History Trivia / Whiplash

* AcclaimedFlop: Downplayed. While it made back its small budget, it's also the lowest-grossing movie ever to be nominated for Best Picture. What doesn't help was that the film never left its limited release, as it only played at about 500 theaters in America[[note]]A wide release is 600 or more theaters [[/note]].

* DoingItForTheArt:
** Everyone attached to the film. The film had a 19-day shoot with a grueling 14-hour-a-day schedule, but everyone pulled through to make the movie happen.
** In a creepy twist of fate, director Creator/DamienChazelle was in a car accident during the third week of a 19-day shoot and was hospitalized with a possible concussion. [[{{Determinator}} He promptly returned to the set the next day to finish on time]].

** During the jazz bar scene, that really is J.K. Simmons playing piano -- while he did have to take refresher lessons, he used to play frequently and comes from a family of musicians.

* WordOfGod: [[http://screencrush.com/whiplash-damien-chazelle/ In an interview with Screen Crush]], director Damien Chazelle reveals that his movie's ending has… less than pleasant implications for Andrew. [[spoiler:Specifically, he argues that Fletcher will always think he beat Andrew. Chazelle even states that [[DownerEnding Andrew will ''wind up dead in his '30s from a drug overdose'']], making [[FridgeHorror Andrew's previous comment of wanting to die broke and drunk at 34 incredibly disturbing in hindsight]]]].

* BreakthroughHit: For Creator/DamienChazelle.

* AcclaimedFlop: Downplayed. While it made back its small budget, it's also the lowest-grossing movie ever to be nominated for Best Picture. What doesn't help was that the film never left its limited release as it only played at about 500 theaters in America[[note]]A wide release is 600 or more theaters [[/note]].

** In a creepy twist of fate, Director Creator/DamienChazelle was in a car accident during the third week of a 19-day shoot and was hospitalized with a possible concussion. [[{{Determinator}} He promptly returned to the set the next day to finish on time]].

** In one scene, Fletcher repeatedly slaps Andrew while making him do a four count and trying to get him to figure out if Andrew's tempo was too slow or too fast. The actors, after doing a few takes where Simmons only mock slapped Teller, decided to do one take where Simmons slapped him for real. That was the take they used.

** In a creepy twist of fate, Director Creator/DamienChazelle was in a car accident during the third week of a 19-day shoot and was hospitalized with a possible concussion. [[{{Determinator}} He promptly returned to the set the next day to finish on time.]]

%%!!For the [[VideoGame/{{Whiplash}} 2003 video game]]:

* RetroactiveRecognition: Nicole is played by Creator/MelissaBenoist, in between [[{{Series/Glee}} Lima, OH]] and [[{{Series/Supergirl2015}} National City]].

** Everyone attached to the film. The film had a 19-day shoot with a grueling 14 hour-a-day schedule, but everyone pulled through to make the movie happen.
** In a creepy twist of fate, Director Creator/DamienChazelle was in a car accident during the third week of a 19-day shoot and was hospitalized with a possible concussion. [[{{Determinator}} He promptly returned to the set the next day.]]

** In one scene Fletcher repeatedly slaps Andrew while making him do a four count and trying to get him to figure out if Andrew's tempo was too slow or too fast. The actors, after doing a few takes where Simmons only mock slapped Teller, decided to do one take where Simmons slapped him for real. That was the take they used.

* [[PlayingAgainstType Producing Against Type]]: Creator/BlumhouseProductions, a studio best known for low budget {{horror}} films such as ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' and ''Film/{{Insidious}}'' helped produce this film.

** [[DownerEnding A much darker conclusion]] was discussed [[http://screencrush.com/whiplash-damien-chazelle/ in an interview with Damien Chazelle]] when he puts light to the pessimistic implications of the movie’s conclusion.[[spoiler:The stinger ending fast forwards several years and takes the viewer to Andrew’s funeral, implying that like Sean Casey, Andrew committed suicide as a result of the psychological abuse Fletcher inflicted upon him. To [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown put salt in the wound]], Fletcher attends the burial to give his eulogy, and [[LastDisrespects shits on Andrew’s grave]] by [[SpeakIllOfTheDead delivering his four word sendoff]]; “That Ungrateful Fucking Brat”.]]

** Dane [=DeHaan=] turned down the role of Andrew. Coincidentally, Miles Teller auditioned for the role of an Andrew [[Film/{{Chronicle}} in another film]] , which ultimately went to [=DeHaan=].

* WriteWhatYouKnow: Damien Chazelle wrote and directed this movie based on his own experiences jazz drumming in high school. Like Andrew Neiman, Chazelle had a jazz teacher similar to Flecher, who pushed Chazelle to great improvement although Chazelle is of the opinion that his teacher's methods were rather unethical. Moreover, [[http://tinyurl.com/lc8hov5 in a piece written for the Los Angeles Times]], Chazelle reveals that his experiences influenced his film's thematic questions of how far one should go for greatness and what greatness even means.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: Damien Chazelle wrote and directed this movie based on his own experiences jazz drumming in high school. Moreover, [[http://tinyurl.com/lc8hov5 in a piece written for the Los Angeles Times]], Chazelle reveals that his experiences influenced his film's thematic questions of how far one should go for greatness and what greatness even means.

* AcclaimedFlop: Downplayed: while it made its small budget back, it's also the lowest-grossing movie ever to be nominated for Best Picture. What doesn't help was the film never left it's limited release as it only played at about 500 theaters in America[[note]]A Wide release is 600 or more theaters [[/note]].

* {{Determinator}}: Director Creator/DamienChazelle was in a car accident during the third week of a 19-day shoot and hospitalized with a possible concussion, and promptly returned to the set the next day.
* DoingItForTheArt: Everyone attached to the film. The film had a 19-day shoot with a grueling 14 hour-a-day schedule, but everyone pulled through to make the movie happen.

** [[DownerEnding A much darker conclusion]] was discussed [[http://screencrush.com/whiplash-damien-chazelle/ in an interview with Damien Chazelle]] when he puts light to the pessimistic implications of the movie’s conclusion.[[spoiler: The stinger ending fast forwards several years and takes the viewer to Andrew’s funeral, implying that like Sean Casey, Andrew committed suicide as a result of the psychological abuse Fletcher inflicted upon him . To [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown put salt in the wound]], Fletcher attends the burial to give his eulogy, and [[LastDisrespects shits on Andrew’s grave]] by [[SpeakIllOfTheDead delivering his four word sendoff]]; “That Ungrateful Fucking Brat”.]]

* AcclaimedFlop: Downplayed a bit, while it made its small budget back, it's also the lowest-grossing movie ever to be nominated for Best Picture. What doesn't help was the film never left it's limited release.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: Damien Chazelle wrote and directed this movie based on his own experiences in jazz drumming. Moreover, [[http://tinyurl.com/lc8hov5 in a piece written for the Los Angeles Times]], Chazelle reveals that his experiences influenced his film's thematic questions of how far one should go for greatness and what greatness even means. Jazz musicians have noted that Damien Chazelle's experience of jazz drumming are limited to his experience of drumming in a high school big band, and that the film contains too many examples of ArtisticLicenseMusic for this trope to be entirely appropriate.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Andrew's [[spoiler:expulsion letter]] reveals that the film takes place in 2014. However, he later participates in the JVC Jazz Festival, which was renamed the Newport Jazz Festival in 2009.

* AcclaimedFlop: Downplayed a bit, while it made its small budget back, but it's also the lowest-grossing movie ever to be nominated for Best Picture.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: Damien Chazelle wrote and directed this movie based on his own experiences in jazz drumming. Moreover, [[http://tinyurl.com/lc8hov5 in a piece written for the Los Angeles Times]], Chazelle reveals that his experiences influenced his film's thematic questions of how far one should go for greatness and what greatness even means.
** Jazz musicians have noted that Damien Chazelle's experience of jazz drumming are limited to his experience of drumming in a high school big band, and that the film contains too many examples of ArtisticLicenseMusic for this trope to be entirely appropriate.

* WordOfGod: [[http://screencrush.com/whiplash-damien-chazelle/ In an interview with Screen Crush]], director Damien Chazelle reveals that his movie's ending has… less than pleasant implications for Andrew. [[spoiler:Specifically, he argues that Andrew's CrowningMomentOfAwesome was a hollow, fleeting example and that Fletcher will always think he beat Andrew. Chazelle even states that [[DownerEnding Andrew will ''wind up dead in his '30s from a drug overdose'']], making [[FridgeHorror Andrew's previous comment of wanting to die broke and drunk at 34 incredibly disturbing in hindsight]]]].

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: While Creator/JKSimmons plays a {{Jerkass}} of the highest order (writer/director Damien Chazelle instructed him to "take it past what you think the normal limit would be" and to play "a monster, a gargoyle, an animal",) Chazelle notes that in between takes Simmons was "as sweet as he could be", which Chazelle credits with helping prevent the shooting of the film from becoming "nightmarish". Upon winning his Oscar for the role, he gave a profoundly moving acceptance speech urging everyone watching to talk to any still living parents they had.

* AcclaimedFlop: Not a flop, per se. It made its small budget back, but it's currently the lowest-grossing movie ever to be nominated for Best Picture.