and they suggested making the short as a device to generate a budget for the feature, which obviously worked out great. 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. 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. He also co-stars in the upcoming Paramount Insurge feature, DESTINATION WEDDING. 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. 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. [2] Critical response [ edit] Director Damien Chazelle at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. It is rare that we get to talk about a Bollywood film in the $10,000 club. 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. The Independent Spirit Awards winners were announced last night and there were few surprises. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into his band, forever changing the young mans life. 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. [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. The predicted Best Picture winner is, in fact, a statistical dead heat. An interesting short that will make you maybe want to watch the full movie. "[30] Whiplash also won the 87th Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing and the 87th Academy Award for Best Film Editing. ", "'WHIPLASH' careens into the unexpected before coming to a jaw-dropping close. Crisp, sharp. Months later, Andrew encounters Fletcher playing piano at a jazz club. Andrew subsequently abandons drumming. Pre-weekend projections had the film closer to $30 million, and with an $80 million price tag, and Brad Pitt starring, the film is really underperforming at this point. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com. He was educated at both Princeton University, where he majored in Statistics and Fordham Law School, where he graduated cum laude. 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. Justin Hurwitz (music) graduated from Harvard University in 2008, where he studied music. (Editor). 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. Together with the editor Tom Cross, who edited both the original and the feature film, great. After weeks of intense debate among our voters, we have a virtual tie in the biggest categories of all: Best Picture and Best Director. Having completed the score for WHIPLASH in 2014, he and Chazelle are currently prepping their third movie together, LA LA LAND, a song and dance musical for Lionsgate. [11] The feature-length film was financed for $3.3 million by Bold Films. Whiplash is an excellent film, one of the best of 2014, but like all movies it has its shortcomings. Following several years of solo law practice, Walters commenced his film producing career in 2003, specializing in the financing of independent features. The film, which marks Gosling's debut as writer and director, stars Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Ben Mendelsohn and Eva Mendes. The film was was nominated at the 2009 Gotham Independent Film Awards and was released theatrically in 2010. Like with Best Director, this is a two-horse race with the same two films at the top of the list. All three are worth owning, but Big Hero 6 is the Pick of the Week. on Mar 2, 2015 Damien Chazelle, Short Film, Whiplash Initially unable to raise the $3 million budget for Whiplash, Damien Chazelle made a proof of concept, 18-minute short film that premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. [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. 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.". However, it was a Wednesday release and it earned $13,145 over five days. ", "Provocative and emotionally intense. Blumhouse's upcoming micro-budget wide releases include Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones for Paramount; Jessabelle for Lionsgate; and Stretch for Universal. [15] The film was shot in 20 days, with a schedule of 14 hours of filming per day. Richard Linklater is favorite to win Best Director, perhaps in part because hes more due for the award than Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. [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. In fact, it was a comedy, The Grand Budapest Hotel, that earned the most nominations at 11. Whiplash Short Film Damien Chazelle changes course. Likewise, The Theory of Everything expanded to 41 theaters earning an average of $17,937. 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 third book, Familyhood, hit the shelves in 2011. Reitman made his feature film debut with the 2006 hit Thank You For Smoking. 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. [10] The film also took the grand prize and the audience award for its favorite film at the 40th Deauville American Film Festival. 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. 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". The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey. 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. The film explores concepts of perfectionism, dedication, and success and deconstructs the concept of ambition. 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. theaters, 9.6 weeks average run per theater, Sound Re-recording Mixer / Supervising Sound Editor. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival and went on to receive 5 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. See production, box office & company info. The film was produced by Bold Films, Blumhouse Productions, and Right of Way Films. Aspiring directors use this medium to create a proof of concept on a small budget that can go on to w In 2012, he starred opposite Liam Hemsworth in LOVE AND HONOR, winning the lead role over Hollywood's most in-demand young actors. 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. 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. Having committed the music to memory, Andrew gets the opportunity to play. The Producers Guild of America nominations were announced and there's not a lot of surprises among the three categories. This could be a really dull Awards Season with very few surprises. The family moved to Citrus County, Florida when Miles was twelve. Next, he edited THE SPACE BETWEEN and ANY DAY NOW for director Travis Fine. Post-production. A drumstick against a drum head. Benoist got her start in the independent film Tennessee. A teacher who is very ecigeant and maybe the nostalgy of a student who have huge opportunity and the pressure about that. 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. 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. It also reached its first major milestone over the weekend and will earn more in the future. 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". Gary Michael Walters (Executive Producer) is the Chief Executive Officer of Bold Films and is actively involved in all aspects of the company including production, development, distribution and finance. This would be stunning for a visually intensive action film aimed at Fanboys. Enraged, Andrew attacks Fletcher onstage but is pulled away by security and expelled from Shaffer. 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. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News. His latest film, Labor Day, which he adapted from the novel by Joyce Maynard and stars Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin, will be released on December 27 by Paramount. 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. For instance, Birdman didn't lead the way. At first, Andrew is an "alternate," confined to turning the pages of the "core" drummer. He most recently finished shooting the independent film WHIPLASH opposite Miles Teller and JK Simmons. It is the short film on which the feature film is based. In 2014, he co-stars in film projects including WHIPLASH opposite Miles Teller; BEHAVING BADLY opposite Selena Gomez; and DOLPHIN TALE 2, the sequel to Warner Bros' 2011 hit film. I hate ceremonies. Compare this performance with other movies. [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. More We have a rather long list of limited releases this week, but sadly only three of them are earning overwhelmingly positive reviews. 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 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. Is the Oscar picture beginning to take shape? 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. 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. Taylor first met Chazelle when producer Jason Blum introduced them on the short-film version of Whiplash. For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary. For her effort, Taylor was nominated for Casting Society of America's ARTIOS Award. 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. Nate Lang (Carl) is an actor, writer and musician based in Los Angeles. In television, Blumhouse has a first-look deal with Lionsgate and is working on both scripted and non-scripted projects. Ironically Miles was cast once again as Willard, but this time in the new Paramount film Footloose, which was released in October 2011. These great short films, and many others would NOT have fit into the viral mold. 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. 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. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. More Fury will top the box office chart this weekend with a solid, but unspectacular, $23.5 million, according to Sonys Sunday morning estimate. Simmons' portrayal of Fletcher won him the Academy, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for Best Supporting Actor. Damien Chazelle made his directorial debut with the musical Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009). In addition to editing the feature version of WHIPLASH, Cross recently cut the feature film TIME LAPSE for director Bradley King. With some emotions and some ctritics. 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. [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. This winter, JK will start shooting NBC's new comedy "Growing Up Fisher" opposite Jenna Elfman. The overall number one film, Dumb and Dumber To, was next with an average of $11,450, while The Homesman was right behind with an average of $11,358 in four theaters. 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 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. 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As revenge, Fletcher leads the band into a song Andrew does not know and does not have the sheet music to. 8th Matthew Jacobs and Christopher Rosen. This will make it easier for readers to find later on. 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. The film featured Simmons as the jazz band conductor still, but it had Johnny Simmons . In fact, this week it was the only one in the $10,000 club earning an average of $10,348 in 231 screens. Second place went to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, with an average of $13,725 during its sophomore stint. 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 . A short film's budget breaks down into: Pre-production. In late 2012, Chazelle directed a short film based on part of his feature screenplay Whiplash. 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. March 2, 2015 6:22pm. [17] For certain scenes, professional drummer Kyle Crane served as Teller's drum double. 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. 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. Fury will need really good legs, or a really strong performance overseas, to post a profit. 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For the third weekend in a row, Birdman led the per theater chart. He received his B.F.A. I enjoyed the editing too and find it very pleasant to watch. Since Tanner cannot play without the sheets, Andrew replaces him for the next set. They have two children and live in Los Angeles. It depicts the relationship between an ambitious jazz drummer and an abusive bandleader. 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. The Screen Actors Guild winners were announced Sunday and there were some surprises, mostly in the negative. 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. It sold 1.99 million units generating $37.59 million in the process. Michel Litvak (Producer) is a Belgian industrialist who founded the independent production and finance company Bold Films in 2004. Munchausen made waves upon release in large part due to Aster's impressive direction. But at the band's next competition, in an act of either serendipity or sabotage, the core drummer's sheet music is misplaced. After their first set at a jazz competition, Andrew misplaces Tanner's sheet music. 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. For Halloween 2012, Blumhouse built The Blumhouse of Horrors, an innovative and frightening haunted house experience in the heart of downtown 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. 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. 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). Reiser's successes also include his book Couplehood, which sold over two million copies and reached the number one spot on The New York Times bestseller list and Babyhood, his follow-up book which features his trademark humorous take on the adventures of being a first-time father, which also made The New York Times bestseller list. Since taking that post, she co-produced Dimension Films' Dark Skies in addition to Film District's upcoming Insidious: Chapter 2, among others. Blumhouse also produced the phenomenally successful sequels Paranormal Activity 2, Paranormal Activity 3 and Paranormal Activity 4. Taylor has been married for 18 years to Gregg Taylor, the Head of Development for Dreamworks Animation.