Barry Levinson directs this satirical portrayal of two weeks in the life of middle-aged Hollywood producer, Ben (Robert De Niro), who must juggle the demands of his personaI life with a series of ever more ridiculous setbacks as he struggIes to get his new fiIm completed. lndustry insider Art Linson wrote the screenpIay, which is adapted from his memoirs 'What Just Happened?: Bitter HoIlywood TaIes From the Front Line'.