La La Land also led the 70th British Academy Film Awards with five wins and 11 nominations. Winning all of its nominations, it became the film with the most Golden Globe Awards. The film garnered a leading seven Golden Globe Award nominations- Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Director, Best Actor – Musical or Comedy for Gosling, Best Actress – Musical or Comedy, Best Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song (" City of Stars"). At the ceremony, the film was also incorrectly announced as the winner for Best Picture (which it lost to Moonlight) after the presenters had been given the wrong envelope, and Chazelle became the youngest winner of the Best Director award. It won six, Best Director (Chazelle), Best Actress (Stone), Best Cinematography (Sandgren), Best Original Score (Hurwitz), Best Original Song (" City of Stars"), and Best Production Design (the Wascos). La La Land received 14 nominations at the 89th Academy Awards tying records for most nominations by a single film with All About Eve (1950) and Titanic (1997). The film has been nominated for 265 awards, winning 112 its direction, screenplay, music and the performances of Gosling and Stone have received the most attention from award groups. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 425 reviews and judged 91% to be positive.
The film was successful at the box office, earning over $430 million against its $30 million budget. The film had a limited release on Decemin Los Angeles and New York City, before expanding wider starting December 16. La La Land premiered at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2016, where Stone won the Volpi Cup Award for Best Actress. David and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco were responsible for the production design and Mary Zophres designed the costumes. Justin Hurwitz composed the film's musical score, while Linus Sandgren was the cinematographer. Starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, the film focuses on two young people struggling to make ends meet in Los Angeles, while pursuing their dreams as artists. La La Land is a 2016 American romantic musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. Santa Barbara International Film Festival International Film Music Critics Association Damien Chazelle received several awards and nominations for his screenplay and direction, including the Academy Award for Best Director, becoming the youngest winner in the category at 32.ĭallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association