Chazelle said that between takes, Simmons was "as sweet as can be", which he credits for keeping "the shoot from being nightmarish". 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. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. 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. Before it was a best picture nominee, Damien Chazelle 's Whiplash started as a short . It is the short film on which the feature film is based. In addition to his academic achievements, Walters also has the rare distinction of being a winner on JEOPARDY. Also upcoming is Ryan Gosling's directorial debut LOST RIVER, starring Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Ben Mendelsohn, and Eva Mendes, which debuted at this year's Cannes Film Festival. This could be a really dull Awards Season with very few surprises. Jason sent me both . The Imitation Game remained in first place on the per theater chart with an average of $48,658 in 8 theaters over the weekend. 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. For March 2015 THE COUP, which stars Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan, and Lake Bell will be released by The Weinstein Company. 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. In addition to editing the feature version of WHIPLASH, Cross recently cut the feature film TIME LAPSE for director Bradley King. It is the short film that the Oscar winning feature film is based on. A drumstick against a drum head. [15] The film was shot in 20 days, with a schedule of 14 hours of filming per day. Birdman led the way with 3 wins, but it wasn't the only film to come away with more than one award. Speaking of expanding, The Imitation Game expanded from 25 theaters to 34 theaters earning an average of $25,253 in the process. 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. But Hollywood passed because many producers just had a hard time seeing Chazelle's vision. Over a drink, Fletcher admits his teaching methods were harsh but argues they were necessary to motivate his students to become successful, citing Charlie Parker's rise to fame as an example. 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. Damien Chazelle never wanted to make a short. Blumhouse's upcoming micro-budget wide releases include Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones for Paramount; Jessabelle for Lionsgate; . This will make it easier for readers to find later on. Terence Fletcher, the conductor of the Shaffer Conservatory Studio Band, recruits him to play in the Studio ensemble as an alternate for core drummer Carl Tanner. With some emotions and some ctritics. In fact, this week it was the only one in the $10,000 club earning an average of $10,348 in 231 screens. Soon after, Right of Way Films and Blumhouse Productions helped Chazelle turn 15 pages of the script into an 18-minute short film, also titled Whiplash. I Am Ali is a documentary, so it could do well in art house circuits, but its chances of expanding significantly are very limited. 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. Andrew crawls from the wreckage and runs to the theater, arriving just as the ensemble enters the stage. There were some surprises, as well as some results that would have been surprises had it not been for the previous Awards Season nominations. 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. STOWELL was most recently seen in Steven Soderbergh's BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, the award-winning HBO film based on the life of celebrated pianist Liberace, played by Michael Douglas. 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. March 2, 2015 6:22pm. "[30] Whiplash also won the 87th Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing and the 87th Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Blum began his career as the producing director of the Malaparte theater company, which was founded by Ethan Hawke. 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. 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. Finally there's Whiplash, which could lead the way on the Per Theater Chart. opened with an average of $13,108 in 272 theaters. and they suggested making the short as a device to generate a budget for the feature, which obviously worked out great. 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. Fury will need really good legs, or a really strong performance overseas, to post a profit. For Halloween 2012, Blumhouse built The Blumhouse of Horrors, an innovative and frightening haunted house experience in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. Lancaster also returned to Broadway this season with the multiple Tony award winning musical production of The Bridges of Madison County, after previously producing the Pulitzer Prize winning, 'night, Mother, both with (long time colleague) Marsha Norman. Though the act further alienates him from his fellow musicians, the band nonetheless wins the competition, and he seems poised to become Fletcher's new "favorite son.". For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com. 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. This includes Inherent Vice, which led the way for the second time in a row earning an average of $29,055 in five theaters. More Fury will top the box office chart this weekend with a solid, but unspectacular, $23.5 million, according to Sonys Sunday morning estimate. 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 . 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.". 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. Mr. Turner was the best of the new limited releases earning an average of $21,728 in five theaters. 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. A short film's budget breaks down into: Pre-production. Leading the way with three wins was Boyhood, while Birdman and The Theory of Everything each picked up a pair of wins. If I predicted a different film, those are in Italics. Today we look at the two writing categories, ending with Best Adapted Screenplay. Foxcatcher was the latest Oscar-hopeful to top the per theater chart earning an average of $45,146 in six theaters. Like the Best Supporting Actress category, Best Supporting Actor isn't even close and one of the five nominees is absolutely running away with things. [2], On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film scored 94% based on 303 reviews, with an average rating of 8.60/10. Taylor first met Chazelle when producer Jason Blum introduced them on the short-film version of Whiplash. Today we look at the two supporting actor categories, finishing with Best Supporting Actor. 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. Today we look at the biggest prize, Best Picture. This would be stunning for a visually intensive action film aimed at Fanboys. This is also a two-horse race, but one of the horses has a significant, but not insurmountable lead. His third book, Familyhood, hit the shelves in 2011. [16], Having taught himself to play drums at age 15, Teller performed much of the drumming seen in the film. 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. Both films premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. 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. 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. STOWELL broke onto the movie scene in 2011 with a compelling performance in DOLPHIN TALE, opposite Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick Jr. and Ashley Judd. [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. After weeks of intense debate among our voters, we have a virtual tie in the biggest categories of all: Best Picture and Best Director. However, it was a Wednesday release and it earned $13,145 over five days. Chazelle finished writing the script in 2013, drawing upon his experiences in a "very competitive" jazz band in high school. [2] It expanded to 88 locations, then 419 locations. She produced of the World Festival of Sacred Music documentaries, which were inspired and hosted by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Meanwhile, the nominees I want to win, but don't think will win, are Underlined. Had it opened on Friday instead, it very likely would have reached the $10,000 club. But at the band's next competition, in an act of either serendipity or sabotage, the core drummer's sheet music is misplaced. 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." This site may be governed by it's ownTerms & Conditions and Privacy Policy. Last year he filmed the Steve Jobs biopic, Jobs, as well as Jason Reitman's upcoming film, Labor Day. 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. By way of comparison, Gone Girl opened with $37.5 million three weeks ago. Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) Claudia Puig. He next directed Juno in 2007 for which he earned his first Oscar nomination, followed by Up in the Air in 2009, which was recognized with six Academy Award nominations and earned Reitman a Golden Globe and the WGA Award for Best Screenplay. This film will hit major milestones very soon. This winter, JK will start shooting NBC's new comedy "Growing Up Fisher" opposite Jenna Elfman. The Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced last week and I'm getting to them a little late, because I needed to organize the whole Awards Season stories. 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. ", 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.". Andrew's family can barely recognize the stone-faced obsessive sitting at their dinner table. Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles. Andrew even elicits a sharp word from his otherwise mild-mannered father. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Blumhouse's Los Angeles-based movie production team used its expertise in horror film production, storytelling, and movie set design to transform the Variety Arts Theater into a fully-immersive and chillingly intense Halloween attraction. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates. 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. In addition to his ongoing career in cinematography, Sharone continues to explore still photography with large format fine art projects. For a family film, it is hard to comprehend. [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. The $10,000 club was crowded this weekend with six films earning per theater averages of more than $10,000. [17] For certain scenes, professional drummer Kyle Crane served as Teller's drum double. Astounding. [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. The film featured Simmons as the jazz band conductor still, but it had Johnny Simmons . Aspiring directors use this medium to create a proof of concept on a small budget that can go on to w 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.". Nate performs regularly at the UCB Theatre. Vana as Metz, a trombonist who gets dismissed by Fletcher mid-rehearsal, Adrian Rashad Driscoll as Reed, a trombonist. He most recently finished shooting the independent film WHIPLASH opposite Miles Teller and JK Simmons. Together with the editor Tom Cross, who edited both the original and the feature film, great. On the small screen Simmons played LAPD Assistant Chief Will Pope in TNT's hit series "The Closer." They've ranged from big studio releases to surprise gems from the independent film world. [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. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, 2014 - Awards Season: Golden Globes - Nominations, Per Theater Chart: Imitation Remains Real, 2014 - Awards Season: Independent Spirit Awards - Nominations, Per Theater Chart: Imitation Scores Game-Winning Goal, Per Theater Chart: Mockingjay Makes a Mockery of the Per Theater Chart, Per Theater Chart: None of the Competition could Catch Foxcatcher, Per Theater Chart: Birdman has the Skies to Himself, Weekend Estimates: Fury an Unspectacular First, Per Theater Chart: Whiplash has a Saintly Opening, Weekend Estimates: Dracula Nearly Gets Girl, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No YaibaTo the Swordsmith Village, 16.64 (domestic box office/biggest weekend), $3,300,000 (worldwide box office is 11.9 times production budget), 6 opening theaters/567 max. 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. On the way to the next competition, Andrew's bus breaks down. Tom Cross (Editor) is an editor of feature films, documentaries and television. See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records. 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. While at Bold, he oversaw the Golden Globe Best Picture Nominated RFK drama BOBBY; produced the Joe Dante directed suspense thriller THE HOLE 3D; the Toronto Film Festival Selection MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, starring Susan Sarandon and Anton Yelchin; and the 2010 apocalyptic thriller LEGION, starring Paul Bettany and Dennis Quaid which scored a 40MM domestic cume from Sony's Screen Gems. Is the Oscar picture beginning to take shape? Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. 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. 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). 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. 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. Compare this performance with other movies. As per usual, here is the list of nominees marked according to predictions / wishes. Blumhouse's upcoming micro-budget wide releases include Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones for Paramount; Jessabelle for Lionsgate; and Stretch for Universal. Not only did it crush the competition for the week, it is already the best selling Blu-ray of 2015 by a massive margin. 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. 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". Emboldened by this acceptance, Andrew summons the courage to ask out Nicole, the counter girl at his local theater for whom he'd nursed a silent and unrequited crush. Later she partnered with Zane, co-casting Seabiscuit and War of The Worlds. She most recently produced Reitman's film, LABOR DAY, starring Josh Brolin and Kate Winslet, which will be in theaters January 31st. Andrew subsequently abandons drumming. 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. Andrew invites Nicole to the performance but finds out she is in a new relationship. By Mia Galuppo. Having committed the music to memory, Andrew gets the opportunity to play. [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. "[35], The film appeared on many critics end-of-year lists. She established her company CatchLight in 1999 and has served as an executive producer for the romantic comedies In the Weeds and Amy's Orgasm. ", "'WHIPLASH' careens into the unexpected before coming to a jaw-dropping close. 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. For one, the relationship between Andrew and his father was introduced early on in the film but was never really developed or resolved. The 18-minute short debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013 to considerable acclaim and after Chazelle secured his $3.3 million (2.2 million) budget, his feature-length Whiplash. The polls are closed in our 18th annual Predict the Academy Awards contest, and it has turned out to be the most exciting two-horse race in the history of the contest. 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 J.K. Simmons - H 2014. At his father's request, Andrew meets a lawyer representing the parents of Sean Casey, a former student of Fletcher's. Michel Litvak (Producer) is a Belgian industrialist who founded the independent production and finance company Bold Films in 2004. Shortly after graduating, STOWELL moved to LA, where he currently resides, to pursue acting professionally. [12] Early on, Chazelle gave J. K. Simmons direction that "I want you to take it past what you think the normal limit would be," telling him: "I don't want to see a human being on-screen any more. Whiplash was close behind with an average of $22,565 in six theaters. He received his B.F.A. After a successful performance of "Whiplash," Fletcher promotes Andrew to the core drummer. Blum's model began with the original Paranormal Activity, which was made for $15,000, released by Paramount Pictures, and grossed close to $200 million worldwide, making it the most profitable film in the history of Hollywood. 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. This practically guarantees some measure of mainstream success; however, unless it can earn some Awards Season nominations, it likely won't expand truly wide. 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. He invites Andrew to perform with his band at the JVC Jazz Festival, assuring him that the songs will be the same ones played by the Studio Band; Andrew hesitantly accepts. At first, Andrew is an "alternate," confined to turning the pages of the "core" drummer. 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. 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!