Whiplash · written by Damien Chazelle · 2014

On the bus to Dunellen, Andrew practices Caravan while pills sit beside his sheet music.

Scene 69 of 117 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Andrew

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Begins 1:08 into a 1:54 film

The story so farBefore scene 69

A young jazz drummer pursues a place among the country’s best, pushing himself toward greatness under the control of a brilliant, abusive instructor.

Scenes 1–6
Andrew lives inside solitary practice, family movie nights, and an ideal of greatness learned from jazz legends.
Scenes 7–13
Shaffer's hierarchy makes Andrew doubt his prospects, while he wants a chance to become an exceptional drummer.
Scenes 14–17
Fletcher draws Andrew back from transferring, and Andrew enters Studio Band while beginning a relationship with Nicole.
Scenes 18–48
Andrew learns Fletcher's brutal rules, competes for status, and tries to survive the first rehearsals.
Scenes 49–50
Andrew plays Whiplash from memory and helps Shaffer win the competition, gaining the core position he wanted.
Just before
Scene 66
Players wash up and check the late hour during Fletcher's relentless rehearsal.
Scene 67
Andrew outlasts Ryan and Carl, holds the tempo through Fletcher's assault, and earns the Caravan part.
Scene 68
The players leave at 3:30 a.m.; Andrew watches Fletcher go, hollowed out by the ordeal.
Scene 69
This scene

69INT. ROAD TO DUNELLEN - GREYHOUND BUS - DAY

We’re on a Greyhound, packed. Another VOICE in the back...

ANDREW

Bop-ba-d-d-da-bop... Bada-bop-bop-bop...

Pink (9/10/2013)

It’s Andrew. Hunched over sheet music, earphones on, counting aloud through “CARAVAN”. And, by his side -- a Zip-lock bag of PILLS. Just like the ones we saw exchanged at the party outside his dorm...

PASSENGERS look at him. Who is this lunatic...?

ANDREW (CONT’D)

Bop-bada-bop... Ba-da-bop-ba-d-d-d-da-bop...

And suddenly -- A JOLT. The bus ROCKS to the side, lights go out, the wheels SCREECH to an abrupt stop. Andrew removes his earphones.