Whiplash 2013 TV-14 18 m IMDb RATING 7.8 /10 5.7K YOUR RATING Rate Short Drama Music A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student. Even Sam Raimi's cult classic The Evil Dead started out as a 1978 low-budget 32-minute film, Within 7he Woods, starring Bruce Campbell, that influenced the full feature. Supporting actor and jazz drummer Nate Lang, who plays Teller's rival Carl in the film, trained Teller in the specifics of jazz drumming; this included changing his grip from "matched" to "traditional". Other credits include Yahoo's THE FUZZ and HBO's FUNNY OR DIE PRESENTS. More With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Boyhood garnered 47% of the total vote, and Birdman 46%, giving the Linklater epic the tiniest of edges. Michel Litvak (Producer) is a Belgian industrialist who founded the independent production and finance company Bold Films in 2004. American Sniper, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything each gathered a handful of votes from The Numbers readers, and Selma and Whiplash are given virtually no chance at all. Andrew crawls from the wreckage and runs to the theater, arriving just as the ensemble enters the stage. The overall box office champ, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, earned an average of $14,122, which is lower than anticipated, but still pretty good. Since graduating from AFI, Sharone has established himself as a distinctly unique cinematographer, shooting a remarkable variety of projects, including the award-winning indie drama MEAN CREEK, the dark and disturbing LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, the sports drama COACH CARTER and the period musical DARK STREETS. Impressed, Fletcher nods in approval before cueing the finale. Blumhouse executive produced 'The River' for ABC, 'Stranded' for SyFy, 'The Normal Heart' directed by Ryan Murphy for HBO and 'Eye Candy' starring Victoria Justice for MTV. Whiplash Original Short Film Cheesy Buzz 1.33K subscribers 21K views 5 months ago #Whiplash Please support the channel for as little as $1 Monthly: https://bit.ly/3WpBMjj One Time:. ", "'WHIPLASH' will have audiences cheering and begging for an encore. In television, Blumhouse has a first-look deal with Lionsgate and is working on both scripted and non-scripted projects. The evening of one-act comedies marked Mr. Allen's first time out as a director for the stage. Determined to impress Fletcher, Andrew intensifies his drum practicing. The film received multiple awards and nominations, winning Academy Awards for Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing, and also being nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Right of Way has a first-look deal with Indian Paintbrush with whom they made the Duplass Brothers' film JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME and Reitman's previous feature, YOUNG ADULT. This includes Inherent Vice, which led the way for the second time in a row earning an average of $29,055 in five theaters. "A work of bravura filmmaking. More on that later. Jeanette Volturno Brill (Executive Producer) has more than 20 years of production experience working in the film, television and music video industries. She produced of the World Festival of Sacred Music documentaries, which were inspired and hosted by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. [16][15] Chazelle was involved in a serious car accident in the third week of shooting and was hospitalized with possible concussion, but he returned to set the next day to finish the film on time. He is originally from New Bedford, Massachusetts. He rents a car but arrives late and forgets his sticks at the rental office. He was most recently seen in Relativity's 21 And Over, Todd Phillips Project X, The Spectacular Now with Shailene Woodley and recently wrapped production on Get A Job opposite Bryan Cranston and Anna Kendrick, Two Night Stand with Analeigh Tipton and Kid Cudi and That Awkward Moment with Zac Efron and Michael B. Jordan. Tom Cross (Editor) is an editor of feature films, documentaries and television. Miles Teller (Andrew) had the distinct honor and privilege of making his feature screen debut opposite Nicole Kidman in the film based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play Rabbit Hole. For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. Nate Lang (Carl) is an actor, writer and musician based in Los Angeles. It also reached $1 million in the process, barely. In 2013, Blumhouse invited horror fans to experience The Purge: Fear the Night, a live-event inspired by the backstory to the feature film. The short won the short film jury prize at Sundance 2013 and independent finance company Bold Films, which also backed Nightcrawler, came on board to provide the full $3.2m budget for a Whiplash . Litvak continues to broaden and elevate the company's lineup by producing and financing feature projects NIGHTCRAWLER, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo, THE COUP starring Owen Wilson and Pierce Brosnan, and WHIPLASH from emerging writer-director Damien Chazelle. With 93% of the Best Picture vote going to Birdman and Boyhood, the remaining nominees were left to split the other 7% of the vote. A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student. It is the short film that the Oscar winning feature film is based on. Like with the Independent Spirit Awards, Birdman led the way this time earning four nominations from six categories, while Boyhood, The Imitation Game, and The Theory of Everything had three nods each. [17] For certain scenes, professional drummer Kyle Crane served as Teller's drum double. Yes. But Damien Chazelle didn't plan it that way. Like gunfire INT. Finally, P.K. The other big story about this years contest is just how much of a two-horse contest it really is. Even though Fletcher says very little to him that night, he ignites in Andrew a passion to achieve his goal. Melanie is a member of the Art Director's Guild. Meanwhile, Zero Motivation just missed the $10,000 club with $9,427 in one theater. It also reached its first major milestone over the weekend and will earn more in the future. After a disastrous performance, Andrew walks offstage humiliated but returns and cuts off Fletcher's introduction to the next piece by playing the intro to "Caravan", cueing the band himself. Andrew's family can barely recognize the stone-faced obsessive sitting at their dinner table. In early 2004, European industrial mogul Michel Litvak founded Bold Films along with Walters and hired him as President of the company. ", "Making of 'Whiplash': How a 20-Something Shot His Harrowing Script in Just 19 Days", "How Miles Teller learned to fake drum like a pro in 'Whiplash', "Talking animals with Zootopia's Creative Minds", "Listen to a Bonus Track from New Expanded "Whiplash" Soundtrack Album", "Weekend Report: 'Dumb' Sequel Takes First Ahead of 'Big Hero 6,' 'Interstellar', "Forecast: Bombs Away for 'Mortdecai,' 'Strange Magic', "J. K. Simmons on Playing a 'Real' Villain in, "Whiplash: Sundance 2014 first look review", "Best of 2014: Film Critic Top Ten Lists", "The 2014 Village Voice Film Critics' Poll", "Sundance 2014 winners: 'Whiplash' wins big", "Oscar surprise: 'Whiplash' deemed an adapted screenplay by Academy", "Academy & WGA At Odds Over 'Whiplash' Screenplay; Will It Hurt Oscar Chances? Pre-weekend projections had the film closer to $30 million, and with an $80 million price tag, and Brad Pitt starring, the film is really underperforming at this point. and they suggested making the short as a device to generate a budget for the feature, which obviously worked out great. Following several years of solo law practice, Walters commenced his film producing career in 2003, specializing in the financing of independent features. This winter, JK will start shooting NBC's new comedy "Growing Up Fisher" opposite Jenna Elfman. She went onto cast each installment of the series thereafter; as well as the Blum-produced upcoming film, Curve, directed by Iain Softley (Wings of the Dove, K-Pax). They also produced the feature version of the Sundance-winning short WHIPLASH, directed by Damien Chazelle, and will serve as executive producers on DEMOLITION, which Jean Marc Vallee will direct from the script by Bryan Sipe. Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles. Today we look at the two supporting actor categories, finishing with Best Supporting Actor. [27][28], Peter Debruge, in his review for Variety, said that the film "demolishes the cliches of the musical-prodigy genre, investing the traditionally polite stages and rehearsal studios of a topnotch conservatory with all the psychological intensity of a battlefield or sports arena. Heavily injured, he struggles to play "Caravan," and Fletcher halts the performance to dismiss him from the band. While at Bold, he oversaw the Golden Globe Best Picture Nominated RFK drama BOBBY; produced the Joe Dante directed suspense thriller THE HOLE 3D; the Toronto Film Festival Selection MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, starring Susan Sarandon and Anton Yelchin; and the 2010 apocalyptic thriller LEGION, starring Paul Bettany and Dennis Quaid which scored a 40MM domestic cume from Sony's Screen Gems. While Big Hero 6 wasn't the only new release on the Blu-ray sales chart this week, it might as well have been. Blumhouse also produced the phenomenally successful sequels Paranormal Activity 2, Paranormal Activity 3 and Paranormal Activity 4. Blum's model began with the original Paranormal Activity, which was made for $15,000, released by Paramount Pictures, and grossed close to $200 million worldwide, making it the most profitable film in the history of Hollywood. The vampire actioner won the day on Friday, but couldnt maintain its pace, with $8.7 million on Saturday, against Gone Girls $11.3 million. In 2011, Reiser created, executive-produced and starred in, "The Paul Reiser Show" which aired on NBC in the Spring of that year. The film was produced by Bold Films, Blumhouse Productions, and Right of Way Films. Like the Best Supporting Actress category, Best Supporting Actor isn't even close and one of the five nominees is absolutely running away with things. Soon after, Right of Way Films and Blumhouse Productions helped Chazelle turn 15 pages of the script into an 18-minute short film, also titled Whiplash. Blum's credits also include: The Tooth Fairy, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, The Reader, for which Kate Winslet won an Academy Award; Hysterical Blindness, starring Uma Thurman, which aired on HBO and garnered Thurman a Golden Globe Award; and Hamlet starring Ethan Hawke, Bill Murray, Sam Shepard and Kyle MacLachlan. Because of his single-mindedness toward music, Andrew's relationship with his family deteriorates, and he breaks up with his girlfriend, Nicole, to focus on his ambitions. He is currently in pre-production on MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN that he adapted from the novel by Chad Kultgen. The film was was nominated at the 2009 Gotham Independent Film Awards and was released theatrically in 2010. In December 2015, the score received a Grammy nomination, and the film was nominated for the NME Award for Best Film. After a sports injury sidelined him, he agreed to perform in a local theater production and it was there that he discovered a passion for acting. Cross then collaborated with director Damien Chazelle on the short film, WHIPLASH, which won the Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Ultimately, that's one of the decisions you, as a film's director, must make. Jason sent me both . The actual drummer was Bernie Dresel. Andrew even elicits a sharp word from his otherwise mild-mannered father. Also upcoming is Ryan Gosling's directorial debut LOST RIVER, starring Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Ben Mendelsohn, and Eva Mendes, which debuted at this year's Cannes Film Festival. He also co-stars in the upcoming Paramount Insurge feature, DESTINATION WEDDING. ", "In its feverish tempo, 'WHIPLASH' moves like a thriller as meticulously precise, and as thrillingly volatile, as the music it celebrates. He is currently filming EYE IN THE SKY with Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Barkhad Abdi, and Alan Rickman, directed by Gavin Hood in Cape Town, South Africa. The film follows the ambitious music student and jazz drummer Andrew Neiman (Teller), who is pushed to his limit by his abusive instructor Terence Fletcher (Simmons) at the fictitious Shaffer Conservatory in New York City. Currently, Melanie's work can be seen in The Purge starring Ethan Hawke, which opened number one at the box office. I enjoyed the editing too and find it very pleasant to watch. Whiplash is an excellent film, one of the best of 2014, but like all movies it has its shortcomings. are available through our research services. In 2012, he starred opposite Liam Hemsworth in LOVE AND HONOR, winning the lead role over Hollywood's most in-demand young actors. For the 2013 short film on which it was based, see, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, "Sundance 2014: Sony grabs international rights to 'Whiplash', "Sundance: Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Nabs International Rights To Fest Opener 'Whiplash', "Sundance Film Festival 2014 opens with the premiere of 'Whiplash,' Damien Chazelle's tale of a brutal drumming instructor and his protege", "Whiplash maestro Damien Chazelle on drumming, directing, and J. K. Simmons", "Two takes on Whiplash show that J.K. Simmons is scary in small doses, too", "2013 Sundance Film Festival Announces Jury Awards in Short Filmmaking", "Cannes: Bold, Blumhouse, Right Of Way Strike Up Band For Feature Version Of Sundance Short, "Tuesday, Sept. 24 Filming Locations for The Heirs, Undrafted, Dumb & Dumber To, Focus, Shelter, & more! Nate performs regularly at the UCB Theatre. [36], The film received the top audience and grand jury awards in the U.S. dramatic competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival;[40] Chazelle's short film of the same name took home the jury award in the U.S. fiction category one year prior. It depicts the relationship between an impassioned and gifted jazz drummer ( Johnny Simmons) and an abusive bandleader ( J. K. Simmons ). The Theory of Everything expanded again, but still remained in the $10,000 club with an average of $10,798 in 141 theaters. Sony Pictures acquired distribution rights for most of the world, releasing the film under its Sony Pictures Classics and Stage 6 Films banners for its North American and international releases, respectively. Growing up in Connecticut, STOWELL was a competitive athlete. 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