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)
La La Land (2016)
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Directed by: Damien Chazelle
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Amiee Conn, Terry Walters
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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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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Chosen answer: The answer is, "It's a movie." They wouldn't have been able to drive up to the entrance either. The entire sequence is fantasy-driven.