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(AP) --Ten years after " Whiplash " took the film world by storm, Damien Chazelle's breakthrough feature is returning to theaters nationwide Friday.
In 2014, "Whiplash" was the ultimate indie movie Cinderella story -- a Sundance discovery made by a 20-something that that would go on to become both a box office hit and an awards darling: It won three Oscars, including for J.K. Simmons ' portrayal of a semi-sadistic and ever quotable jazz ensemble instructor; launched Chazelle's directing career into the A-list stratosphere; and established Miles Teller as a next generation movie star. Now, audiences will get another chance to experience it on the big screen. Chazelle, Teller and Simmons spoke to The Associated Press recently about the re-release, their memories of the 20-day shoot (including when Teller accidentally broke his co-star's rib) and making something with staying power. Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.
AP: What has it been like watching "Whiplash" settle into the culture in the past decade?
CHAZELLE: It's very cool, a little surreal. It doesn't feel like 10 years. It's fun to have a moment like this to relive it a little bit.
SIMMONS: It's sobering to know that I'm 10 years older. It's kind of shocking and kind of awesome that the movie actually holds up. I just saw it a few days ago in Toronto: That's a good piece of cinema.
TELLER: This is the first time I've ever had a movie re-released. I'm still fairly young into my career, but it's an incredible movie. The one thing that's frustrating for me is that people just yell out at me all the time, " not my tempo." So that's stuck around well.
SIMMONS: Maybe if you get the tempo right, that won't be a problem.
TELLER: Maybe there is no right.
AP: Isn't that sort of the dream, to have someone quote a line to you?
CHAZELLE: Yeah, why are you complaining?
TELLER: Only because they never say it when I do something good. It's usually if I'm playing in a charity golf tournament and I hit a bad shot, they say, "not my tempo!"
AP: What was it like seeing it again on the big screen at the Toronto film festival?
SIMMONS: I don't tend to sit around and watch my movies time after time. When it was released, I watched it probably four times all the way through, which is three more times than usual. It's just an amazing film to be in an audience for. I think it was Jason Reitman who asked for a show of hands who hasn't seen the movie before, and at least a third of the audience — and these are movie people — hadn't seen it.
TELLER: I'm bummed I couldn't be at that one because I remember when we were at Sundance and at the Eccles Theater and everybody's seeing it for the first time, and I just remember looking around and seeing all these silhouetted heads kind of bob to the music. You could just feel such a charge in the room. It plays so well in a theater, especially for people who haven't seen it before.
SIMMONS: I couldn't be there for that one because I was doing one of my several failed sitcoms. We keep having the same experience, but we're not always able to share it in the same room at the same time.