Speaking of expanding, The Imitation Game expanded from 25 theaters to 34 theaters earning an average of $25,253 in the process. The other contender is the Criterion Collection release for Watership Down (Blu-ray). After a grueling five-hour practice session with Tanner and Connolly on "Caravan," Andrew earns back the core position. 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. Damien Chazelle had written the Whiplash screenplay well before he even considered making it a short film. Overall, the top voter-getters in 18 out 24 categories went on to win the Oscar on the night, including all acting awards, all but one of the technical awards, and all the short films. 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. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Last year, Taylor cast the critically acclaimed Hitchcock, directed by Sasha Gervasi. Currently, Melanie's work can be seen in The Purge starring Ethan Hawke, which opened number one at the box office. Finally, P.K. [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. Melanie Paizis-Jones (Production Designer) is a Los Angeles based production designer and art director. Next, he edited THE SPACE BETWEEN and ANY DAY NOW for director Travis Fine. A muscular and accomplished work of kinetic cinema built around two tremendous acting performances. The best new release of the week was Wild with an average of $28,896 in 21 theaters. This bodes well for its wide expansion in January. "[35], The film appeared on many critics end-of-year lists. 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. He also co-stars in the upcoming Paramount Insurge feature, DESTINATION WEDDING. He's making the kind of musician that would throw a cymbal at him. On a serious note, while my job is all about movies and I love watching movies, I love paying attention to box office numbers, I even love Awards Season. In fact, it was a comedy, The Grand Budapest Hotel, that earned the most nominations at 11. In 2013, Blumhouse invited horror fans to experience The Purge: Fear the Night, a live-event inspired by the backstory to the feature film. 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. 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. This is also a two-horse race, but one of the horses has a significant, but not insurmountable lead. For March 2015 THE COUP, which stars Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan, and Lake Bell will be released by The Weinstein Company. 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 . 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. Finally there's Whiplash, which could lead the way on the Per Theater Chart. Helen Estabrook (Producer) is the producing partner of filmmaker Jason Reitman and runs Right of Way Films. 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. But Damien Chazelle didn't plan it that way. It also reached $1 million in the process, barely. The polls are closed in our 18th annual Predict the Academy Awards contest, and it has turned out to be the most exciting two-horse race in the history of the contest. Damien Chazelle made his directorial debut with the musical Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009). The film explores concepts of perfectionism, dedication, and success and deconstructs the concept of ambition. On the small screen Simmons played LAPD Assistant Chief Will Pope in TNT's hit series "The Closer." Simmons' portrayal of Fletcher won him the Academy, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for Best Supporting Actor. "A work of bravura filmmaking. [5] The film opened in limited release domestically in the United States and Canada on October 10, 2014, gradually expanding to over 500 screens and finally closing on March 26, 2015. 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. At this point, the film has already earned some measure of mainstream success, while it still has room to grow. In addition to editing the feature . What is the Spanish language plot outline for Whiplash (2013)? 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. The Imitation Game remained in first place on the per theater chart with an average of $48,658 in 8 theaters over the weekend. The final film in the $10,000 club was Awake: The Life of Yogananda with an opening of $18,885 in one theater. ". Our biggest misses were actually in the biggest categories: Best Picture was won by Birdman, not Boyhood; Alejandro Inarritu beat Richard Linklater for Best Director; and Big Hero 6 prevailed over How to Train Your Dragon 2. In television, Blumhouse has a first-look deal with Lionsgate and is working on both scripted and non-scripted projects. Benoist beat out 900 other girls nationwide to land the new female leading role of "Marley" on FOX's hit show "Glee.". She produced of the World Festival of Sacred Music documentaries, which were inspired and hosted by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Ironically Miles was cast once again as Willard, but this time in the new Paramount film Footloose, which was released in October 2011. 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. [3][4] From the producers of THE BLIND SIDE, this inspirational true story follows a brave dolphin and the compassionate strangers who banded together to fight for her survival. Taylor started her casting career as an assistant and then associate to reputed casting director Debra Zane. Overall the film was ranked in 5th place for the year by Metacritic. Birdman didn't get a nomination, but Guardians of the Galaxy did. [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. Litvak recently wrapped production on HOW TO CATCH A MONSTER, his third production with Academy Award-nominated actor Ryan Gosling. 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. The Writers Guild of America nominations were latest to be announced, but were there any real surprises? Director Damien Chazelle Writer Damien Chazelle Stars Johnny Simmons Nate Lang J.K. Simmons See production, box office & company info Add to Watchlist 11 User reviews 4 Critic reviews Awards The Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced last week and I'm getting to them a little late, because I needed to organize the whole Awards Season stories. Earlier films included the 2006 Golden Globe nominee for Best Picture BOBBY, directed by Emilio Estevez and starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, Shia Lebouf, William H. Macy and Sharon Stone. An interesting short that will make you maybe want to watch the full movie. All three are worth owning, but Big Hero 6 is the Pick of the Week. 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. ", "'WHIPLASH' careens into the unexpected before coming to a jaw-dropping close. 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. Production. Richard Linklater is favorite to win Best Director, perhaps in part because hes more due for the award than Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. But Hollywood passed because many producers just had a hard time seeing Chazelle's vision. 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. For Halloween 2012, Blumhouse built The Blumhouse of Horrors, an innovative and frightening haunted house experience in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. However, it was a Wednesday release and it earned $13,145 over five days. It is rare that we get to talk about a Bollywood film in the $10,000 club. 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. Sharone Meir (Director of Photography) was born in Israel, and his interest in film began with photography classes in high school. And. Onstage at JVC, before the first piece, Fletcher reveals that he knows Andrew testified against him. [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. Whiplash Short Film Damien Chazelle changes course. It depicts the relationship between an ambitious jazz drummer and an abusive bandleader. [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. I enjoyed the editing too and find it very pleasant to watch. Writing and directing a short is a potential passageway to creating a full-length feature film. Both films premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Spielberg then hired her to be his US Casting Consultant on the Oscar nominated film, Munich. Firstly, I've decided to use the year the movies were released not the year the awards are handed out, unlike what we did last year. Fury will need really good legs, or a really strong performance overseas, to post a profit. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into his band, forever changing the young mans life. After what he thought was a disastrous audition, Miles was thrilled that NYU did accept him. Taylor first met Chazelle when producer Jason Blum introduced them on the short-film version of Whiplash. The Producers Guild of America nominations were announced and there's not a lot of surprises among the three categories. Ultimately, that's one of the decisions you, as a film's director, must make. The screenplay appeared on the 2012 Black List, and the short won the Short Film Jury Award for U.S. Fiction at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Even though Fletcher says very little to him that night, he ignites in Andrew a passion to achieve his goal. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 67%, which is stunning. [2], On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film scored 94% based on 303 reviews, with an average rating of 8.60/10. Benoist got her start in the independent film Tennessee. 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. 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). The majority of films average about five pages, and a low-budgets can plan to shoot as many as ten. [24] Whiplash grossed $13.1 million in the U.S. and Canada and $35.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $49 million against a budget of $3.3 million. He is known for playing the character J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider Man trilogy. At first, Andrew is an "alternate," confined to turning the pages of the "core" drummer. This means both will have 2014 as the year. Jason Reitman and Blumhouse are producing. 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. 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. Notable credits include Travis Fine's ANY DAY NOW (Editor), Scott Cooper's CRAZY HEART (Additional Editor), the David Milch HBO series DEADWOOD (Assistant Editor), and Michel Negroponte's science-fiction documentary W.I.S.O.R. In addition to co-creating and starring in the critically acclaimed NBC series, "Mad About You," which garnered him multiple Emmy, Golden Globe, American Comedy Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, Reiser this year starred opposite Matt Damon and Michael Douglas in the Steven Soderbergh-directed HBO movie "Behind The Candelabra", a film that won eleven primetime Emmy's. Vana as Metz, a trombonist who gets dismissed by Fletcher mid-rehearsal, Adrian Rashad Driscoll as Reed, a trombonist. 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. Meanwhile, the nominees I want to win, but don't think will win, are Underlined. Having committed the music to memory, Andrew gets the opportunity to play. 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. Plus, predictable probably means the Awards Season voters are making the right choices, as surprises usually mean someone made the wrong choice. Whiplash is an excellent film, one of the best of 2014, but like all movies it has its shortcomings. A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student. This film will hit major milestones very soon. The Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced Wednesday morning. The Independent Spirit Awards winners were announced last night and there were few surprises. In 2012, Brill joined Blumhouse Productions as Head of Production. Still, shorts will most likely have a more manageable budget and production schedule, making them more accessible to filmmakers. 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. This single act changes the young man's life forever. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival and went on to receive 5 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles. By Mia Galuppo. He learns that Casey hanged himself due to depression and anxiety caused by Fletcher's abuse. I Am Ali is a documentary, so it could do well in art house circuits, but its chances of expanding significantly are very limited. Birdman, Boyhood, The Imitation Game, and others continue to get accolades, but there are also some films that are being passed over too often. 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. 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. In case you didn't know, Whiplash was based on a short film of the same name that Chazelle directed in 2013. [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. Andrew even elicits a sharp word from his otherwise mild-mannered father. 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. Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue [16], Having taught himself to play drums at age 15, Teller performed much of the drumming seen in the film. Chazelle finished writing the script in 2013, drawing upon his experiences in a "very competitive" jazz band in high school. Crisp, sharp. The BAFTA winners were announced on Sunday and there were a few surprises, including the number one winner. 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. Walters was born in New York, the son of legendary music agent, Norby Walters. 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.". "[34] In The New Yorker, Richard Brody said,"Whiplash honors neither jazz nor cinema. Andrew invites Nicole to the performance but finds out she is in a new relationship. 8th Matthew Jacobs and Christopher Rosen. Projections for today have it potentially falling into third place behind Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day on Sunday, which doesnt bode well for its legs long-term. In early 2004, European industrial mogul Michel Litvak founded Bold Films along with Walters and hired him as President of the company. Think About This Paul Thomas Anderson's breakthrough short film was 24 minutes, George Lucas' 15 minutes, Tim Burton's 30 minutes, Wes Anderson's 14 minutes and Jason Reitman's 17 minutes. There were some surprises, as well as some results that would have been surprises had it not been for the previous Awards Season nominations. After a successful performance of "Whiplash," Fletcher promotes Andrew to the core drummer. Andrew Neiman is a 19-year-old jazz drummer, dreaming of greatness but unsure if his dream will ever come true. The feature film was done on a very small (for a Hollywood movie) budget of about $3.3 million. The hits growing so fast they start to blur together. Song of the Sea was next with $17,967 in one theater. It has already earned some measure of mainstream success and with room to grow, it will stay in theaters for a while. In fact, this week it was the only one in the $10,000 club earning an average of $10,348 in 231 screens. In 2003 Reiser made his theatrical debut in Woody Allen's "Writer's Block." Like gunfire INT. But at the band's next competition, in an act of either serendipity or sabotage, the core drummer's sheet music is misplaced. 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. Determined to impress Fletcher, Andrew intensifies his drum practicing. 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". His monologue was impressive enough to represent his district at the state event. The family moved to Citrus County, Florida when Miles was twelve. [15] The film was shot in 20 days, with a schedule of 14 hours of filming per day. Leading the way with three wins was Boyhood, while Birdman and The Theory of Everything each picked up a pair of wins. 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. Released in 2007, Paranormal Activity made $193.4 million back from a production budget of $15,000 and spawned dozens of found footage clones, none of which made anything like the $889.7 million . He received his B.F.A. Justin Hurwitz (music) graduated from Harvard University in 2008, where he studied music. Nate Lang (Carl) is an actor, writer and musician based in Los Angeles. 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. The Theory of Everything expanded again, but still remained in the $10,000 club with an average of $10,798 in 141 theaters. Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) Claudia Puig. 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. ", Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Foreign Film, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whiplash_(2014_film)&oldid=1141184603, Films about percussion and percussionists, Films about teacherstudent relationships, Films featuring a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award-winning performance, Films featuring a Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe winning performance, Films that won the Best Sound Mixing Academy Award, Films whose editor won the Best Film Editing Academy Award, Films with screenplays by Damien Chazelle, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2021, Rotten Tomatoes template using name parameter, Articles with MusicBrainz release group identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Nate Lang as Carl Tanner, another drummer in Fletcher's band, C.J. They have two children and live in Los Angeles. 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. The Oscar nominations were announced early in the morning, when all sensible people were asleep. Since Tanner cannot play without the sheets, Andrew replaces him for the next set. He invites Andrew to perform with his band at the JVC Jazz Festival, assuring him that the songs will be the same ones played by the Studio Band; Andrew hesitantly accepts. Melanie is a member of the Art Director's Guild. Back in Florida he participated in the Florida State Thespian Festival. ", "Provocative and emotionally intense. She guest starred on "Blue Bloods," "The Good Wife" and "Law & Order SVU" SVU before her arc on Showtime's critically acclaimed series "Homeland." 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. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from high school and auditioned for Julliard and New York University. They've ranged from big studio releases to surprise gems from the independent film world. Chazelle recently completed the feature version of Whiplash, produced by Jason Reitman's Right of Way Films, Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions, and Bold Films. This list is going to be a little shorter than I wanted a lot shorter actually.

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