What Happened Was...
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"What Happened Was..." is an acclaimed 1994 independent drama film written, directed by, and starring Tom Noonan, focusing on an awkward, revealing first date between two lonely office coworkers.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| What Happened Was... canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
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Sundance Film Festival Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | stage play What Happened Was... ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Tom Noonan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy |
Karen Sillas
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Tom Noonan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Joe DeSalvo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| dialogueStyle | dialogue-driven ⓘ |
| director | Tom Noonan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | The Samuel Goldwyn Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ellen Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFestivalScreening | Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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independent cinema ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jackie
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Michael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Vince Giordano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
awkward conversation
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first date ⓘ loneliness ⓘ office coworkers ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| primaryLocation | apartment ⓘ |
| producer | Tom Noonan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionType | low-budget independent production ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 91 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Tom Noonan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Karen Sillas
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Tom Noonan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional vulnerability
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isolation ⓘ power dynamics ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 1990s ⓘ |
| title | What Happened Was... NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visualStyle | minimalist ⓘ |
| writer | Tom Noonan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfAward | 1994 ⓘ |
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