some good one liners and funny moments. However, the combination of these actors working together in a comedy may be worth the cost of admission alone.
- moviefan8169
- 3 apr 2008
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- Budget
- 25.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 1.090.947 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 192.508 USD
- 19 ott 2008
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 6.759.057 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 44 minuti
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- 2.35 : 1