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  1. Feb 9, 2015 · Miles Teller plays 19-year-old Andrew Neiman, a young, ambitious jazz drumming student at the Shaffer, an elite music school. Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) is the school’s most ruthless ...

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    Whiplash was written and directed by Damien Chazelle. He also co-wrote the gloriously claustrophobic 10 Cloverfield Lane but is best known for writing and directing La La Land and Babylon. Based on his own experience of being in a highly competitive jazz band, the movie focuses on the meek but determined Neiman (Miles Teller) and his relationship w...

    Whiplashisn’t structured like a normal ‘against adversity’ movie of its type. Instead of the usual ‘moment’ where the looked-down-upon student wows everyone and gains respect, Neiman remains under the thumb regardless of how well he performs. He has no positive relationships with his classmates, nor does he want them. Teller’s performance is fantas...

    Miles Telleras Andrew Neiman, an ambitious young jazz drummer at Shaffer Conservatory J. K. Simmonsas Terence Fletcher, a ruthless teacher at Shaffer who invites an aspiring drummer into the jazz ensemble Paul Reiseras Jim Neiman, Andrew's father, a writer turned high school teacher Melissa Benoistas Nicole, a movie theater employee who briefly dat...

  2. May 22, 2024 · Whiplash is a deceptively simple story: it tells the tale of Andrew (Miles Teller), a young student drummer who's picked for the best band in the music school, and the teacher who wants him to be...

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  3. Jan 5, 2021 · Whiplash follows first-year Shaffer Conservatory student Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller) on his journey to becoming a world-renowned jazz drummer. As he is practicing his craft one day, profane jazz...

  4. Oct 9, 2014 · Written and directed by the gifted Damien Chazelle (Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench), from his own experience of getting schooled on the sticks, Whiplash is a battle to the death. It’s also a ...

  5. As a stress-inducing exercise in cinematic asphyxiation, Whiplash is this year’s Gravity. Where Alfonso Cuarón’s film placed an astronaut into merciless space, writer-director Damien Chazelle chucks 19-year-old jazz drummer Andrew (Miles Teller) into the merciless grasp of a brutal music instructor (JK Simmons).

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  7. Jan 15, 2015 · Running Time: 106 minutes. Certificate: 15. Original Title: Whiplash. Trying to make a thriller about jazz is like trying to make a horror about puppies; you are starting with a subject that...

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