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Watch the Short Film That Inspired the Oscar-Winning ‘Whiplash’
Watch the Short Film That Inspired the Oscar-Winning ‘Whiplash’
Watch the Short Film That Inspired the Oscar-Winning ‘Whiplash’
Before he made the Oscar-winning film Whiplash, writer/director Damien Chazelle made a short film called “Whiplash,” an excerpt from the feature script with the same characters, one of the same lead actors, and much the same story. J.K. Simmons, who won an Academy Award last week for his performance as the brutally abusive music teacher Mr. Fletcher, first played the role here. Miles Teller, who played ambitious drummer Andrew Neiman is MIA though; his part is played by Johnny Simmons from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, 21 Jump Street, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

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