Whiplash

Release Date: Friday, October 10, 2014 Limited

Damien Chazelle, Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Jason Blum, Jason Reitman, Austin Stowell, Melissa Benoist, Couper Samuelson, Paul Reiser, David Lancaster

N/A Drama N/A

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Plot

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Plot
Under the direction of a prestigious but borderline abusive instructor, a young college student begins to lose his humanity in his quest to become the core drummer of the top jazz orchestra in the country.
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Top Cast

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Crew Behind the Film

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The film's director Damien Chazelle last directed Babylon and First Man. The film's writer Damien Chazelle last wrote Babylon and La La Land.

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Jason Blum
David Lancaster

Additional Information

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Language
English

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Production Details

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Key Facts

  • Based on the Sundance Prize-winning short film, which was based on a 2012 Black List script.

Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Announced

The film was tagged as Announced. Bold Films, Blumhouse Productions and Right of Way Films are teaming up to bring the Sundance Prize-winning short Whiplash to the screen as a feature.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Whiplash was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, October 10, 2014 . There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including Addicted, The Judge and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. As a limited release, Whiplash was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.



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  • Changed the US DVD release date from February 3, 2015 to TBA

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