They have two children and live in Los Angeles. Today we look at the biggest prize, Best Picture. Paul Reiser (Jim) is a seasoned actor, writer, producer and stand-up comedian and continues to add to his list of accomplishments. In 2012, Brill joined Blumhouse Productions as Head of Production. Finally there's Whiplash, which could lead the way on the Per Theater Chart. 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. Whiplash 2013 TV-14 18 m IMDb RATING 7.8 /10 5.7K YOUR RATING Rate Short Drama Music A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.
Whiplash (2014) - Financial Information - The Numbers 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.
Whiplash: Cracking the whip | Features | Screen He received his B.F.A. In addition to his academic achievements, Walters also has the rare distinction of being a winner on JEOPARDY. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from high school and auditioned for Julliard and New York University. Reitman made his feature film debut with the 2006 hit Thank You For Smoking. "[29] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter praised the performances of Teller and Simmons, writing: "Teller, who greatly impressed in last year's Sundance entry The Spectacular Now, does so again in a performance that is more often simmering than volatile Simmons has the great good fortune for a character actor to have here found a co-lead part he can really run with, which is what he excitingly does with a man who is profane, way out of bounds and, like many a good villain, utterly compelling. Overall the film was ranked in 5th place for the year by Metacritic. His pal got the lead and Miles was cast as 'Willard,' the best friend. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 67%, which is stunning. [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. Today we look at the two writing categories, ending with Best Adapted Screenplay. Andrew crawls from the wreckage and runs to the theater, arriving just as the ensemble enters the stage. Earlier this year, JK wrapped shooting Marc Lawrence's film, The Reluctant Professor opposite Hugh Grant and Marisa Tomei and as well as Gillian Raimi's next feature Murder of a Cat. In addition to editing the feature . This is the second best per theater average of the year, behind only The Grand Budapest Hotel. Since its launch in 2000, Blumhouse has produced more than 30 feature films including the highly-profitable Paranormal Activity and Insidious franchises, The Purge and Sinister. Months later, Andrew encounters Fletcher playing piano at a jazz club. Even though Fletcher says very little to him that night, he ignites in Andrew a passion to achieve his goal. Since taking that post, she co-produced Dimension Films' Dark Skies in addition to Film District's upcoming Insidious: Chapter 2, among others. The feature film was done on a very small (for a Hollywood movie) budget of about $3.3 million. At his father's request, Andrew meets a lawyer representing the parents of Sean Casey, a former student of Fletcher's. 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. are available through our research services. 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. 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. He is currently in pre-production on MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN that he adapted from the novel by Chad Kultgen. Damien Chazelle made his directorial debut with the musical Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009). [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. Later she partnered with Zane, co-casting Seabiscuit and War of The Worlds. 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. Having committed the music to memory, Andrew gets the opportunity to play.
An interesting short that will make you maybe want to watch the full movie. The Theory of Everything expanded again, but still remained in the $10,000 club with an average of $10,798 in 141 theaters. Shortly after graduating, STOWELL moved to LA, where he currently resides, to pursue acting professionally. 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. 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Likewise, The Theory of Everything expanded to 41 theaters earning an average of $17,937. In 2011, Reitman reteamed with Diablo Cody for the critically acclaimed Young Adult, starring Charlize Theron and Patton Oswalt. A teacher who is very ecigeant and maybe the nostalgy of a student who have huge opportunity and the pressure about that. During this period, he produced a number of features including STANDING STILL starring James Van Der Beek, Mena Suvari and Colin Hanks; and I LOVE YOUR WORK starring Vince Vaughn, Christina Ricci, Giovanni Ribisi, Jason Lee and Franka Potente. Andrew Neiman is a first-year student and jazz drummer at the prestigious Shaffer Conservatory in New York City, hoping one day to leave a legacy like that of his childhood idol, jazz drummer Buddy Rich. 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. They've ranged from big studio releases to surprise gems from the independent film world. Last year, Taylor cast the critically acclaimed Hitchcock, directed by Sasha Gervasi. 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. She most recently produced Reitman's film, LABOR DAY, starring Josh Brolin and Kate Winslet, which will be in theaters January 31st. He previously worked at Paramount, where he produced that studio's upcoming micro budget comedy Drunk Weddings. Yes. Sharone Meir (Director of Photography) was born in Israel, and his interest in film began with photography classes in high school. Prior to that, he worked at the production company 2929, where he co-produced two films that were nominated for Cannes' Palme d'Or, We Own The Night and Two Lovers. 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.
Other credits include Yahoo's THE FUZZ and HBO's FUNNY OR DIE PRESENTS. [18][19], The soundtrack album was released on October 7, 2014, via Varse Sarabande label. He was educated at both Princeton University, where he majored in Statistics and Fordham Law School, where he graduated cum laude. [citation needed]. Meanwhile, Zero Motivation just missed the $10,000 club with $9,427 in one theater. Production. The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits. If I predicted a different film, those are in Italics. 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. In December 2015, the score received a Grammy nomination, and the film was nominated for the NME Award for Best Film.
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VOTD: Side-By-Side Comparison Of 'Whiplash' And The Short Film That 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. Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue By Mia Galuppo. Onstage at JVC, before the first piece, Fletcher reveals that he knows Andrew testified against him. Not only did it crush the competition for the week, it is already the best selling Blu-ray of 2015 by a massive margin. 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. But on that date, Andrew's musical preoccupations threaten to derail even his most genuine romantic overtures.
Short Films Archives - StudioBinder Taylor has been married for 18 years to Gregg Taylor, the Head of Development for Dreamworks Animation. Walters served as Executive Producer on BLACK BOX. A short film's budget breaks down into: Pre-production. He is currently filming Divergent, based on the best-selling novel by Veronica Roth, which has been compared to similar young adult books such as The Hunger Games. Writing and directing a short is a potential passageway to creating a full-length feature film. 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 actual drummer was Bernie Dresel. He has served as Executive Producer on all of Bold's pictures, most notably the critically acclaimed DRIVE directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and the Golden Globe Nominated RFK drama BOBBY, featuring a star studded ensemble cast that included Anthony Hopkins, Sharon Stone, Shia LaBeouf, Demi Moore and Martin Sheen. It also reached $1 million in the process, barely. 8th Matthew Jacobs and Christopher Rosen. [23] After three months on release it had earned $7 million, and finally expanded nationwide to 1000 locations to capitalize on receiving five Academy Awards nominations. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival and went on to receive 5 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. The short film received acclaim after debuting at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, which attracted investors to produce the complete version of the script. 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. They also produced the feature version of the Sundance-winning short WHIPLASH, directed by Damien Chazelle, and will serve as executive producers on DEMOLITION, which Jean Marc Vallee will direct from the script by Bryan Sipe. 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. For instance, Birdman didn't lead the way. 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. On the way to the next competition, Andrew's bus breaks down. Spielberg then hired her to be his US Casting Consultant on the Oscar nominated film, Munich. 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". It is nearly at $1 million and has room to grow further.
Script to Screen: Whiplash - Carsey-Wolf Center 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. These great short films, and many others would NOT have fit into the viral mold. Whiplash Original Short Film Cheesy Buzz 1.33K subscribers 21K views 5 months ago #Whiplash Please support the channel for as little as $1 Monthly: https://bit.ly/3WpBMjj One Time:. 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 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. 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. My Internet Provider decided it would be a good idea to do maintenance tonight, so I was without internet access for several hours. Anchored by extraordinary performances from Miles Teller and J.K. SimmonsSimmons absolutely dominates every frame of the picture. It is the short film on which the feature film is based. 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. In television, Blumhouse has a first-look deal with Lionsgate and is working on both scripted and non-scripted projects. 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. Most recently, JK filmed Jeremy Sisto's feature Breakpoint. 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. Birdman picked up the biggest prize, but there were six different winners in the six categories. By way of comparison, Gone Girl opened with $37.5 million three weeks ago. Munchausen made waves upon release in large part due to Aster's impressive direction. He has had guest starring roles on NBC's "Parks and Recreation," and a recurring role on TBS' new hit comedy "Men at Work. 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. This single act changes the young man's life forever. See production, box office & company info. [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.
Damien Chazelle never wanted to make a short. Determined to impress Fletcher, Andrew intensifies his drum practicing. I Am Ali is a documentary, so it could do well in art house circuits, but its chances of expanding significantly are very limited. Paul Reiser and his family currently reside in Los Angeles. 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. 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. As the piece finishes, Andrew continues into an extended, unexpected solo. Courtesy of New York Film Festival. His third book, Familyhood, hit the shelves in 2011. Sharone recently went back to his native Israel to shoot the feature UP THE WRONG TREE and was subsequently nominated for the Israeli equivalent of the Academy Award for his cinematography in that film. He rents a car but arrives late and forgets his sticks at the rental office.
Damien Chazelle's Short Film: Whiplash | Indie Film Hustle "[32] James Rocchi of Indiewire gave a positive review and said, "Whiplash is full of bravado and swagger, uncompromising where it needs to be, informed by great performances and patient with both its characters and the things that matter to them. Starting to notice a pattern here? Blumhouse also produced the phenomenally successful sequels Paranormal Activity 2, Paranormal Activity 3 and Paranormal Activity 4.