Whiplash · written by Damien Chazelle · 2014

Andrew argues with a bandmate by phone while speeding toward call time.

Scene 75 of 117 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

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Begins 1:10 into a 1:54 film

The story so farBefore scene 75

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 72
Andrew pounds on the closed rental agency door until an employee lets him in.
Scene 73
Andrew signs for a car and rushes away, leaving his stick bag behind.
Scene 74
Andrew starts the rental car and races toward the auditorium.
Scene 75
This scene

75INT. DUNELLEN STREET - RENTAL CAR - CONTINUOUS

Andrew drives fast. His cell rings--

ANDREW

Hello??

PIANIST (O.S.)

Neiman, where the fuck are you? Call-time

was 5.

ANDREW

I’m sorry -- I’m on my way. I’m almost--

PIANIST (O.S.) ANDREW We’re on stage in twenty-- I know, I’m almost ther--

PIANIST (O.S.)

--and Fletcher’s got Connolly warming up

in case you don’t show.

ANDREW

God-fucking-damnit, I SAID I was on my

way, you tell the redhead I’m ON MY

FUCKING WAY!!

He throws the phone against his seat.