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What Just Happened

2008 film by Barry Levinson
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What Just Happened

Summary

What Just Happened is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,784 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • What Just Happened's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • What Just Happened was directed by Barry Levinson[4].
  • Art Linson wrote the screenplay for What Just Happened[5].
  • What Just Happened's composer is recorded as Marcelo Zarvos[6].
  • What Just Happened's genre is comedy film[7].
  • What Just Happened's genre is drama film[8].
  • What Just Happened's based on is recorded as What Just Happened?[9].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was Robert De Niro[10].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was Catherine Keener[11].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was Stanley Tucci[12].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was John Turturro[13].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was Michael Wincott[14].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was Q272972[15].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was Kristen Stewart[16].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was Peter Jacobson[17].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was Bruce Willis[18].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was Sean Penn[19].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was Moon Bloodgood[20].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was Ayla Kell[21].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was Flo Ankah[22].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was Marin Hinkle[23].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was Jason Kravits[24].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was Mark Ivanir[25].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was Lily Rabe[26].
  • A cast member of What Just Happened was Jill Flint[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Robert De Niro[28], Art Linson[29], Barry Levinson[30], Mark Cuban[31], and Jane Rosenthal[32]. What Just Happened was directed by Barry Levinson[4]. Art Linson wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Robert De Niro[10], Catherine Keener[11], Stanley Tucci[12], John Turturro[13], Michael Wincott[14], and Q272972[15].

Publication

Publication dates include March 26, 2009[33] and January 19, 2008[34]. The original language of What Just Happened was English[35]. Genres include comedy film[7] and drama film[8]. It was distributed by video on demand[36].

Reception

Reviews include 50%[37] and 5.7/10[38].

Why It Matters

What Just Happened ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,784 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

Barry Levinson Bruce Willis Catherine Keener Connecticut film John Turturro Kristen Stewart Lily Rabe Marin Hinkle Mark Cuban Moon Bloodgood Netflix Peter Jacobson Robert De Niro Sean Penn Stanley Tucci United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 486674
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  2. 25d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 52710
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P12879]]: 47393, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/264619|batch #264619]]"
  3. 10w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Stefania Cella
    Publication date → +2009-03-26T00:00:00Z, +2008-01-19T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Art Linson
    Duration → {'amount': '+99'}
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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