The film featured Simmons as the jazz band conductor still, but it had Johnny Simmons . Enraged, Andrew attacks Fletcher onstage but is pulled away by security and expelled from Shaffer. Birdman picked up the biggest prize, but there were six different winners in the six categories. His upcoming slate of feature films includes Sundance 2014 Audience and Dramatic Jury Award winner WHIPLASH, directed by Damien Chazelle starring Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons, which appeared in the Director's Fortnight at this year's Cannes Film Festival and will be released by Sony Pictures Classics as well as NIGHTCRAWLER, written and directed by Dan Gilroy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo, and set for release by Open Road, both in theaters this fall. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 not only earned first place on the overall box office, but it also led the way on the per theater chart with an average of $29,366. Blumhouse's upcoming micro-budget wide releases include Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones for Paramount; Jessabelle for Lionsgate; and Stretch for Universal. 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. The actual drummer was Bernie Dresel. The other contender is the Criterion Collection release for Watership Down (Blu-ray). Mr. Turner was the best of the new limited releases earning an average of $21,728 in five theaters. Prior to that, he worked at the production company 2929, where he co-produced two films that were nominated for Cannes' Palme d'Or, We Own The Night and Two Lovers. I want to see a monster, a gargoyle, an animal." Blumhouse's franchises include James Wan's Insidious which had a budget of $1.5m and grossed close to $100m worldwide and Sinister, directed and co-written by Scott Derrickson and starring Ethan Hawke for Lionsgate/Summit which has grossed over $87 million worldwide on a $3 million budget. Next, he edited THE SPACE BETWEEN and ANY DAY NOW for director Travis Fine. [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. (Editor). Andrew even elicits a sharp word from his otherwise mild-mannered father. Today we look at the biggest prize, Best Picture. The predicted Best Picture winner is, in fact, a statistical dead heat. Not only did it crush the competition for the week, it is already the best selling Blu-ray of 2015 by a massive margin. [2] Critical response [ edit] Director Damien Chazelle at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Taylor started her casting career as an assistant and then associate to reputed casting director Debra Zane. The Grand Budapest Hotel took home five awards, while Boyhood, The Theory of Everything, and Whiplash earned three each. Terence Fletcher, the conductor of the Shaffer Conservatory Studio Band, recruits him to play in the Studio ensemble as an alternate for core drummer Carl Tanner. Jeanette Volturno Brill (Executive Producer) has more than 20 years of production experience working in the film, television and music video industries. 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! And. She has worked with Academy Award winning directors, such as: Steven Spielberg, Mike Nichols, Sam Mendes and Steven Soderbergh; as well as acclaimed up-and-comers, like: Craig Brewer, Sasha Gervasi and most recently, Whiplash director, Damien Chazelle. October 24, 2016 Before Whiplash was an Oscar winner, it was a short film. STOWELL broke onto the movie scene in 2011 with a compelling performance in DOLPHIN TALE, opposite Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick Jr. and Ashley Judd. In 2003 Reiser made his theatrical debut in Woody Allen's "Writer's Block." Was originally planned to be a feature film but the writer/director could not get funding for it so he made this short film and submitted it to the Sundance film festival. He next directed Juno in 2007 for which he earned his first Oscar nomination, followed by Up in the Air in 2009, which was recognized with six Academy Award nominations and earned Reitman a Golden Globe and the WGA Award for Best Screenplay. It has gone on to be. "[35], The film appeared on many critics end-of-year lists. Andrew quickly discovers that Fletcher is relentlessly strict, emotionally manipulative, and abusive to his students; he slaps and berates Andrew when he fails to keep tempo during the ensemble's rehearsal of Hank Levy's titular piece, "Whiplash.". Jason Blum (Producer) is the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, a multi-media production company that has pioneered a new model of studio filmmaking producing high-quality micro-budget films for wide release. Onstage at JVC, before the first piece, Fletcher reveals that he knows Andrew testified against him. The site's critical consensus states, "Intense, inspiring, and well-acted, Whiplash is a brilliant sophomore effort from director Damien Chazelle and a riveting vehicle for stars J. K. Simmons and Miles Teller. [11] The feature-length film was financed for $3.3 million by Bold Films. More on that later. These great short films, and many others would NOT have fit into the viral mold. This isn't at the same level as Frozen opened with, but it is already the second best selling DVD in 2015. The Screen Actors Guild winners were announced Sunday and there were some surprises, mostly in the negative. There were a trio of new limited releases topping the per theater chart, led by St. Vincent with an average of $27,470 in four theaters. While attending Princeton High School, writer-director Damien Chazelle was in the "very competitive" Studio Band and drew on the dread he felt in those years. With a full slate of films and television to be released in the next 9 months, David Lancaster launched RUMBLE FILMS in June of 2014 after serving as co-president of Bold Films from 2006 through March 2014. Walters is also a member in good standing with the California Bar Association. Impressed, Fletcher nods in approval before cueing the finale. Melissa Benoist (Nicole) just wrapped production on the feature Imagine, opposite Al Pacino, Jennifer Garner, Christopher Plummer and Annette Bening for director Dan Fogelman. Other films include the 2008 Toronto Film Festival Official Selection MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, with Susan Sarandon and Anton Yelchin, the sci-fi thriller STARSHIP TROOPERS 3, the acclaimed drama COME EARLY MORNING, featuring the powerful performance of Ashley Judd, and the Official Selection of both the 2009 Toronto and Venice International Film Festivals THE HOLE from GREMLINS director Joe Dante that won the first ever Primo Persol Award in Venice. The nearer to perfection Andrew gets, the narrower his circle of intimates becomes until he is left only with Fletcher and even that relationship is jeopardized by the ferocity of Andrew's ambitions. After a successful performance of "Whiplash," Fletcher promotes Andrew to the core drummer. It depicts the relationship between an impassioned and gifted jazz drummer ( Johnny Simmons) and an abusive bandleader ( J. K. Simmons ). There are two first-run releases that are contenders for Pick of the Week: Big Hero 6 (DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack) and Whiplash (DVD or Blu-ray). Since Whiplash debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, . They've ranged from big studio releases to surprise gems from the independent film world. After working on Wall Street as a financial consultant for Johnson & Higgins and serving as a corporate lawyer at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Walters moved to Los Angeles and entered show business via the entertainment law division of Loeb & Loeb. Birdman, Boyhood, The Imitation Game, and others continue to get accolades, but there are also some films that are being passed over too often. 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. 8th Matthew Jacobs and Christopher Rosen. Filming took place in September 2013 throughout Los Angeles in the course of 20 days. Still, shorts will most likely have a more manageable budget and production schedule, making them more accessible to filmmakers. Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Meanwhile, the nominees I want to win, but don't think will win, are Underlined. For instance, Birdman didn't lead the way. Suddenly, financing no longer was an issue for a feature; independent finance company Bold Films (which did Nightcrawler) stepped up with $3.3 million for the full-length film's budget. [6], Principal photography began in September 2013, with filming taking place throughout Los Angeles, including the Hotel Barclay, Palace Theater, and the Orpheum Theatre,[13][14] with a few exterior shots filmed in New York City to create the setting. Compare this performance with other movies. 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. Andrew subsequently abandons drumming. Like gunfire INT. The film explores concepts of perfectionism, dedication, and success and deconstructs the concept of ambition. [12] Early on, Chazelle gave J. K. Simmons direction that "I want you to take it past what you think the normal limit would be," telling him: "I don't want to see a human being on-screen any more. Leading the way with three wins was Boyhood, while Birdman and The Theory of Everything each picked up a pair of wins. Her diverse body of work includes commercials for companies like Disney, Toshiba, and Capital One as well as art directing for Annie Leibovitz's Vanity Fair magazine photoshoots, featuring Hollywood's biggest and brightest stars. STOWELL was most recently seen in Steven Soderbergh's BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, the award-winning HBO film based on the life of celebrated pianist Liberace, played by Michael Douglas. [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. They have two children and live in Los Angeles. As a result he was recruited to attend a six-week performing arts class in New York City at the New York School for Film and TV. Taylor has been married for 18 years to Gregg Taylor, the Head of Development for Dreamworks Animation. 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. After weeks of intense debate among our voters, we have a virtual tie in the biggest categories of all: Best Picture and Best Director. Plus, predictable probably means the Awards Season voters are making the right choices, as surprises usually mean someone made the wrong choice. opened with an average of $13,108 in 272 theaters. Damien Chazelle made his directorial debut with the musical Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009). Since that time, Walters has played a vital role in the growth and success of the company, establishing Bold Films/Sierra Affinity partnership and redefining the direction of company's slate, placing a firm focus on studio caliber features with top tier filmmakers and A-List talent. Whiplash is a 2013 American drama short film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. More We have a rather long list of limited releases this week, but sadly only three of them are earning overwhelmingly positive reviews. For a family film, it is hard to comprehend. Lancaster has been involved in the development, finance, production and distribution of over 35 motion pictures and several major stage plays and television series since his start in the entertainment business in the early 1980s. He currently is a member of the Academy, is on the Sundance Institute's Director's Advisory Group and serves on the Board of Directors of the New Group Theater in New York City. In a MovieMaker Magazine post, we learn the script received a fair amount of buzz, and the feedback was generally pretty positive.. Last year, Taylor cast the critically acclaimed Hitchcock, directed by Sasha Gervasi. It has already earned some measure of mainstream success and with room to grow, it will stay in theaters for a while. A drumstick against a drum head. [6] Chazelle said he wrote the film "initially in frustration" while trying to get his musical La La Land off the ground. For one, the relationship between Andrew and his father was introduced early on in the film but was never really developed or resolved. Ari Aster Short Films Munchausen, The Johnsons Explained In 2013, Ari Aster released Munchausen, a short film about the proxy disorder of the same name in which a caregiver torments people in their care. Whiplash (2014) Summary News Box Office International Video Sales Full Financials Cast & Crew Trailer Synopsis Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. ", "'WHIPLASH' will have audiences cheering and begging for an encore. Song of the Sea was next with $17,967 in one theater. For Halloween 2012, Blumhouse built The Blumhouse of Horrors, an innovative and frightening haunted house experience in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue The Golden Globes winners were announced Sunday night and while there were not a lot of surprises, there are some things worth talking about. Walters continues his role serves as Executive Producer on all of Bold's pictures, including current feature films WHIPLASH, the Sundance 2014 Audience and Drama Jury Awards winner which will be released on October 10, 2014 by Sony Pictures Classics; NIGHTCRAWLER, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo, which will be released by Open Road Films on October 17; THE COUP, starring Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan and Lake Bell which will be released by THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY on March 16, 2015; and LOST RIVER, Bold's third production with Ryan Gosling which marks his debut as writer and director and stars Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Ben Mendelsohn and Eva Mendes. During his sophomore year he and his best friend auditioned for Footloose because "the Drama Club Counselor was really pretty." On the other hand, predictable means less work for me. In 2014, he co-stars in film projects including WHIPLASH opposite Miles Teller; BEHAVING BADLY opposite Selena Gomez; and DOLPHIN TALE 2, the sequel to Warner Bros' 2011 hit film. It is rare that we get to talk about a Bollywood film in the $10,000 club. Is the Oscar picture beginning to take shape? The evening of one-act comedies marked Mr. Allen's first time out as a director for the stage. 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. Her most recent project as production designer was for the feature film Lazarus, directed by David Gelb (Jiro Dreams of Sushi) starring Mark Duplass and Olivia Wilde. Born and raised in New York City, Reiser attended the State University of New York at Binghamton where he majored in Music Piano and Composition. Last year he filmed the Steve Jobs biopic, Jobs, as well as Jason Reitman's upcoming film, Labor Day. We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. Nate performs regularly at the UCB Theatre. Marketing and promotion. 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. Jason Reitman (Executive Producer) premiered his first short film, Operation, at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998. theaters, 9.6 weeks average run per theater, Sound Re-recording Mixer / Supervising Sound Editor. The Warner Brothers film was both critically acclaimed and widely received at the box office. He most recently finished shooting the independent film WHIPLASH opposite Miles Teller and JK Simmons. [2], On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film scored 94% based on 303 reviews, with an average rating of 8.60/10. For her effort, Taylor was nominated for Casting Society of America's ARTIOS Award. March 2, 2015 6:22pm. A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student. Granted, Birdman and The Theory of Everything were tied for second place with ten each, but it is still strange to see a comedy leading the way. "[26] Simmons received wide praise for his performance and won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. [9] The 18-minute short film received acclaim after debuting at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, winning the short film Jury Award for fiction,[10] which attracted investors to produce the complete version of the script. And. 2005 saw the release of, "The Thing About My Folks," Reiser's first original screenplay in which he starred alongside Oscar-winning actors Peter Falk and Olympia Dukakis. [7], Right of Way Films and Blumhouse Productions helped Chazelle turn 15 pages of his original screenplay into a short film starring Johnny Simmons as Neiman and J. K. Simmons (no relation)[8] as Fletcher. She produced of the World Festival of Sacred Music documentaries, which were inspired and hosted by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. However, it was a Wednesday release and it earned $13,145 over five days. He began his career as an assistant in CAA's motion picture department. Earlier films include Universal's 'NIGHT, MOTHER, starring Sissy Spacek and Anned Bancroft, Sony's A LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG starring John Travolta and Scarlett Johansson, and PERSONS UNKNOWN, directed by George Hickenlooper and starring Naomi Watts, Kelly Lynch and Joe Mantegna. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. For the third weekend in a row, Birdman led the per theater chart. The final film in the $10,000 club was Awake: The Life of Yogananda with an opening of $18,885 in one theater. J.K. Simmons (Fletcher) has appeared in diverse projects spanning motion pictures, television and the stage on and off Broadway. But Damien Chazelle didn't plan it that way. Then a third and a fourth. and they suggested making the short as a device to generate a budget for the feature, which obviously worked out great. [43], At the 87th Academy Awards, J. K. Simmons received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance, Tom Cross won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing. Also this year, Reiser can be seen in two highly anticipated Sundance Film Festival contenders; "Life After Beth," a horror-comedy starring Aubrey Plaza and Oscar-nominees Anna Kendrick and John C. Reilly; and "Whiplash," based on a 2013 Sundance-winning short film of the same name starring JK Simmons and Sundance Festival favorite Miles Teller. More Once more, entrants in The Numbers Predict the Academy Awards Contest did an impressive job of predicting winners, in spite of a volatile Awards Season. Andrew crawls from the wreckage and runs to the theater, arriving just as the ensemble enters the stage. In general, the more days of filming the more your film will cost however, a larger budget will attract more experienced crew and arguably the more professional your film will look. Foxcatcher was the latest Oscar-hopeful to top the per theater chart earning an average of $45,146 in six theaters. Television projects include the 13-episode television drama THE BLACK BOX for the ABC Television Network, which just aired its season finale, and Syfy's new series DOMINION based on Bold's feature film LEGION. For March 2015 THE COUP, which stars Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan, and Lake Bell will be released by The Weinstein Company. "[33] Henry Barnes of The Guardian gave the film a positive review, calling it a rare film "about music that professes its love for the music and its characters equally. Best Director is a clearer contest, but still close, and still a bout between Boyhood and Birdman. 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). The short film received acclaim after debuting at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, which attracted investors to produce the complete version of the script. After a grueling five-hour practice session with Tanner and Connolly on "Caravan," Andrew earns back the core position. His pal got the lead and Miles was cast as 'Willard,' the best friend. Whiplash is a 2014 American independent psychological drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle, and starring Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Paul Reiser and Melissa Benoist. 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. On the small screen Simmons played LAPD Assistant Chief Will Pope in TNT's hit series "The Closer." This could be a really dull Awards Season with very few surprises. After their first set at a jazz competition, Andrew misplaces Tanner's sheet music. The Golden Globes nominations were announced this morning, at three in the morning, because the people at Golden Globes are under the delusion that news announced at 3:00 a.m. is somehow more important if it is announced before anyone is awake. Walters was born in New York, the son of legendary music agent, Norby Walters. Whiplash - Short Film by Damien Chazelle (HD/Blu-Ray) dvdextras 1.09K subscribers Subscribe 8.3K Save 239K views 2 years ago Notice Age-restricted video (based on Community Guidelines) Almost. The Producers Guild of America nominations were announced and there's not a lot of surprises among the three categories. It also reached its first major milestone over the weekend and will earn more in the future. 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 . At his father's request, Andrew meets a lawyer representing the parents of Sean Casey, a former student of Fletcher's. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com. In addition to his academic achievements, Walters also has the rare distinction of being a winner on JEOPARDY.