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Whiplash

Name: Whiplash
Director: Damien Chazelle
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 2013
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Johnny Simmons, J.K. Simmons, Nate Lang, C.J. Vana, Honora Javier

A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.

2013 · Directed by Damien Chazelle · 18 min · Drama · Music · Screenplay in the scene database · 2 frames

Tagline

Suffering is the soul of greatness.

Plot

Andrew Neiman is a first-year student at the prestigious Shaffer Conservatory in New York City. He has been playing drums from a young age and aspires to become a world-class drummer. Fletcher, conductor and bandleader of Shaffer Conservatory Studio Band, invites him into the ensemble as an alternate for core drummer Carl. However, Andrew quickly discovers that Fletcher is ruthlessly strict and abusive to his students. Fletcher asks a trombone player, Metz, if he was playing out of tune; when Metz answers yes, Fletcher screams at him and kicks him out, but admits that a different player played out of tune and he kicked Metz out for not knowing if he was out of tune or not. When the band rehearses the Hank Levy piece "Whiplash" and Andrew struggles to keep the tempo, Fletcher hurls a chair at him, slaps him, and berates him in front of the band.

Plot summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Crew

Written by: Damien Chazelle
Cinematography: Edd Lukas
Edited by: Tom Cross
Production design: Stephanie Hamilton
Produced by: Nicholas Britell, Helen Estabrook

Cast

Johnny Simmons as Andrew Neiman
J.K. Simmons as Fletcher
Nate Lang as Carl
C.J. Vana as Metz
Honora Javier as Amy
Omari Grayson as Trumpet Player
Stuart Hammill as Trumpet Player
Charlie Estes as Trumpet Player
Ranfins Rincon as Trumpet Player
John Greer as Trombone Player

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Whiplash Productions, Right of Way Films, Blumhouse Productions
Themes: music teacher, jazz band, verbal abuse, short film, proof of concept

More by Damien Chazelle

Whiplash — 2014
La La Land — 2016
First Man — 2018
Babylon — 2022

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