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Whiplash (2014)

14A  -  Drama | Music  -  15 October 2014 (Philippines)
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A promising young drummer enrolls at a cutthroat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.

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A young and talented drummer attending a prestigious music academy finds himself under the wing of the most respected professor at the school, one who does not hold back on abuse towards his students. The two form an odd relationship as the student tries to achieve greatness, and the professor tries to stop him.

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Drama | Music

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Atkirtis  »

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$3,300,000 (estimated)

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$135,388 (USA) (10 October 2014)

Gross:

$5,902,000 (USA) (2 January 2015)
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The chart "Whiplash" performed in the film is of the type referred to by jazz players as a "time chart" - a piece with an unconventional time signature (in this case, 7/8). The chart's arranger - Hank Levy - is famous within jazz circles for his numerous "time chart" classics. See more »

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When Fletcher throws the chair at Neyman, the guitarist is behind Neyman in the first shot then missing in the second, probably removed to avoid being hit by a chair. See more »

Quotes

Terence Fletcher: Do you think your out of tune. What are you there's no fucking Mars Bar down their what are you looking at. Look up here look at me do you think you were out of tune.
Metz: Yes.
Terence Fletcher: THEN WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T YOU SAY SO.
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Casey's Song
Written by Justin Hurwitz
[Courtesy of 5AM Music Ltd]
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Sure to be one of the best films of the year
27 October 2014 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Whiplash is low budget film making at its finest, and surely promises big things from rookie director/writer Damien Chazelle. Seeing this film in theaters was the first time this year that I have completely enraptured (granted, I have not seen all of the top films that have come out so far). Also, I am a succor for quality films about musicians, and Whiplash ranks in my all time favorites in that genre. The tension did not let up from the very first scene, especially as soon as the incredible J.K. Simmons enters. Simmons, along with Miles Teller (who's Project X days are now long behind him) have some of the best on screen chemistry I've seen. They're connected; one cannot act without it affecting the other. The film is almost entirely focused on this relationship, and the simplicity definitely services the film. I hope people will go and see it and vote with their pocketbooks for excellent low budget films.


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