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Meanwhile, Zero Motivation just missed the $10,000 club with $9,427 in one theater. The Writers Guild of America nominations were latest to be announced, but were there any real surprises? Andrew invites Nicole to the performance but finds out she is in a new relationship. For instance, Birdman didn't lead the way. At BOLD, Lancaster oversaw the cult sensation DRIVE, starring Ryan Gosling and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (Best Director award at Cannes), which was released by FILMDISTRICT and grossed over $80 million worldwide. Compare this performance with other movies. 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. At this point, the film has already earned some measure of mainstream success, while it still has room to grow. On the way to the next competition, Andrew's bus breaks down. Simmons' portrayal of Fletcher won him the Academy, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for Best Supporting Actor. In addition to editing the feature version of WHIPLASH, Cross recently cut the feature film TIME LAPSE for director Bradley King. Blumhouse's Los Angeles-based movie production team used its expertise in horror film production, storytelling, and movie set design to transform the Variety Arts Theater into a fully-immersive and chillingly intense Halloween attraction. [3], In August 2013, Miles Teller signed on to star in the role originated by Johnny Simmons; J. K. Simmons remained attached to his original role. Ultimately, that's one of the decisions you, as a film's director, must make. And. He also played Vern Schillinger on HBO's acclaimed drama "Oz," and had a recurring role as Dr. Emil Skoda on NBC's "Law & Order." Unfortunately, two of these films will likely not do well in theaters. Jason Reitman and Blumhouse are producing. In late 2012, Chazelle directed a short film based on part of his feature screenplay Whiplash. Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue It is the short film that the Oscar winning feature film is based on. Growing up in Connecticut, STOWELL was a competitive athlete. Recent features include the award winning DRIVE starring Gosling and directed by Nicolas Refn, ONLY GOD FORGIVES starring Gosling and Kristin Scott Thomas; and EVIDENCE starring Stephen Moyer, Radha Mitchell, Torrey DeVitto and Caitlin Stasey. Chazelle said that between takes, Simmons was "as sweet as can be", which he credits for keeping "the shoot from being nightmarish". Munchausen made waves upon release in large part due to Aster's impressive direction. [23] After three months on release it had earned $7 million, and finally expanded nationwide to 1000 locations to capitalize on receiving five Academy Awards nominations. 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. She's Beautiful When She's Angry just managed to earn a spot in the $10,000 club with $10,505 in one theater. Paul Reiser and his family currently reside in Los Angeles. Taylor has been married for 18 years to Gregg Taylor, the Head of Development for Dreamworks Animation. His pal got the lead and Miles was cast as 'Willard,' the best friend. Foxcatcher was the latest Oscar-hopeful to top the per theater chart earning an average of $45,146 in six theaters. WHIPLASH: A Story of Anger and Ambition - Film Inquiry Blum began his career as the producing director of the Malaparte theater company, which was founded by Ethan Hawke. [17] For certain scenes, professional drummer Kyle Crane served as Teller's drum double. Its success led to Bold Films financing and producing the feature length film and Taylor once again teamed up with Blum, Jason Reitman (Executive Producer) and Chazelle to cast the movie. [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. Reitman made his feature film debut with the 2006 hit Thank You For Smoking. On the small screen Simmons played LAPD Assistant Chief Will Pope in TNT's hit series "The Closer." Today we look at the two writing categories, ending with Best Adapted Screenplay. This winter, JK will start shooting NBC's new comedy "Growing Up Fisher" opposite Jenna Elfman. Next, he edited THE SPACE BETWEEN and ANY DAY NOW for director Travis Fine. 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. A teacher who is very ecigeant and maybe the nostalgy of a student who have huge opportunity and the pressure about that. Since Tanner cannot play without the sheets, Andrew replaces him for the next set. A muscular and accomplished work of kinetic cinema built around two tremendous acting performances. By way of comparison, Gone Girl opened with $37.5 million three weeks ago. This isn't at the same level as Frozen opened with, but it is already the second best selling DVD in 2015. Benoist got her start in the independent film Tennessee. Sharone has also photographed commercials all around the world and enjoyed shooting music videos for such diverse artists as Joe Cocker, Pink, Nas and The All-American Rejects. In addition to executive producing the feature length film, Samuelson produced the short film Whiplash that won the US Jury Award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. 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. He is also producing and financing THE BLACK BOX, a 13-episode drama scheduled to air on the ABC Television Network, and DOMINION, a TV series for the SyFy Channel. [15] The film was shot in 20 days, with a schedule of 14 hours of filming per day. With a dedication to making commercial films with artistic vision, Litvak has diversified the company's slate by developing films in a wide variety of genres that include dramas, thrillers, sci-fi and independent festival favorites. In early 2004, European industrial mogul Michel Litvak founded Bold Films along with Walters and hired him as President of the company. In 2003 Reiser made his theatrical debut in Woody Allen's "Writer's Block." "[35], The film appeared on many critics end-of-year lists. Nominees in Bold are the ones predicted to win by our readers. 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". Post-production. ", "Provocative and emotionally intense. March 15, 2021 | Indie Film Hustle Whiplash is a 2013 drama short film written and directed by Academy Award winning director Damien Chazelle. Feature Films That Began As Shorts: Watch The Original 'Whiplash' And The Ultimate Film Budgeting Guide [FREE Film Budget Template] The film was produced by Bold Films, Blumhouse Productions, and Right of Way Films. Michel Litvak (Producer) is a Belgian industrialist who founded the independent production and finance company Bold Films in 2004. Currently, Melanie's work can be seen in The Purge starring Ethan Hawke, which opened number one at the box office. A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student. There were some surprises, as well as some results that would have been surprises had it not been for the previous Awards Season nominations. Lancaster also returned to Broadway this season with the multiple Tony award winning musical production of The Bridges of Madison County, after previously producing the Pulitzer Prize winning, 'night, Mother, both with (long time colleague) Marsha Norman. Whiplash (2013 film) - Wikipedia Besides those two films, there are not a lot of surprises here and the usual contenders are present, including Boyhood and The Imitation Game, but there are also some other notable films missing. 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. Whiplash premiered in competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 16, 2014, as the festival's opening film; it won the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize for drama. 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! Walters was born in New York, the son of legendary music agent, Norby Walters. Then a third and a fourth. His work also encompasses television where he has created the quirky and stylized pilots for "Suburgatory" and "Raising Hope" plus the gritty dramas "Men of a Certain Age" and "Medical Investigation". 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). Damien Chazelle never wanted to make a short. Couper Samuleson (Executive Producer) is the executive vice president of Blumhouse Productions, the low-budget production company behind original horror franchises like Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Purge. 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. The majority of films average about five pages, and a low-budgets can plan to shoot as many as ten. For March 2015 THE COUP, which stars Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan, and Lake Bell will be released by The Weinstein Company. Taylor started her casting career as an assistant and then associate to reputed casting director Debra Zane. Andrew Neiman is a first-year student and jazz drummer at the prestigious Shaffer Conservatory in New York City, hoping one day to leave a legacy like that of his childhood idol, jazz drummer Buddy Rich. During his sophomore year he and his best friend auditioned for Footloose because "the Drama Club Counselor was really pretty." In December 2015, the score received a Grammy nomination, and the film was nominated for the NME Award for Best Film. Later she partnered with Zane, co-casting Seabiscuit and War of The Worlds. "[34] In The New Yorker, Richard Brody said,"Whiplash honors neither jazz nor cinema. The short caught the attention of critics and audiences when it premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and went on to win Best U.S. Short Film. Andrews passion to achieve perfection quickly spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher continues to push him to the brink of both his abilityand his sanity. In 2011, Reiser created, executive-produced and starred in, "The Paul Reiser Show" which aired on NBC in the Spring of that year. The 18-minute short debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013 to considerable acclaim and after Chazelle secured his $3.3 million (2.2 million) budget, his feature-length Whiplash. Bold recently expanded into television with two dramatic series in summer 2014 with Syfy's DOMINION, based on Bold's feature film, LEGION and ABC Television Network's BLACK BOX, the 13-episode drama starring Keilly Reilly and Vanessa Redgrave. He is originally from New Bedford, Massachusetts. [20] The soundtrack consists of 24 tracks divided in three different parts: original jazz pieces written for the film, original underscore parts written for the film, and classic jazz standards written by Stan Getz, Duke Ellington, and other musicians. Whiplash: Cracking the whip | Features | Screen As revenge, Fletcher leads the band into a song Andrew does not know and does not have the sheet music to. Jason Reitman (Executive Producer) premiered his first short film, Operation, at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998. A journey that can be seen alternately as a descent into madness or an ascent to greatness comes to a crescendo on the biggest platform for Andrew's talents the unforgiving stage of Carnegie Hall. 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. 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. [31], Amber Wilkinson of The Daily Telegraph praised the direction and editing, writing: "Chazelle's film has a sharp and gripping rhythm, with shots beautifully edited by Tom Cross often cutting to the crash of Andrew's drums. The $10,000 club was crowded this weekend with six films earning per theater averages of more than $10,000. As for the actual nominations, like with the Independent Spirit Awards and the SAG nominations, Birdman led the way. It earned seven nominations, while Boyhood and The Imitation Game tied for second with five apiece. The Warner Brothers film was both critically acclaimed and widely received at the box office. Like gunfire INT. This article is about the 2014 feature film. 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. His introduction to Hollywood came as 'Jesse' on SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER. Since Whiplash debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, . 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. As an associate, she helped cast Catch Me If You Can, Traffic, Road To Perdition, Galaxy Quest and The Legend of Baggar Vance, to name a few. The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits. The company's most recent film Insidious: Chapter 2 from FilmDistrict, grossed over $40 million on its opening weekend of September 13th with just a $5m budget. Leading the way with three wins was Boyhood, while Birdman and The Theory of Everything each picked up a pair of wins. For the third weekend in a row, Birdman led the per theater chart. The feature film was done on a very small (for a Hollywood movie) budget of about $3.3 million. The Oscar ceremony is tonight and we will be live-blogging the winners assuming I don't get bored and wander away. But at the band's next competition, in an act of either serendipity or sabotage, the core drummer's sheet music is misplaced. Yes. As the piece finishes, Andrew continues into an extended, unexpected solo. He most recently finished shooting the independent film WHIPLASH opposite Miles Teller and JK Simmons. Since each film is so different, we can't give you exact percentages of where your funding should go, or how much each category needs. Not only did it crush the competition for the week, it is already the best selling Blu-ray of 2015 by a massive margin. It has gone on to be. Terri Taylor (Casting Director) has worked on over 40 feature films over the course of her almost 20-year career in casting. [41], Whiplash was originally planned to compete for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, but on January 6, 2015, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced that the film would instead be competing in the Adapted Screenplay category[42] to the surprise of many including Chazelle,[43] due to the short film premiering at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival (one year before the feature film's release), even though the feature film's script was written first and the short was made to attract investors into producing the feature-length film. The Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced Wednesday morning. After what he thought was a disastrous audition, Miles was thrilled that NYU did accept him. 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. It sold 1.99 million units generating $37.59 million in the process. What is the Spanish language plot outline for Whiplash (2013)? "Nice weatherwe play baseball all year round.". Richard Linklater is favorite to win Best Director, perhaps in part because hes more due for the award than Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Melissa Benoist (Nicole) just wrapped production on the feature Imagine, opposite Al Pacino, Jennifer Garner, Christopher Plummer and Annette Bening for director Dan Fogelman. [16], Having taught himself to play drums at age 15, Teller performed much of the drumming seen in the film. "[30] Whiplash also won the 87th Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing and the 87th Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Aspiring directors use this medium to create a proof of concept on a small budget that can go on to w 8th Matthew Jacobs and Christopher Rosen. Jeanette Volturno Brill (Executive Producer) has more than 20 years of production experience working in the film, television and music video industries. More on that later. In 2011, Reitman reteamed with Diablo Cody for the critically acclaimed Young Adult, starring Charlize Theron and Patton Oswalt. As for the Independent Spirit Awards nominations, Birdman led the way with 6 nods, while Boyhood, Nightcrawler, and Selma were right behind with 5 each. His monologue was impressive enough to represent his district at the state event. More Fury will top the box office chart this weekend with a solid, but unspectacular, $23.5 million, according to Sonys Sunday morning estimate. Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead is a horror film, which is one strike against it, while it is also playing on Video on Demand. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. 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. Walters served as Executive Producer on BLACK BOX. Melanie is a member of the Art Director's Guild. The movie garnered much attention and praise for its ensemble cast of Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johanson, Jessica Beal and Toni Collette. In fact, it was a comedy, The Grand Budapest Hotel, that earned the most nominations at 11. Nate performs regularly at the UCB Theatre. Astounding. In fact, this week it was the only one in the $10,000 club earning an average of $10,348 in 231 screens. Over a drink, Fletcher admits his teaching methods were harsh but argues they were necessary to motivate his students to become successful, citing Charlie Parker's rise to fame as an example. That catalyst led him to attend both the Bezalel Academy of Arts in Jerusalem and the prestigious Sam Spiegel School of Film and Television, where he received numerous scholarships and cinematography awards. 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. He began his career as an assistant in CAA's motion picture department. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey. He composed the songs and score for Damien Chazelle's 2010 film musical GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH. Whiplash Short Film Damien Chazelle changes course. This brings us back to the last section, you need to decide what . 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. Damien Chazelle had written the Whiplash screenplay well before he even considered making it a short film. Andrew's family can barely recognize the stone-faced obsessive sitting at their dinner table. Blumhouse's The Purge, its first production under its first-look deal with Universal Pictures, opened to more than $34 million on its opening weekend of June 7th, with a budget of just $3 million. Overall the film was ranked in 5th place for the year by Metacritic. 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. 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. Blumhouse also produced the phenomenally successful sequels Paranormal Activity 2, Paranormal Activity 3 and Paranormal Activity 4. As noted, though, favorite is strong, given the closeness of this category, with Linklater getting 55% of the votes and Inarritu taking a 46% share. Then a second hit. He then entered the independent film world as an Assistant Editor on such films as Ang Lee's Civil War drama RIDE WITH THE DEVIL and Rob Schmidt's horror film WRONG TURN, before becoming the Additional Editor on James Gray's WE OWN THE NIGHT and TWO LOVERS. [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. Andrew's maniacal effort to achieve perfection is further fueled by Fletcher's psychological brinksmanship. 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. Marketing and promotion. I want to see a monster, a gargoyle, an animal." In 2014, he wrote and directed his second feature film Whiplash, based on his award-winning short film Whiplash (2013). The film received widespread critical acclaim for its screenplay, direction, film editing, sound mixing, and Teller's and Simmons' performances, and grossed $49 million on a $3.3 million budget, making it Chazelle's highest grossing feature until the release of La La Land (2016). Litvak recently wrapped production on HOW TO CATCH A MONSTER, his third production with Academy Award-nominated actor Ryan Gosling. Other credits include Yahoo's THE FUZZ and HBO's FUNNY OR DIE PRESENTS. Reiser is also remembered for notable performances in films such as "Diner," "Bye, Bye Love," "The Marrying Man," "Aliens," "One Night at McCool's" and "Beverly Hills Cop" ("I" and "II"). In 2012, he starred opposite Liam Hemsworth in LOVE AND HONOR, winning the lead role over Hollywood's most in-demand young actors. Other Executive Producing credits at Bold include the Sony release, LEGION starring Paul Bettany; THE HOLE 3D from visionary director Joe Dante; 2008 Toronto Film Festival Official Selection MIDDLE OF NOWHERE starring Susan Sarandon and Anton Yelchin; MINI'S FIRST TIME starring Nikki Reed, Alec Baldwin, Luke Wilson, Carrie Anne Moss & Jeff Goldblum; 2006 Sundance Dramatic Competition Selection COME EARLY MORNING starring Ashley Judd; director Olatunde Osunsanmi's found footage thriller EVIDENCE starring Stephen Moyer and Radha Mitchell; and Nicolas Winding Refn's ONLY GOD FORGIVES starring Ryan Gosling and Kristin Scott Thomas.