American Sniper, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything each gathered a handful of votes from The Numbers readers, and Selma and Whiplash are given virtually no chance at all. What is the Spanish language plot outline for Whiplash (2013)? 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. 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Taylor has been married for 18 years to Gregg Taylor, the Head of Development for Dreamworks Animation. See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records. 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. I enjoyed the editing too and find it very pleasant to watch. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey. In 2013, Blumhouse invited horror fans to experience The Purge: Fear the Night, a live-event inspired by the backstory to the feature film. Leading the way with three wins was Boyhood, while Birdman and The Theory of Everything each picked up a pair of wins. More on that later. This single act changes the young man's life forever. A drumstick against a drum head. Blum's credits also include: The Tooth Fairy, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, The Reader, for which Kate Winslet won an Academy Award; Hysterical Blindness, starring Uma Thurman, which aired on HBO and garnered Thurman a Golden Globe Award; and Hamlet starring Ethan Hawke, Bill Murray, Sam Shepard and Kyle MacLachlan. 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. 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. Reitman made his feature film debut with the 2006 hit Thank You For Smoking. Nate performs regularly at the UCB Theatre. are available through our research services. Foxcatcher was the latest Oscar-hopeful to top the per theater chart earning an average of $45,146 in six theaters. 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." 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. They are currently shooting Reitman's next film, which he wrote with Erin Cressida Wilson. 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. Since each film is so different, we can't give you exact percentages of where your funding should go, or how much each category needs. Austin Stowell (Ryan) is one of the industry's most promising rising stars with an enviable slate of upcoming films. A journey that can be seen alternately as a descent into madness or an ascent to greatness comes to a crescendo on the biggest platform for Andrew's talents the unforgiving stage of Carnegie Hall. Meanwhile, Zero Motivation just missed the $10,000 club with $9,427 in one theater. But on that date, Andrew's musical preoccupations threaten to derail even his most genuine romantic overtures. Blumhouse also produced the phenomenally successful sequels Paranormal Activity 2, Paranormal Activity 3 and Paranormal Activity 4. "A work of bravura filmmaking. 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. Helen Estabrook (Producer) is the producing partner of filmmaker Jason Reitman and runs Right of Way Films. To Andrew's surprise, the next day, Fletcher requests that he be transferred into his band. The Screen Actors Guild winners were announced Sunday and there were some surprises, mostly in the negative. Today we look at the two supporting actor categories, finishing with Best Supporting Actor. [20] The soundtrack consists of 24 tracks divided in three different parts: original jazz pieces written for the film, original underscore parts written for the film, and classic jazz standards written by Stan Getz, Duke Ellington, and other musicians. Whiplash - Short Film by Damien Chazelle (HD/Blu-Ray) dvdextras 1.09K subscribers Subscribe 8.3K Save 239K views 2 years ago Notice Age-restricted video (based on Community Guidelines) Almost. In addition to his academic achievements, Walters also has the rare distinction of being a winner on JEOPARDY. The film was was nominated at the 2009 Gotham Independent Film Awards and was released theatrically in 2010. Filming took place in September 2013 throughout Los Angeles in the course of 20 days. This could be a really dull Awards Season with very few surprises. 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". Tom Cross (Editor) is an editor of feature films, documentaries and television. The Imitation Game remained in first place on the per theater chart with an average of $48,658 in 8 theaters over the weekend. An interesting short that will make you maybe want to watch the full movie. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. My Internet Provider decided it would be a good idea to do maintenance tonight, so I was without internet access for several hours. They have two children and live in Los Angeles. One night, Terence Fletcher, a conductor equally known for his talent for teaching as he is for the terrifying method of his instruction, discovers Andrew practicing the drums. As for the Independent Spirit Awards nominations, Birdman led the way with 6 nods, while Boyhood, Nightcrawler, and Selma were right behind with 5 each. Today we look at the biggest prize, Best Picture. Not only did it crush the competition for the week, it is already the best selling Blu-ray of 2015 by a massive margin. 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. The other big story about this years contest is just how much of a two-horse contest it really is. "[30] Whiplash also won the 87th Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing and the 87th Academy Award for Best Film Editing. 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. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into his band, forever changing the young mans life. 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. For instance, Birdman didn't lead the way. [11] The feature-length film was financed for $3.3 million by Bold Films. Walters was born in New York, the son of legendary music agent, Norby Walters. In television, Blumhouse has a first-look deal with Lionsgate and is working on both scripted and non-scripted projects. The final film in the $10,000 is The Babadook, which earned an average of $10,002 in three theaters. 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. It sold 1.99 million units generating $37.59 million in the process. Since Tanner cannot play without the sheets, Andrew replaces him for the next set. 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. By way of comparison, Gone Girl opened with $37.5 million three weeks ago. He learns that Casey hanged himself due to depression and anxiety caused by Fletcher's abuse. His introduction to Hollywood came as 'Jesse' on SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER. Last year, Taylor cast the critically acclaimed Hitchcock, directed by Sasha Gervasi. 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. This brings us back to the last section, you need to decide what . Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles. He also co-stars in the upcoming Paramount Insurge feature, DESTINATION WEDDING. Had it opened on Friday instead, it very likely would have reached the $10,000 club. The Imitation Game led the way on the per theater chart with an incredible average of $119,838 in four theaters. In early 2004, European industrial mogul Michel Litvak founded Bold Films along with Walters and hired him as President of the company. At first, Andrew is an "alternate," confined to turning the pages of the "core" drummer. In addition to his ongoing career in cinematography, Sharone continues to explore still photography with large format fine art projects. 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.". Melanie is a member of the Art Director's Guild. Birdman picked up the biggest prize, but there were six different winners in the six categories. Compare this performance with other movies. In late 2012, Chazelle directed a short film based on part of his feature screenplay Whiplash. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival and went on to receive 5 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. A short film's budget breaks down into: Pre-production. Blumhouse's upcoming micro-budget wide releases include Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones for Paramount; Jessabelle for Lionsgate; and Stretch for Universal. 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. 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. Melanie Paizis-Jones (Production Designer) is a Los Angeles based production designer and art director. 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. 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. In case you didn't know, Whiplash was based on a short film of the same name that Chazelle directed in 2013. 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. She met Jason Blum when she was hired to help cast the wildly successful Paranormal Activity 2. 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. ", Simmons has appeared on the Broadway stage in performances of "Guys and Dolls," "Laughter on the 23rd Floor," "A Change in the Heir," "Peter Pan" and "A Few Good Men.". In 2012, he starred opposite Liam Hemsworth in LOVE AND HONOR, winning the lead role over Hollywood's most in-demand young actors. As a result he was recruited to attend a six-week performing arts class in New York City at the New York School for Film and TV. He is known for playing the character J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider Man trilogy. The final film in the $10,000 club was Awake: The Life of Yogananda with an opening of $18,885 in one theater. A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student. He's making the kind of musician that would throw a cymbal at him. Production. 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. 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. Terri Taylor (Casting Director) has worked on over 40 feature films over the course of her almost 20-year career in casting. Yes. Not ideal, but it is better to fix the mistake now than carry on making it. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 67%, which is stunning. While Big Hero 6 wasn't the only new release on the Blu-ray sales chart this week, it might as well have been. 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. 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. Second place went to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, with an average of $13,725 during its sophomore stint. Best Director is a clearer contest, but still close, and still a bout between Boyhood and Birdman. Whiplash Short Film Damien Chazelle changes course. By Mia Galuppo. I hate ceremonies. "[25] On Metacritic the film has a score of 88 out of 100, based on reviews from 49 critics, indicating "universal acclaim. Besides her career as an independent casting director, Taylor spent time as a casting consultant for Miramax Films, working on such projects as: Adventureland, The Debt and Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. Astounding. Months later, Andrew encounters Fletcher playing piano at a jazz club. 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.". For the third weekend in a row, Birdman led the per theater chart. Paul Reiser and his family currently reside in Los Angeles. The Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced Wednesday morning. These great short films, and many others would NOT have fit into the viral mold. For Halloween 2012, Blumhouse built The Blumhouse of Horrors, an innovative and frightening haunted house experience in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. 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. More We are still waiting for the DGA nominations to be announced, but we had the first major awards show on Sunday. 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. "[35], The film appeared on many critics end-of-year lists. The film received multiple awards and nominations, winning Academy Awards for Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing, and also being nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Other credits include Yahoo's THE FUZZ and HBO's FUNNY OR DIE PRESENTS. In 2003 Reiser made his theatrical debut in Woody Allen's "Writer's Block." 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. This bodes well for its wide expansion in January. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com. The majority of films average about five pages, and a low-budgets can plan to shoot as many as ten. Determined to impress Fletcher, Andrew intensifies his drum practicing. For the 2013 short film on which it was based, see, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, "Sundance 2014: Sony grabs international rights to 'Whiplash', "Sundance: Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Nabs International Rights To Fest Opener 'Whiplash', "Sundance Film Festival 2014 opens with the premiere of 'Whiplash,' Damien Chazelle's tale of a brutal drumming instructor and his protege", "Whiplash maestro Damien Chazelle on drumming, directing, and J. K. Simmons", "Two takes on Whiplash show that J.K. Simmons is scary in small doses, too", "2013 Sundance Film Festival Announces Jury Awards in Short Filmmaking", "Cannes: Bold, Blumhouse, Right Of Way Strike Up Band For Feature Version Of Sundance Short, "Tuesday, Sept. 24 Filming Locations for The Heirs, Undrafted, Dumb & Dumber To, Focus, Shelter, & more! Benoist got her start in the independent film Tennessee. 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. And. Whiplash is a 2013 American drama short film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. 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. 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. [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. Overall the film was ranked in 5th place for the year by Metacritic. Foxcatcher earned an average of $19,764 in 24 theaters. The other contender is the Criterion Collection release for Watership Down (Blu-ray). The film explores concepts of perfectionism, dedication, and success and deconstructs the concept of ambition. 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. Enraged, Andrew attacks Fletcher onstage but is pulled away by security and expelled from Shaffer. [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. See production, box office & company info. 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. Before it was a best picture nominee, Damien Chazelle 's Whiplash started as a short . The film, which marks Gosling's debut as writer and director, stars Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Ben Mendelsohn and Eva Mendes. 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 per usual, here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions / wishes. Even though Fletcher says very little to him that night, he ignites in Andrew a passion to achieve his goal. Ultimately, that's one of the decisions you, as a film's director, must make. 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. 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. But Hollywood passed because many producers just had a hard time seeing Chazelle's vision. Growing up in Connecticut, STOWELL was a competitive athlete. [27][28], Peter Debruge, in his review for Variety, said that the film "demolishes the cliches of the musical-prodigy genre, investing the traditionally polite stages and rehearsal studios of a topnotch conservatory with all the psychological intensity of a battlefield or sports arena. 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". On the small screen Simmons played LAPD Assistant Chief Will Pope in TNT's hit series "The Closer." Plus, predictable probably means the Awards Season voters are making the right choices, as surprises usually mean someone made the wrong choice. However, Andrew is taken aback when Fletcher abruptly gives the position to Ryan Connolly, a drummer from a lower-level ensemble within Shaffer. 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. Justin Hurwitz (music) graduated from Harvard University in 2008, where he studied music. Then a second hit. 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. Ari Aster Short Films Munchausen, The Johnsons Explained In 2013, Ari Aster released Munchausen, a short film about the proxy disorder of the same name in which a caregiver torments people in their care. 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. ", "In its feverish tempo, 'WHIPLASH' moves like a thriller as meticulously precise, and as thrillingly volatile, as the music it celebrates. Starting to notice a pattern here? As for the actual nominations, like with the Independent Spirit Awards and the SAG nominations, Birdman led the way. 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. 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). 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 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. More Fury will top the box office chart this weekend with a solid, but unspectacular, $23.5 million, according to Sonys Sunday morning estimate. Meanwhile, the nominees I want to win, but don't think will win, are Underlined. [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. [15] The film was shot in 20 days, with a schedule of 14 hours of filming per day. Sony Pictures acquired distribution rights for most of the world, releasing the film under its Sony Pictures Classics and Stage 6 Films banners for its North American and international releases, respectively. The family moved to Citrus County, Florida when Miles was twelve. In a MovieMaker Magazine post, we learn the script received a fair amount of buzz, and the feedback was generally pretty positive.. A teacher who is very ecigeant and maybe the nostalgy of a student who have huge opportunity and the pressure about that. It was one of Metacritic's 20 best-reviewed films of 2010 and appeared on the best-of lists of The New York Times, The Village Voice, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, Time Out New York, Film Comment and The Boston Phoenix. 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.