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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Whiplash / a Sony Pictures Classics release ; Bold Film presents ; a Blumhouse/Right of Way production ; produced by Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, Michel Litvak, David Lancaster ; written and directed by Damien Chazelle.

Publisher, Date:

Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2015]

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 107 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital optical

widescreen (2.40:1) 24 fps

NTSC

video file DVD video Region 1

Summary:

Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite East coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his teaching talents as for his terrifying methods, leads the top jazz ensemble in the school. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into his band.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R; for strong language including some sexual references.

Subjects:

Drummers (Musicians) -- Drama.

Conservatories of music -- Drama.

Music teachers -- Drama.

Teacher-student relationships -- Drama.

Fiction films.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

Other Author:

Chazelle, Damien, 1985- film director, screenwriter.

Blum, Jason, film producer.

Estabrook, Helen, film producer.

Litvak, Michel, film producer.

Lancaster, David, film producer.

Teller, Miles, actor.

Simmons, J. K., actor.

Benoist, Melissa, actor.

Reiser, Paul, actor.

Stowell, Austin, actor.

Lang, Nate, actor.

Hurwitz, Justin, composer (expression)

Simonec, Tim, composer (expression)

Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), production company.

Bold Films, production company.

Blumhouse Productions, production company.

Right of Way Films (Firm), production company.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.

Other Title:

Sundance Film Festival

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.

Special features: Commentary with writer/director Damien Chazelle and J. K. Simmons; An evening at the Toronto International Film Festival with Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, and Damien Chazelle.

Music supervisor, Andy Ross ; score, Justin Hurwitz ; original big band songs, Justin Hurwitz ; original big band competition pieces, Tim Simonec ; film editor, Tim Cross ; production designer, Melanie Paizis-Jones ; director of photography, Sharone Meir.

Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser, Austin Stowell, Nate Lang.

DVD, NTSC region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.

In English, dubbed French (PAR), or dubbed Spanish; English, French, or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities.

Title from disc surface.

ISBN:

9786315813214 : DVD

6315813216 : DVD

Publisher Number:

44564

Other Number:

900016564

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

1

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

500494

# Local items in:

0

# System items in:

0

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Whiplash