After graduating with honors, Sharone moved to Los Angeles to continue his education at the American Film Institute (AFI). He has had guest starring roles on NBC's "Parks and Recreation," and a recurring role on TBS' new hit comedy "Men at Work. 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. Impressed, Fletcher nods in approval before cueing the finale. [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. Blumhouse's upcoming micro-budget wide releases include Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones for Paramount; Jessabelle for Lionsgate; and Stretch for Universal. 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. Seventeen films earned two or more nods, led by Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel, both of which picked up nine nominations, while The Imitation Game was right behind with eight. For instance, Birdman didn't lead the way. My Internet Provider decided it would be a good idea to do maintenance tonight, so I was without internet access for several hours. Like the intensely single-minded drummer Miles Teller plays in " Whiplash ," its writer-director, Damien . "[29] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter praised the performances of Teller and Simmons, writing: "Teller, who greatly impressed in last year's Sundance entry The Spectacular Now, does so again in a performance that is more often simmering than volatile Simmons has the great good fortune for a character actor to have here found a co-lead part he can really run with, which is what he excitingly does with a man who is profane, way out of bounds and, like many a good villain, utterly compelling. Not only did it crush the competition for the week, it is already the best selling Blu-ray of 2015 by a massive margin. Ultimately, that's one of the decisions you, as a film's director, must make. Reitman made his feature film debut with the 2006 hit Thank You For Smoking. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. The Oscar ceremony is tonight and we will be live-blogging the winners assuming I don't get bored and wander away. [15] The film was shot in 20 days, with a schedule of 14 hours of filming per day. Miles was born in Downingtown, Pennsylvania and during those formative years he developed a love of sports and has remained a die-hard Phillies and Eagles fan. 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. This means both will have 2014 as the year. are available through our research services. [21], On March 27, 2020, an expanded deluxe edition was released on double CD and 2-LP gatefold sleeve vinyl with new cover art, and featured original music by Justin Hurwitz, plus bonus track and remixes by Timo Garcia, Opiuo, Murray A. Lightburn and more. The teacher is clearly the main focus here with his behavior and the way he teach. [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 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). Following several years of solo law practice, Walters commenced his film producing career in 2003, specializing in the financing of independent features. Taylor has been married for 18 years to Gregg Taylor, the Head of Development for Dreamworks Animation. I hate ceremonies. Nate performs regularly at the UCB Theatre. 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. In 2013, Blumhouse invited horror fans to experience The Purge: Fear the Night, a live-event inspired by the backstory to the feature film. She guest starred on "Blue Bloods," "The Good Wife" and "Law & Order SVU" SVU before her arc on Showtime's critically acclaimed series "Homeland." Finally there's Whiplash, which could lead the way on the Per Theater Chart. His pal got the lead and Miles was cast as 'Willard,' the best friend. The film, which marks Gosling's debut as writer and director, stars Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Ben Mendelsohn and Eva Mendes. Whiplash Short Film Damien Chazelle changes course. After a successful performance of "Whiplash," Fletcher promotes Andrew to the core drummer. As revenge, Fletcher leads the band into a song Andrew does not know and does not have the sheet music to. Birdman picked up the biggest prize, but there were six different winners in the six categories. Damien Chazelle (Director, Writer) was born in 1985, and wrote and directed his first feature film, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, while an undergraduate at Harvard University. It also reached its first major milestone over the weekend and will earn more in the future. But Hollywood passed because many producers just had a hard time seeing Chazelle's vision. 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. [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. In addition to editing the feature version of WHIPLASH, Cross recently cut the feature film TIME LAPSE for director Bradley King. 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 Grand Budapest Hotel took home five awards, while Boyhood, The Theory of Everything, and Whiplash earned three each. 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. Since taking that post, she co-produced Dimension Films' Dark Skies in addition to Film District's upcoming Insidious: Chapter 2, among others. 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. It earned seven nominations, while Boyhood and The Imitation Game tied for second with five apiece. Marketing and promotion. Michel Litvak (Producer) is a Belgian industrialist who founded the independent production and finance company Bold Films in 2004. 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. The short film was a hit at Sundance in 2013, winning the Short Film Grand Jury prize and earning Chazelle the financing he needed to dive full-on into the abyss of obsession, abuse, and . [2], On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film scored 94% based on 303 reviews, with an average rating of 8.60/10. Foxcatcher earned an average of $19,764 in 24 theaters. Not ideal, but it is better to fix the mistake now than carry on making it. He is known for playing the character J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider Man trilogy. The actual drummer was Bernie Dresel. They've ranged from big studio releases to surprise gems from the independent film world. The best new release of the week was Wild with an average of $28,896 in 21 theaters. Like gunfire INT. J.K. Simmons (Fletcher) has appeared in diverse projects spanning motion pictures, television and the stage on and off Broadway. Second place went to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, with an average of $13,725 during its sophomore stint. Currently, Melanie's work can be seen in The Purge starring Ethan Hawke, which opened number one at the box office. 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.". This article is about the 2014 feature film. This is also a two-horse race, but one of the horses has a significant, but not insurmountable lead. 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. March 15, 2021 | Indie Film Hustle Whiplash is a 2013 drama short film written and directed by Academy Award winning director Damien Chazelle. A provocative, at times terrifying piece of filmmaking, you don't have to like it to recognize the quality of Damien Chazelle 's Oscar winning film, Whiplash: BLACK We hear a HIT. Initially angered, Fletcher resumes conducting. 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. Compare this performance with other movies. [9] Although the Writers Guild of America categorized the screenplay as original, AMPAS classed it as an adaptation of the 2013 short version. 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. Austin Stowell (Ryan) is one of the industry's most promising rising stars with an enviable slate of upcoming films. 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. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, 2014 - Awards Season: Golden Globes - Nominations, Per Theater Chart: Imitation Remains Real, 2014 - Awards Season: Independent Spirit Awards - Nominations, Per Theater Chart: Imitation Scores Game-Winning Goal, Per Theater Chart: Mockingjay Makes a Mockery of the Per Theater Chart, Per Theater Chart: None of the Competition could Catch Foxcatcher, Per Theater Chart: Birdman has the Skies to Himself, Weekend Estimates: Fury an Unspectacular First, Per Theater Chart: Whiplash has a Saintly Opening, Weekend Estimates: Dracula Nearly Gets Girl, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No YaibaTo the Swordsmith Village, 16.64 (domestic box office/biggest weekend), $3,300,000 (worldwide box office is 11.9 times production budget), 6 opening theaters/567 max. The Producers Guild of America nominations were announced and there's not a lot of surprises among the three categories. 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. Last year he filmed the Steve Jobs biopic, Jobs, as well as Jason Reitman's upcoming film, Labor Day. Metacritic collected lists published by major film critics and publications and in their analysis, recorded that Whiplash appeared on 57 lists and in 1st place on 5 of those lists. [citation needed]. Since Whiplash debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, . 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." Ironically Miles was cast once again as Willard, but this time in the new Paramount film Footloose, which was released in October 2011. It is the short film that the Oscar winning feature film is based on. Damien Chazelle never wanted to make a short. Boyhood garnered 47% of the total vote, and Birdman 46%, giving the Linklater epic the tiniest of edges. In 2011, Reiser created, executive-produced and starred in, "The Paul Reiser Show" which aired on NBC in the Spring of that year. What began as a single episode gig turned into a 17 episode arc spanning two seasons on the hit ABC Family series, thanks to STOWELL's charm and his character's popularity. 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. 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. It is rare that we get to talk about a Bollywood film in the $10,000 club. He began his career as an assistant in CAA's motion picture department. In 2012, he starred opposite Liam Hemsworth in LOVE AND HONOR, winning the lead role over Hollywood's most in-demand young actors. They have two children and live in Los Angeles. 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. Taylor started her casting career as an assistant and then associate to reputed casting director Debra Zane. The BAFTA nominations were announced yesterday and unlike most other Awards Season voters, the BAFTA voters gave us some real surprises. It has gone on to be. It is the short film on which the feature film is based. 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. She also worked as a studio executive for Paramount Pictures where she helped oversee No Strings Attached, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Super 8, Footloose and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. More on that later. This list is going to be a little shorter than I wanted a lot shorter actually. 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. The final film in the $10,000 club was Awake: The Life of Yogananda with an opening of $18,885 in one theater. 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. Are there surprises worth mentioning? This isn't at the same level as Frozen opened with, but it is already the second best selling DVD in 2015. Likewise, The Theory of Everything expanded to 41 theaters earning an average of $17,937. Speaking of expanding, The Imitation Game expanded from 25 theaters to 34 theaters earning an average of $25,253 in the process. See production, box office & company info. Reiser co-wrote "The Final Frontier" the theme song from "Mad About You" with Grammy-winning producer Don Was, and in 2011 he released an album of original songs with British Singer/songwriter Julia Fordham called "Unusual Suspects.". This includes Big Hero 6, which opened in first place with 963,000 units / $14.44. Enraged, Andrew attacks Fletcher onstage but is pulled away by security and expelled from Shaffer. Meanwhile, Zero Motivation just missed the $10,000 club with $9,427 in one theater. [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. [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. The Imitation Game remained in first place on the per theater chart with an average of $48,658 in 8 theaters over the weekend. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. I enjoyed the editing too and find it very pleasant to watch. The Independent Spirit Awards winners were announced last night and there were few surprises. Still, shorts will most likely have a more manageable budget and production schedule, making them more accessible to filmmakers. "[25] On Metacritic the film has a score of 88 out of 100, based on reviews from 49 critics, indicating "universal acclaim. It has already earned some measure of mainstream success and with room to grow, it will stay in theaters for a while. In addition to editing the feature . Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles. "[34] In The New Yorker, Richard Brody said,"Whiplash honors neither jazz nor cinema. 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He's making the kind of musician that would throw a cymbal at him. If I predicted a different film, those are in Italics. Whiplash is a 2013 American drama short film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. Blumhouse's upcoming micro-budget wide releases include Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones for Paramount; Jessabelle for Lionsgate; . 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. Andrew crawls from the wreckage and runs to the theater, arriving just as the ensemble enters the stage. 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"). She established her company CatchLight in 1999 and has served as an executive producer for the romantic comedies In the Weeds and Amy's Orgasm. Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. Andrew's maniacal effort to achieve perfection is further fueled by Fletcher's psychological brinksmanship. Birdman led the way with 3 wins, but it wasn't the only film to come away with more than one award. Courtesy of New York Film Festival. All three are worth owning, but Big Hero 6 is the Pick of the Week. Directors Like 'Whiplash's' Damien Chazelle Drum Up Attention With Short Films. To Andrew's surprise, the next day, Fletcher requests that he be transferred into his band. Today we look at the two writing categories, ending with Best Adapted Screenplay. 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. Since its launch in 2000, Blumhouse has produced more than 30 feature films including the highly-profitable Paranormal Activity and Insidious franchises, The Purge and Sinister. Blum began his career as the producing director of the Malaparte theater company, which was founded by Ethan Hawke. For the third weekend in a row, Birdman led the per theater chart. 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. Astounding. March 2, 2015 6:22pm. The movie garnered much attention and praise for its ensemble cast of Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johanson, Jessica Beal and Toni Collette. The final film in the $10,000 is The Babadook, which earned an average of $10,002 in three theaters. 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.
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