La La Land (2016)

While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.

Director:

Damien Chazelle

Writer:

Damien Chazelle

Stars:

Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Rosemarie DeWitt

Won 6 Oscars. Another 237 wins & 288 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ryan Gosling	...	Sebastian
Emma Stone	...	Mia
Amiée Conn	...	Famous Actress
Terry Walters	...	Linda (Coffee Shop Manager)
Thom Shelton	...	Coffee Spiller
Cinda Adams	...	Casting Director (First Audition)
Callie Hernandez	...	Tracy
Jessica Rothe	...	Alexis
Sonoya Mizuno	...	Caitlin
Rosemarie DeWitt	...	Laura
J.K. Simmons	...	Bill
Claudine Claudio	...	Karen (Waitress)
Jason Fuchs	...	Carlo
D.A. Wallach	...	'80s Singer
Trevor Lissauer	...	Valet

Storyline

Aspiring actress serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and jazz musician Sebastian scrapes by playing cocktail-party gigs in dingy bars. But as success mounts, they are faced with decisions that fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

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Plot Keywords:

musician | los angeles california | actress | pianist | aspiring actress | 

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Taglines:

Here's to the fools who dream.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music | Musical | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Gosling says of his character Sebastian, "His heroes were born 70 years ago, and in this day and age, a great piano player playing real jazz is destined to work in bars where people don't even stop their conversations to listen to you. So how much do you compromise to be the artist you want to be? Gosling continues, I think Sebastian is struggling with the difference between being a purist and being a snob." "Ultimately", Gosling continues, "Sebastian faces the question lots of creative people are faced with: do I keep pursuing this work that actually nourishes me or do I have to accept that this is just a job and I have to pay the bills?"

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Goofs

The Boulder City, NV library is not named "Del Prado Library"; it is "Boulder City Public Library". "Del Prado" is the name of a street in Boulder City.

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Quotes

Mia: It's over.
Sebastian: What is?
Mia: It's over.
Sebastian: What?
Mia: All of this. I'm done embarrassing myself. I'm done. I'm done. Nobody showed up.
Sebastian: So what?
Mia: [crying] I can't pay back the theater. This is so... I'm gonna go home for a while.
Sebastian: I'm gonna... I'll come see you tomorrow.
Mia: No, I'm going "home" home.
Sebastian: This is home.
[...]

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Crazy Credits

The Summit Entertainment logo has an old-time variant where it looks like a matte painting of a mountain in a box and the word "Summit" above it.

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Connections

Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Iconic Movie Looks of the Decade (2010s) (2019)

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Soundtracks

Kôjô no Tsuki (The Moon over the Ruined Castle)
Written by Rentarô Taki
Arranged by Thelonious Monk
Performed by Thelonious Monk
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Shocked me how good it was

I remember when I saw the trailers for this movie, I thought it would be a sad but sweet love story and nothing more. And while it is that it brings so much more flare and beauty that I would never have expected from this. It took me three years to see it and it far out shone any expectation I had.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Page Official Instagram

Country:

USA Hong Kong

Language:

English Cantonese

Release Date:

25 December 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

LaLa Land

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$881,104, 11 December 2016

Gross USA:

$151,101,803

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$447,408,519

Company Credits

Production Co:

Summit Entertainment, Black Label Media, TIK Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS (DTS: X) Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1