What Happened Was
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| Directed by | Tom Noonan |
| Screenplay by | Tom Noonan |
| Based on | What Happened Was... by Tom Noonan |
| Produced by | Scott Macaulay Robin O'Hara |
| Starring | Karen Sillas Tom Noonan |
| Cinematography | Joe DeSalvo |
| Edited by | Richmond Arrley |
| Music by | Ludovico Sorret (Noonan's pseudonym) |
Production Template:Pluralize from text | Good Machine Genre Pictures |
| Distributed by | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Template:Pluralize from text | United States |
| Template:Pluralize from text | English |
| Box office | $22,973 (US/Canada) |
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What Happened Was... is a 1994 American independent film written for the screen, directed by and starring Tom Noonan.[1] It is an adaptation of Noonan's original stage play of the same name.[2]
Premise
The film depicts two people, played by Karen Sillas and Tom Noonan, on a first date; their conversation gradually reveals their lonely lives and hidden personalities.[3][4]
Reception
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On the Siskel & Ebert show, Gene Siskel gave the film a thumbs up, stating that "For what is really just one long night of conversation, the stakes and the tension couldn't be any higher if these were two characters having a more conventional action scene." Roger Ebert gave the film a thumbs down, calling it "Contrived" and stating that "There is a lot less here than meets the eye."[5] The film is a favorite of filmmaker Charlie Kaufman.[6]
It opened at the Angelika Film Center in Manhattan on September 9, 1994 and grossed $22,973 in its opening week.[7][8][9]
Year-end lists
- 10th – Todd Anthony, Miami New Times[10]
- Top 9 (not ranked) – Dan Webster, The Spokesman-Review[11]
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Jimmy Fowler, Dallas Observer[12]
- "The second 10" (not ranked) – Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune[13]
- Honorable mention – Howie Movshovitz, The Denver Post[14]
- Honorable mention – Jeff Simon, The Buffalo News[15]
Accolades
It won the Grand Jury Prize and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival.[16] Noonan was nominated for Best First Screenplay and Karen Sillas for Best Female Lead at the 10th Independent Spirit Awards.
Planned sequel
Noonan wrote a sequel, which he pitched to both Netflix and Amazon Prime, but it never came to fruition. Noonan and Sillas were to have reprised their roles, and the film would have also co-starred Louis C.K., Charlie Kaufman and Vin Diesel.[17]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Levy, Emanuel (January 28, 1994). "What Happened Was". Variety.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Klady, Leonard (September 12, 1994). "'Forrest' fires on". Daily Variety. p. 3.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Evans, Greg (September 13, 1994). "'Rapa' new; 'Eat Drink' not merry as exclus slow". Daily Variety. p. 3.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Domestic box office". Variety. September 19, 1994. p. 16.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Anthony, Todd (January 5, 1995). "Hits & Disses". Miami New Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Webster, Dan (January 1, 1995). "In Year of Disappointments, Some Movies Still Delivered". The Spokesman-Review (Spokane ed.). p. 2.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Zoller Seitz, Matt (January 12, 1995). "Personal best From a year full of startling and memorable movies, here are our favorites". Dallas Observer.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.P. Means, Sean (January 1, 1995). "'Pulp and Circumstance' After the Rise of Quentin Tarantino, Hollywood Would Never Be the Same". The Salt Lake Tribune (Final ed.). p. E1.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Movshovitz, Howie (December 25, 1994). "Memorable Movies of '94 Independents, fringes filled out a lean year". The Denver Post (Rockies ed.). p. E-1.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Simon, Jeff (January 1, 1995). "Movies: Once More, with Feeling". The Buffalo News. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."'What Happened Was,' 'Freedom on My Mind' Win Top Honors at Sundance Festival". AP NEWS. January 31, 1994. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kois, Dan (January 27, 2021). "Tom Noonan on What Happened Was … and the Sequel That Still Might be". Slate. Archived from the original on April 28, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
