Whiplash · written by Damien Chazelle · 2014

Fletcher tells Andrew he has lost the part; Andrew decides to retrieve his forgotten sticks.

Scene 77 of 117 · ≈ 2 min on screen · Act two

Fletcher
Andrew
Ryan

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:11 into a 1:54 film

The story so farBefore scene 77

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 74
Andrew starts the rental car and races toward the auditorium.
Scene 75
Andrew argues with a bandmate by phone while speeding toward call time.
Scene 76
Andrew reaches the Dunellen auditorium by car.
Scene 77
This scene

77INT. DUNELLEN AUDITORIUM - GREEN ROOM - DAY

Andrew arrives, panting. Fletcher glares, the band behind him--

FLETCHER

Glad you could work us into your

schedule, darling.

ANDREW

I’m here. I’m ready to play.

FLETCHER

Too late. Connolly’s playing.

Andrew looks over to his left -- to Ryan.

ANDREW

Like fucking hell he is.

Fletcher looks at him. Stunned. The PLAYERS also look shocked.

FLETCHER

Come again?

ANDREW

It’s my part.

FLETCHER

Actually it’s my part. I decide who I

lend it to.

ANDREW

I have the folder--

FLETCHER

I see the folder for a change, but I

don’t see the sticks.

Andrew is about to counter -- when he looks down. Looks back. Thinks. Realizes... Skin paling, his heart racing...

ANDREW

They’re -- they’re in the car, I just

have to grab them--

FLETCHER

Nope. I’m warming the band up now.

ANDREW

I’ll use Ryan’s sticks.

FLETCHER

You lost the part, Neiman.

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ANDREW

No I didn’t!! You can’t do this!

FLETCHER

I CAN’T?!?

He marches toward Andrew. Looms over him, seems about to hit him.

FLETCHER (CONT’D)

When did you become an authority on what I

can or cannot do you weepy-willow shitsack?

ANDREW

When I earned that part.

FLETCHER

Earned? You’ve never earned a thing. The

only reason you’re a fucking core is

because you misplaced a folder. The only