What Happened Was...
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Tom Noonan
Karen Sillas
Tom Noonan
Nico Accardi
Felix Andrew
Steve Apicella
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Two people, one apartment, and a single Friday night in this examination of amorous rituals in an age of dating anxiety.
Director
Tom Noonan
Crew
Nico Accardi
Felix Andrew
Steve Apicella
Richard Arrley
Charles Atlas
Jeff Beer
Rick Bradley
Anthony Bregman
Eric Cahan
Lajuan Carter
Mara Catalan
Paul Clay
Michael J Cohen
Joe Desalvo
David Doernberg
Patrick Donovan
Sean M Donovan
Peter Dorgen
Tony Faulkner
John Flansburgh
Joe Foley
Jeanne L Gilliland
Robin Goldwasser
Martha Griffin
Steve Gross
Gatis Gudets
Ted Hope
Joyce Hsieh
Neil Jason
Barry Josephson
Zsolt Kadar
Andra Kanegson
Mike Lavery
Sarah Lavery
Maddy Lederman
Constance Lemasson
Robert Lewis
Barbara Lipski
Scott Macaulay
Dan Macquire
Caitlin Maloney
Pam Martin
Scootrer Mccrae
Allan R Mckinnon
Ross Miller
Kathryn Nixon
Kathryn Nixon
Kathryn Nixon
Tom Noonan
Tom Noonan
Marco North
Heather Norton
Robin O'hara
Chris O'neal
Dan Ouelette
Chris Palarmo
Tom Paul
John Pirozzi
Nina Port
Nina Port
David Pultz
Bill Raymond
Sally Reed
Jack Reichert
Bill Rouady
Greg Ruzzin
Zbigniew Rybczynski
Johnny Santiago
Michael Satter
James Schamus
Lodovico Sorret
Gary Steele
Rick Stevenson
Ed Strosser
Arna Svingen
Joel Tischoff
Lesly Topping
Alexandra White
Scott Wyles
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Co-winner, along with Abbas Kiarostami's "Through the Olive Trees" (Iran/France/1994), of the Silver Hugo award at the 1994 Chicago International Film Festival.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival. Noonan also won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States Fall September 9, 1994
Released in United States January 1994
Released in United States March 24, 1994
Released in United States May 1994
Released in United States October 1994
Released in United States October 6, 1994
Released in United States on Video March 26, 1996
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 12-23, 1994.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (in competition) October 6-23, 1994.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 28 - May 12, 1994.
Feature directorial debut for actor Tom Noonan, the brother of playwright John Ford Noonan. "What Happened Was" was originally staged in New York City in 1992 by the Paradise Theater Company, a group Noonan and friends formed a decade earlier. The project was also workshopped at the Sundance Institute's 1992 writer's workshop.
Released in United States 1994 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 28 - May 12, 1994.)
Released in United States January 1994 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (in competition) in Park City, Utah January 20-30, 1994.)
Released in United States March 24, 1994 (Shown in New York City (Walter Reade) as part of series "Independents Night!" March 24, 1994.)
Released in United States on Video March 26, 1996
Released in United States May 1994 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 12-23, 1994.)
Released in United States Fall September 9, 1994
Released in United States October 1994 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (in competition) October 6-23, 1994.)
Released in United States October 6, 1994 (Los Angeles)
