Sentences with phrase «young drummer»

The Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic Presented by Acura, was presented to: Whiplash (Director & Screenwriter: Damien Chazelle)-- Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

Whiplash is the story of a promising young drummer who enrolls at a cut - throat music conservatory where his instruction is a borderline monster / musical genius that will stop at nothing to bring the student's potential into fruition.

It's the rest of the picture that has a problem, with contrivance piled upon story - driving contrivance so high that the film lacks a believable ground - level view of young drummer Andrew's (Miles Teller) struggle toward expertise and mastery.

A story about Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller), a promising young drummer at Manhattan's Shaffer Conservatory who becomes the latest student to endure the corrosive charisma of Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), a professor who recruits dulcet squeaks and toots in the pursuit of perfection

The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented to: Whiplash (Director & Screenwriter: Damien Chazelle)-- Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

Thanks to his barnstorming lead turn as a budding young drummer in «Whiplash» — the winner of the Grand Jury Prize at last year's Sundance Film Festival that's gone on to become an awards juggernaut — and his upcoming performance as Mr. Fantastic in this summer's «Fantastic Four» reboot (there's a sequel already scheduled for release in 2017), he's about to hit the supernova.

J.K. Simmons is on fire as the deranged music coach spurring Miles Teller «s ambitious young drummer on to greatness.

A promising young drummer enrolls at a cutthroat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.

Language: English Genre: Drama MPAA rating: R Director: Damien Chazelle Actors: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist Plot: A stern teacher helps mold a struggling young drummer who is working to become a top jazz drummer.

A talented young drummer pursues perfection at any cost in Chazelle's follow - up to «Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench.»

The film tells the tale of a passionate young drummer named Andrew, played wonderfully by rising star Miles Teller, who is accepted into one of the most prestigious music programs in the nation.

Miles Teller stars as an incredibly gifted and unhealthily driven young drummer tearing up his skins (both of the drum and flesh variety) at a prestigious New York music academy.

Andrew is a promising young drummer studying at a prestigious music conservatory.

Whiplash, meanwhile, is an intense psychological drama starring JK Simmons (who won the Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe for his performance) as a music teacher and Myles Teller as the ambitious young drummer he pushes to the brink.

Whiplash (Director & Screenwriter: Damien Chazelle)-- Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

Whiplash stars Miles Teller (Footloose, Project X, The Spectacular Now) as a «talented young drummer», who, «under the direction of a ruthless instructor» being played by J.K. Simmons, «begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.»

In the meantime, Teller goes toe - to - toe with J.K. Simmons in Whiplash, a Sundance favorite about a promising young drummer (Teller) who enrolls in a cutthroat music conservatory and is mentored and berated by an intense instructor (Simmons).

In the drama he plays a young drummer keen to realise his dreams at the hands of an intense instructor.

The former stars Miles Teller as a young drummer who begins to mentally crumble under the pressure put on him to succeed by his emotionally and verbally abusive instructor (J.K. Simmons)- though, that critically - acclaimed indie flick is not based on a true story.

Edging out Birdman for ninth place is another film yet to open on these shores in Whiplash, Damien Chazelle's festival favourite starring soon - to - be-Mister Fantastic Miles Teller as a young drummer with aspirations of greatness who enrolls at a prestigious music school and finds himself under the tutelage of a ruthless mentor, played by J.K. Simmons.

JK Simmons is generating awards buzz as a terrifying music teacher whose scenes with Miles Teller's young drummer are like «two boxers in the ring

With The Spectacular Now «s Miles Teller in the role of a young drummer, many critics note that the film provides its other star, J.K. Simmons, a near - perfect vehicle for the former J. Jonah Jameson's brand of half - screamed scolding.

Grimacing, laughing and sweating profusely, Miles Teller is astonishing to watch in action as a young drummer who finds himself under the tutelage of a merciless teacher (J.K. Simmons).

From a film about a fading movie star struggling to gain artistic credibility («Birdman») to a picture about a young drummer waging psychological warfare...

He is absolutely terrifying as a sadistic jazz teacher who pushes Miles Teller's talented young drummer to the brink of greatness / madness.

Andrew immediately recognises something of value in his hellish practice sessions, as Fletcher demands the same thing of Andrew that the young drummer demands of himself: greatness, and nothing less.

Just six years out of college, Chazelle had written the film — a blistering tale of a young drummer (Miles Teller) under the tutelage of a cruel, manipulative music teacher (J.K. Simmons)-- in a sort of fever of frustration after a string of earlier aborted scripts had gone nowhere.

Whiplash This story of the beyond - intense relationship between a young drummer (Miles Teller) and his ferocious musical mentor (J.K. Simmons) cleaned up at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, winning both the Grand Jury and Audience prizes.

The Damien Chazelle - directed drama about a young drummer features in a festival sidebar that will open with French director Celine Sciamma's «Girlhood»

The event will also include performances from Inspire - works facilitators, Royal College of Music Percussion Department, the Young Drummer of the Year, the Beatbox Collective and presentations from Street Child United.

A young drummer briefly consid...

My intention is to spread the word and show the younger drummers and students the masters at work - from the beginnings to the present.