La La Land

La La Land (2016)

9 mistakes since 26 Mar '17, 00:00

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Audio problem: Seb and Mia are watching "Rebel Without a Cause", and the scene shows Jim Stark driving up the ramp to the observatory. The music playing at that moment is the original track from that movie, but it is not synchronized properly with the visuals. (00:51:06)

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Visible crew/equipment: In the opening sequence when the crowd dances in front of the band inside the truck on the highway, you can see the shadow of the camera on a man's back as it makes an aerial shot.

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Other mistake: During the opening traffic jam dance scene, many of the cars have dented roofs and hoods from previous takes.

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Continuity mistake: After Mia and Seb are walking through the backlot, and he asks her what she's doing right now, when she says "nothing" the image is flipped, her hair is reversed and her bag is on the opposite shoulder.

Continuity mistake: After Mia's firefighter joke, when Sebastian says "So you're an actress" she's leaning sideways, but in the next shot when he says "I though you look familiar" she's facing him. (00:29:52)

Sean L.

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Continuity mistake: When Sebastian is talking with his sister in his apartment, the clock on the wall strikes 2:55, in the next shot it strikes 10:50.

Continuity mistake: After Sebastian's sister leaves his apartment right after she's been sitting on the stool and writing something at the table, he starts practising at the piano, but the table is missing and the stool is in the corner.

Mia: It's pretty strange that we keep running into each other.
Sebastian: Maybe it means something.
Mia: I doubt it.
Sebastian: Yeah, I didn't think so.

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Trivia: At the Oscar ceremony in 2017, the film was accidentally named Best Picture, instead of true winner Moonlight, when presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were accidentally handed the wrong envelope. Such a gaffe had never occurred in the Oscars' history before.

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Question: Mia's car is towed because of a parking restriction between 9:00pm and 6:00am. Is there anywhere in LA that has such a restriction?

Answer: Across various places in LA there are parking restrictions that match this criteria. A quick Google search will find a list of places.

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