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Whiplash
Summary: A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
Runtime: 1 h 46 min
MPAA: R
Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 3,300,000
Domestic: $ 13,092,000
International: $ 36,345,400
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