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J.K. Simmons as music instructor Terence Fletcher stands and gestures while conducting students in a rehearsal room scene from the film Whiplash.
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Whiplash

film by Chazelle [2014]
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  • Damien Chazelle
    Damien Chazelle

    …of a scene from his Whiplash screenplay and submitted to the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it won both the short-film jury prize and enough financing to create the feature-length version. That film, also featuring Simmons but with Miles Teller as the drummer, was nominated for the Academy Award for…

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    …of a scene from his Whiplash screenplay and submitted to the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it won both the short-film jury prize and enough financing to create the feature-length version. That film, also featuring Simmons but with Miles Teller as the drummer, was nominated for the Academy Award for…

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  • J.K. Simmons
    J.K. Simmons

    …instructor in Damien Chazelle’s drama Whiplash (2014).

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    …instructor in Damien Chazelle’s drama Whiplash (2014).

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