Jason Reitman and Blumhouse are producing. Following several years of solo law practice, Walters commenced his film producing career in 2003, specializing in the financing of independent features. [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. [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. Making of 'Whiplash': How a 20-Something Shot His Harrowing Script in Damien Chazelle's short film that became 'Whiplash' appears online - watch 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). 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. It has gone on to be. 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. [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. After convincing an impatient Fletcher to wait for him, Andrew races back and retrieves them, but is hit by a truck on the way back. ". He graduated Summa Cum Laude from high school and auditioned for Julliard and New York University. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 67%, which is stunning. In December 2015, the score received a Grammy nomination, and the film was nominated for the NME Award for Best Film. In 2011, Reiser created, executive-produced and starred in, "The Paul Reiser Show" which aired on NBC in the Spring of that year. 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. 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. Other motion picture credits include Hidalgo, The Ladykillers, The Mexican, Off the Map, For Love of the Game, The Gift, Thank You for Smoking, Rendition, Burn After Reading and, memorably, his portrayal of the off-beat but not deadbeat father, Mac McGuff, in the hit comedy Juno. Whiplash J.K. Simmons - H 2014. Whiplash (2014) - Financial Information - The Numbers 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. Before it was a best picture nominee, Damien Chazelle 's Whiplash started as a short . Today we look at the biggest prize, Best Picture. 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. Today we look at the two supporting actor categories, finishing with Best Supporting Actor. 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. It is nearly at $1 million and has room to grow further. For a family film, it is hard to comprehend. On the small screen Simmons played LAPD Assistant Chief Will Pope in TNT's hit series "The Closer." The film was produced by Bold Films, Blumhouse Productions, and Right of Way Films. Whiplash (2013 film) - Wikipedia 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. Even though Fletcher says very little to him that night, he ignites in Andrew a passion to achieve his goal. Yes. I want to see a monster, a gargoyle, an animal." Terri Taylor (Casting Director) has worked on over 40 feature films over the course of her almost 20-year career in casting. Meanwhile, Zero Motivation just missed the $10,000 club with $9,427 in one theater. 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. 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. 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. I Am Ali is a documentary, so it could do well in art house circuits, but its chances of expanding significantly are very limited. The Imitation Game remained in first place on the per theater chart with an average of $48,658 in 8 theaters over the weekend. It sold 1.99 million units generating $37.59 million in the process. There are a few categories where the film I really think deserves the award were not even nominated, plus a few I don't have a real opinion on. 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. Damien Chazelle never wanted to make a short. 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. 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. 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. More All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,601-4,700), All Time International Box Office (Rank 2,801-2,900), All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,501-3,600), All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 101-200), All Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 1,601-1,700), All Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 701-800), All Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 1,001-1,100), All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 5,101-5,200), All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 4,001-4,100), Top 2014 Movies at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 101-200), All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office for Limited Release Movies (Rank 201-300), Top 2014 Limited Release Movies at the Domestic Box Office, All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 2,301-2,400), All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 4,101-4,200), All Time Domestic Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 2,401-2,500), All Time Domestic Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 801-900), All Time Domestic Box Office for Sony Pictures Classics Movies, All Time International Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 2,301-2,400), Top 2014 Movies at the International Box Office (Rank 101-200), All Time International Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,401-1,500), All Time International Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,301-2,400), All Time International Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,301-1,400), All Time International Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 501-600), All Time International Box Office for Sony Pictures Classics Movies, All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 2,801-2,900), Top 2014 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 101-200), All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800), All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 2,901-3,000), All Time Worldwide Box Office for Contemporary Fiction Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800), All Time Worldwide Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 601-700), All Time Worldwide Box Office for Sony Pictures Classics Movies, DVD and Blu-ray Releases for February 24th, 2015, Oscar Results: The Numbers Readers Score 18 out of 24, 2014 Awards Season: Oscars - And the Winner is Birdman for Best Picture, Oscar Predictions: Boyhood and Birdman Neck and Neck for Top Two Awards, 2014 - Awards Season: Independent Spirit Awards - Winners, 2014 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Picture, 2014 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Adapted Screenplay, 2014 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Supporting Actor, 2014 - Awards Season: Golden Globes - Winners, 2014 - Awards Season: BAFTA - Nominations. How to Actually Make a Successful Short Film (Without Film - HuffPost As per usual, here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions / wishes. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey. This could be a really dull Awards Season with very few surprises. In 2012, he starred opposite Liam Hemsworth in LOVE AND HONOR, winning the lead role over Hollywood's most in-demand young actors. Nominees in Bold are the ones predicted to win by our readers. J.K. Simmons: The friendly face behind this year's scariest villain Tom Cross (Editor) is an editor of feature films, documentaries and television. ", 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. But at the band's next competition, in an act of either serendipity or sabotage, the core drummer's sheet music is misplaced. Secondly, the headlines are just going to be the name of the Awards and either nominations or winners. By way of comparison, Gone Girl opened with $37.5 million three weeks ago. Initially angered, Fletcher resumes conducting. For Halloween 2012, Blumhouse built The Blumhouse of Horrors, an innovative and frightening haunted house experience in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. 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. 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. The hits growing so fast they start to blur together. Watch the Short Film That Would Become 'Whiplash' The project is written and directed by Damien Chazelle who also wrote and directed Nate in the 2013 Sundance Jury Prize Award winning short film by the same name. The Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced Wednesday morning. Andrew's family can barely recognize the stone-faced obsessive sitting at their dinner table. Today we look at the two writing categories, ending with Best Adapted Screenplay. This is also a two-horse race, but one of the horses has a significant, but not insurmountable lead. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. The BAFTA nominations were announced yesterday and unlike most other Awards Season voters, the BAFTA voters gave us some real surprises. After weeks of intense debate among our voters, we have a virtual tie in the biggest categories of all: Best Picture and Best Director. More With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. More on that later. 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. He is originally from New Bedford, Massachusetts. Post-production. Birdman, Boyhood, The Imitation Game, and others continue to get accolades, but there are also some films that are being passed over too often. Crisp, sharp. The BAFTA winners were announced on Sunday and there were a few surprises, including the number one winner. It is rare that we get to talk about a Bollywood film in the $10,000 club. His introduction to Hollywood came as 'Jesse' on SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER. 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. Vana as Metz, a trombonist who gets dismissed by Fletcher mid-rehearsal, Adrian Rashad Driscoll as Reed, a trombonist. 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. [22], In North America, the film opened in a limited release on October 10, 2014, in 6 theaters, grossing $135,388 ($22,565 per theater) and finishing 34th at the box office. The Oscar ceremony is tonight and we will be live-blogging the winners assuming I don't get bored and wander away. A teacher who is very ecigeant and maybe the nostalgy of a student who have huge opportunity and the pressure about that. His pal got the lead and Miles was cast as 'Willard,' the best friend. Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) Claudia Puig. Is the Oscar picture beginning to take shape? There were some surprises, as well as some results that would have been surprises had it not been for the previous Awards Season nominations. [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. Ultimately, that's one of the decisions you, as a film's director, must make. 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. 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. [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. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into his band, forever changing the young mans life. It is the short film on which the feature film is based. 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. [3][4] More What was largely expected to be a fairly comfortable win for Gone Girl this weekend turned out to be a bit of a squeaker, thanks to a better-than-expected $23.46 million estimated opening for Dracula Untold. 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.". 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. All three are worth owning, but Big Hero 6 is the Pick of the Week. ", "Making of 'Whiplash': How a 20-Something Shot His Harrowing Script in Just 19 Days", "How Miles Teller learned to fake drum like a pro in 'Whiplash', "Talking animals with Zootopia's Creative Minds", "Listen to a Bonus Track from New Expanded "Whiplash" Soundtrack Album", "Weekend Report: 'Dumb' Sequel Takes First Ahead of 'Big Hero 6,' 'Interstellar', "Forecast: Bombs Away for 'Mortdecai,' 'Strange Magic', "J. K. Simmons on Playing a 'Real' Villain in, "Whiplash: Sundance 2014 first look review", "Best of 2014: Film Critic Top Ten Lists", "The 2014 Village Voice Film Critics' Poll", "Sundance 2014 winners: 'Whiplash' wins big", "Oscar surprise: 'Whiplash' deemed an adapted screenplay by Academy", "Academy & WGA At Odds Over 'Whiplash' Screenplay; Will It Hurt Oscar Chances? Justin Hurwitz (music) graduated from Harvard University in 2008, where he studied music. [6] He based the conductor, Terence Fletcher, on his former band instructor (who died in 2003) but "pushed it further", adding elements of Buddy Rich and other band leaders known for their harsh treatment. [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. From Script To Short To Feature: Whiplash - Willamette Writers Heavily injured, he struggles to play "Caravan," and Fletcher halts the performance to dismiss him from the band. With some emotions and some ctritics. 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"). Whiplash (2014 film) - Wikipedia [11] The feature-length film was financed for $3.3 million by Bold Films. The film follows the ambitious music student and jazz drummer Andrew Neiman (Teller), who is pushed to his limit by his abusive instructor Terence Fletcher (Simmons) at the fictitious Shaffer Conservatory in New York City. This list is going to be a little shorter than I wanted a lot shorter actually. 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. Chazelle and Blumhouse first made "Whiplash" as an 18-minute short film and when that earned raves at Sundance . The Golden Globes winners were announced Sunday night and while there were not a lot of surprises, there are some things worth talking about. Anchored by extraordinary performances from Miles Teller and J.K. SimmonsSimmons absolutely dominates every frame of the picture. Birdman picked up the biggest prize, but there were six different winners in the six categories. Sharone Meir (Director of Photography) was born in Israel, and his interest in film began with photography classes in high school. His third book, Familyhood, hit the shelves in 2011. They have two children and live in Los Angeles. 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. Jason sent me both . Andrew invites Nicole to the performance but finds out she is in a new relationship. Walters was born in New York, the son of legendary music agent, Norby Walters. 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. 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. He began his career as an assistant in CAA's motion picture department. 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. He was educated at both Princeton University, where he majored in Statistics and Fordham Law School, where he graduated cum laude. ", "'WHIPLASH' careens into the unexpected before coming to a jaw-dropping close. Filming took place in September 2013 throughout Los Angeles in the course of 20 days. 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. The final film in the $10,000 is The Babadook, which earned an average of $10,002 in three theaters. 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. Finally! Watch the 'Whiplash' Short Film That Started it All - Yahoo! The film explores concepts of perfectionism, dedication, and success and deconstructs the concept of ambition. opened with an average of $13,108 in 272 theaters. Ironically Miles was cast once again as Willard, but this time in the new Paramount film Footloose, which was released in October 2011. "[31], Forrest Wickman of Slate said the film distorted jazz history and promoted a misleading idea of genius, adding that "In all likelihood, Fletcher isnt making a Charlie Parker. Andrew's maniacal effort to achieve perfection is further fueled by Fletcher's psychological brinksmanship. Then a third and a fourth. This includes Inherent Vice, which led the way for the second time in a row earning an average of $29,055 in five theaters. More We are still waiting for the DGA nominations to be announced, but we had the first major awards show on Sunday. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. [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. Paul Reiser (Jim) is a seasoned actor, writer, producer and stand-up comedian and continues to add to his list of accomplishments. If I predicted a different film, those are in Italics. [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. Emboldened by this acceptance, Andrew summons the courage to ask out Nicole, the counter girl at his local theater for whom he'd nursed a silent and unrequited crush. 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". This single act changes the young man's life forever. 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. 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. 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. Very good short. In this tragic family drama, directed by John Cameron Mitchell, Miles played 'Jason Willette,' a bit of a loner teen who escapes into a world of comic books and science fiction. His monologue was impressive enough to represent his district at the state event. In television, Blumhouse has a first-look deal with Lionsgate and is working on both scripted and non-scripted projects. Many of the band members were real musicians or music students, and Chazelle tried to capture their expressions of fear and anxiety when Simmons pressed them. Casey's parents want Fletcher held accountable, and Andrew agrees to testify anonymously, leading Shaffer to terminate Fletcher. Are there surprises worth mentioning? 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. [18][19], The soundtrack album was released on October 7, 2014, via Varse Sarabande label. 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.