He received his B.F.A. The Grand Budapest Hotel took home five awards, while Boyhood, The Theory of Everything, and Whiplash earned three each. In fact, this week it was the only one in the $10,000 club earning an average of $10,348 in 231 screens. More We have a rather long list of limited releases this week, but sadly only three of them are earning overwhelmingly positive reviews. 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. Vana as Metz, a trombonist who gets dismissed by Fletcher mid-rehearsal, Adrian Rashad Driscoll as Reed, a trombonist. 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. 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. Paul Reiser (Jim) is a seasoned actor, writer, producer and stand-up comedian and continues to add to his list of accomplishments. Whiplash was close behind with an average of $22,565 in six theaters. Birdman led the way with 3 wins, but it wasn't the only film to come away with more than one award. March 15, 2021 | Indie Film Hustle Whiplash is a 2013 drama short film written and directed by Academy Award winning director Damien Chazelle. 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. 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. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival and went on to receive 5 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. 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. 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. 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. Like the intensely single-minded drummer Miles Teller plays in " Whiplash ," its writer-director, Damien . 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. Was originally planned to be a feature film but the writer/director could not get funding for it so he made this short film and submitted it to the Sundance film festival. But Hollywood passed because many producers just had a hard time seeing Chazelle's vision. The Writers Guild of America nominations were latest to be announced, but were there any real surprises? 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. Currently, Melanie's work can be seen in The Purge starring Ethan Hawke, which opened number one at the box office. 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. 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. 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 . 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. As per usual, here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions / wishes. 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 early 2004, European industrial mogul Michel Litvak founded Bold Films along with Walters and hired him as President of the company. This list is going to be a little shorter than I wanted a lot shorter actually. Simmons' portrayal of Fletcher won him the Academy, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for 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. Andrew even elicits a sharp word from his otherwise mild-mannered father. 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). Ultimately, that's one of the decisions you, as a film's director, must make. 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. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 67%, which is stunning. Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue 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.". This means both will have 2014 as the year. 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. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. 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. After a grueling five-hour practice session with Tanner and Connolly on "Caravan," Andrew earns back the core position. Television projects include the 13-episode television drama THE BLACK BOX for the ABC Television Network, which just aired its season finale, and Syfy's new series DOMINION based on Bold's feature film LEGION. Most recently, JK filmed Jeremy Sisto's feature Breakpoint. Are there surprises worth mentioning? 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. Walters was born in New York, the son of legendary music agent, Norby Walters. Munchausen made waves upon release in large part due to Aster's impressive direction. Blumhouse's upcoming micro-budget wide releases include Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones for Paramount; Jessabelle for Lionsgate; . Taylor started her casting career as an assistant and then associate to reputed casting director Debra Zane. Whiplash marks the sixth film Taylor has cast for Blumhouse Films. [11] The feature-length film was financed for $3.3 million by Bold Films. The final film in the $10,000 is The Babadook, which earned an average of $10,002 in three theaters. A college recruiter in the audience of this performance offered STOWELL a full scholarship the University of Connecticut Department of Dramatic Arts. In fact, it was a comedy, The Grand Budapest Hotel, that earned the most nominations at 11. 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. In the past two years, Blumhouse, a director driven company that helps filmmakers like James DeMonaco, Scott Derrickson and James Wan tell genre stories that they are passionate about, has produced eight movies that far out-grossed their budgets on opening weekend. [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. I enjoyed the editing too and find it very pleasant to watch. 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. 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. 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. My Internet Provider decided it would be a good idea to do maintenance tonight, so I was without internet access for several hours. 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. His third book, Familyhood, hit the shelves in 2011. The short won the short film jury prize at Sundance 2013 and independent finance company Bold Films, which also backed Nightcrawler, came on board to provide the full $3.2m budget for a Whiplash . Like gunfire INT. Nominees in Bold are the ones predicted to win by our readers. Second place went to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, with an average of $13,725 during its sophomore stint. Sharone has also photographed commercials all around the world and enjoyed shooting music videos for such diverse artists as Joe Cocker, Pink, Nas and The All-American Rejects. The film explores concepts of perfectionism, dedication, and success and deconstructs the concept of ambition. 8th Matthew Jacobs and Christopher Rosen. In a MovieMaker Magazine post, we learn the script received a fair amount of buzz, and the feedback was generally pretty positive.. Michel Litvak (Producer) is a Belgian industrialist who founded the independent production and finance company Bold Films in 2004. Ironically Miles was cast once again as Willard, but this time in the new Paramount film Footloose, which was released in October 2011. theaters, 9.6 weeks average run per theater, Sound Re-recording Mixer / Supervising Sound Editor. During his sophomore year he and his best friend auditioned for Footloose because "the Drama Club Counselor was really pretty." [15] The film was shot in 20 days, with a schedule of 14 hours of filming per day. Production. Crisp, sharp. 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. In 2010, Sony released his apocalyptic thriller LEGION, which starred Paul Bettany and Dennis Quaid and grossed over $75 million worldwide. Damien Chazelle had written the Whiplash screenplay well before he even considered making it a short film. In 2011, Reiser created, executive-produced and starred in, "The Paul Reiser Show" which aired on NBC in the Spring of that year. But at the band's next competition, in an act of either serendipity or sabotage, the core drummer's sheet music is misplaced. 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. 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. The Independent Spirit Awards winners were announced last night and there were few surprises. 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. Like with Best Director, this is a two-horse race with the same two films at the top of the list. 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 bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits. She produced of the World Festival of Sacred Music documentaries, which were inspired and hosted by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. opened with an average of $13,108 in 272 theaters. Melissa Benoist (Nicole) just wrapped production on the feature Imagine, opposite Al Pacino, Jennifer Garner, Christopher Plummer and Annette Bening for director Dan Fogelman. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. For a family film, it is hard to comprehend. While Big Hero 6 wasn't the only new release on the Blu-ray sales chart this week, it might as well have been. "[26] Simmons received wide praise for his performance and won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey. This single act changes the young man's life forever. On the other hand, predictable means less work for me. Determined to impress Fletcher, Andrew intensifies his drum practicing. 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. But Damien Chazelle didn't plan it that way. The teacher is clearly the main focus here with his behavior and the way he teach. 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). 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. 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. Benoist beat out 900 other girls nationwide to land the new female leading role of "Marley" on FOX's hit show "Glee.". Months later, Andrew encounters Fletcher playing piano at a jazz club. [2], On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film scored 94% based on 303 reviews, with an average rating of 8.60/10. The other contender is the Criterion Collection release for Watership Down (Blu-ray). Born and raised in New York City, Reiser attended the State University of New York at Binghamton where he majored in Music Piano and Composition. Today we look at the two writing categories, ending with Best Adapted Screenplay. Miles Teller (Andrew) had the distinct honor and privilege of making his feature screen debut opposite Nicole Kidman in the film based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play Rabbit Hole. Having committed the music to memory, Andrew gets the opportunity to play. With some emotions and some ctritics. Prior to joining Blumhouse Productions full-time, Brill line produced for The Purge producer Jason Blum on the hugely successful Paranormal Activity franchise: Paranormal Activity, Paranormal Activity 2 and Paranormal Activity 3, as well as James Wan's Insidious, and Barry Levinson's environmental thriller The Bay. As revenge, Fletcher leads the band into a song Andrew does not know and does not have the sheet music to. She most recently produced Reitman's film, LABOR DAY, starring Josh Brolin and Kate Winslet, which will be in theaters January 31st. His pal got the lead and Miles was cast as 'Willard,' the best friend. A short film's budget breaks down into: Pre-production. Blumhouse also produced the phenomenally successful sequels Paranormal Activity 2, Paranormal Activity 3 and Paranormal Activity 4. 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. She met Jason Blum when she was hired to help cast the wildly successful Paranormal Activity 2. 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. 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. For Halloween 2012, Blumhouse built The Blumhouse of Horrors, an innovative and frightening haunted house experience in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. 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. 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. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates. In 2012, Brill joined Blumhouse Productions as Head of Production. He then entered the independent film world as an Assistant Editor on such films as Ang Lee's Civil War drama RIDE WITH THE DEVIL and Rob Schmidt's horror film WRONG TURN, before becoming the Additional Editor on James Gray's WE OWN THE NIGHT and TWO LOVERS. 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. Is the Oscar picture beginning to take shape? [16], Having taught himself to play drums at age 15, Teller performed much of the drumming seen in the film. By way of comparison, Gone Girl opened with $37.5 million three weeks ago. 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. It sold 1.99 million units generating $37.59 million in the process. Andrew's maniacal effort to achieve perfection is further fueled by Fletcher's psychological brinksmanship. On the way to the next competition, Andrew's bus breaks down. In December 2015, the score received a Grammy nomination, and the film was nominated for the NME Award for Best Film. I Am Ali is a documentary, so it could do well in art house circuits, but its chances of expanding significantly are very limited. Justin Hurwitz (music) graduated from Harvard University in 2008, where he studied music. Likewise, The Theory of Everything expanded to 41 theaters earning an average of $17,937. However, Andrew is taken aback when Fletcher abruptly gives the position to Ryan Connolly, a drummer from a lower-level ensemble within Shaffer. For the third weekend in a row, Birdman led the per theater chart. We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In 2013, Blumhouse invited horror fans to experience The Purge: Fear the Night, a live-event inspired by the backstory to the feature film. Taylor has been married for 18 years to Gregg Taylor, the Head of Development for Dreamworks Animation. In 2016, Sundance received 9000 short film submissions (compared to 4000 feature films) and only about 60 were selected to screen. More on that later. After a successful performance of "Whiplash," Fletcher promotes Andrew to the core drummer. This isn't at the same level as Frozen opened with, but it is already the second best selling DVD in 2015. After graduating with honors, Sharone moved to Los Angeles to continue his education at the American Film Institute (AFI). For one, the relationship between Andrew and his father was introduced early on in the film but was never really developed or resolved. Not ideal, but it is better to fix the mistake now than carry on making it. 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"). 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.". [2] Critical response [ edit] Director Damien Chazelle at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. At this point, the film has already earned some measure of mainstream success, while it still has room to grow. 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. 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. Birdman, Boyhood, The Imitation Game, and others continue to get accolades, but there are also some films that are being passed over too often. Onstage at JVC, before the first piece, Fletcher reveals that he knows Andrew testified against him. Blum began his career as the producing director of the Malaparte theater company, which was founded by Ethan Hawke. Aspiring directors use this medium to create a proof of concept on a small budget that can go on to w Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) Claudia Puig. The BAFTA nominations were announced yesterday and unlike most other Awards Season voters, the BAFTA voters gave us some real surprises. 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. (Editor). 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. 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. Heavily injured, he struggles to play "Caravan," and Fletcher halts the performance to dismiss him from the band. In 2011, Reitman reteamed with Diablo Cody for the critically acclaimed Young Adult, starring Charlize Theron and Patton Oswalt. But on that date, Andrew's musical preoccupations threaten to derail even his most genuine romantic overtures. 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. 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. Whiplash premiered in competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 16, 2014, as the festival's opening film; it won the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize for drama. He is originally from New Bedford, Massachusetts. Andrew subsequently abandons drumming. 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. He later got the funding and made his original 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. Anchored by extraordinary performances from Miles Teller and J.K. SimmonsSimmons absolutely dominates every frame of the picture. Then a second hit. Today we look at the biggest prize, Best Picture. The other big story about this years contest is just how much of a two-horse contest it really is. Tom Cross (Editor) is an editor of feature films, documentaries and television. Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles. These great short films, and many others would NOT have fit into the viral mold. Meanwhile, Zero Motivation just missed the $10,000 club with $9,427 in one theater.
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