Whiplash
2014 film by Damien Chazelle
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| 2024 | Ranked 51st on Empire's updated list of greatest movies |
| 2024 | Topped the Sundance Film Festival's Top 10 Films of All Time list, based on a survey of 500 filmmakers and critics |
| September 20 2024 | Theatrical release of a new 4K remaster to commemorate the film's 10th anniversary |
| September 9 2024 | Special 10th anniversary screening at the Toronto International Film Festival |
| 2020 | Ranked 13th on Empire's list of 'The 100 Greatest Movies Of The 21st Century' |
| March 27 2020 | An expanded deluxe edition of the Whiplash soundtrack was released on double CD and 2-LP vinyl, featuring new cover art, original music by Justin Hurwitz, bonus tracks, and remixes by various artists including Timo Garcia, Opiuo, and Murray A. Lightburn. |
| December 2015 | The film's score received a Grammy nomination, and the film was nominated for the NME Award for Best Film. |
| March 26 2015 | Whiplash concluded its theatrical run, having expanded to over 500 screens. |
| February 2015 | At the 87th Academy Awards, J.K. Simmons won Best Supporting Actor, Tom Cross won Best Film Editing, and Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, and Thomas Curley won Best Sound Mixing. |
| January 6 2015 | The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences surprisingly classified the film's screenplay as adapted rather than original, contrary to the Writers Guild of America's original classification. |
| 2014 | Whiplash completed its theatrical run with $14 million earned in the U.S. and Canada, and $36.3 million in other territories, totaling $50.4 million worldwide against a budget of $3.3 million. |
| 2014 | Film expanded from initial six theaters to 88 locations, and later to 419 locations during its theatrical run. |
| 2014 | Film expanded nationwide to 1000 locations after receiving five Academy Awards nominations. |
| 2014 | After three months of release, 'Whiplash' had earned $7 million domestically. |
| October 10 2014 | Film 'Whiplash' opened in a limited release in North America, initially screening in six theaters and grossing $135,388, with an average of $22,565 per theater. |
| October 7 2014 | The soundtrack album for the film Whiplash was released by Varèse Sarabande label, featuring 24 tracks including original jazz pieces, film underscore, and classic jazz standards. |
| January 16 2014 | Whiplash premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival as the festival's opening film, winning both the Audience Award Dramatic and the Grand Jury Prize Dramatic. |
| 2013 | Right of Way and Blumhouse helped Chazelle transform fifteen pages of the script into an eighteen-minute short film, also titled Whiplash. |
| September 2013 | During the third week of filming, director Damien Chazelle is involved in a serious car accident and hospitalized with a possible concussion, but returns to set the next day to complete the shoot on time. |
| September 2013 | Filming for the full-length Whiplash movie took place throughout Los Angeles over twenty days. |
| August 2013 | Miles Teller signs on to star in the feature film, replacing Johnny Simmons from the original short film. |
| January 2013 | The Whiplash short film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, receiving critical acclaim and attracting investors to produce the full-length film. |
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