The compelling and critically acclaimed drama Whiplash arrives on Digital HD May 18 and Blu-ray™ and DVD on 1 June from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. From writer/director Damien Chazelle, this Sony Pictures Classics film follows the journey of a young jazz musician with a passion for drumming and dreams of greatness.
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Andrew Neiman, played by Miles Teller (That Awkward Moment), is a determined 19-year-old student. His music teacher, Terence Fletcher, played by J.K. Simmons (BAFTA®, Golden Globe® winner and Oscar® winner for his role), sees Andrew’s raw talent, but will accept nothing less than perfection. Paul Reiser (Life After Beth) stars as Andrew’s father and Melissa Benoist (“Glee”) as Andrew’s love interest, Nicole.
Winner of both the Audience and Grand Jury Prizes at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, WHIPLASH was first screened at the festival as a short film a year earlier to excellent reaction. Chazelle returned a year later with a full-length version, which captured the top prizes in Park City and continued on as a festival favourite throughout the year. Film critics took to the film immediately, as evidenced by a 95 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Camilla Long for The Sunday Times wrote that WHIPLASH was “totally engrossing”, The London Evening Standard’s David Sexton called it an “extraordinarily taut (and) accomplished piece of work” and Peter Bradshaw for The Guardian wrote that it was “outrageously watchable”. In addition, Total Film called it a “masterclass in technique, power and rhythm that stings and sings like nothing else” and Empire magazine wrote that it “Spit(s) you out elated, exhausted and cheering for an encore.”
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