What Just Happened (2009)
What Just Happened
”A movie producer battles to save his films and marriages from collapsing in the chaos. Set in Hollywood.”
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A movie producer desperately tries to save his two films from falling apart while managing the chaos of two marriages that already have. Based on the acclaimed, best-selling memoir by veteran Hollywood producer Art Linson and directed by Academy Award-winning Barry Levinson.
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