- Title: 'La La Land' cast and crew discuss the film's appeal
- Date: 25th January 2017
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 5, 2016) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR DAMIEN CHAZELLE SAYING: "Well, I'm not familiar with breaking into song. I wanted it to have an emotional truth to it and certainly a lot of the... it's about two people who are in LA and trying to make art and that was me, I moved to LA wanting to make movies, drawn to this dream factory of a city that I think it still is in many ways and for a long time it seemed like those dreams would never come true."
- Embargoed: 8th February 2017 21:27
- Keywords: La La Land Emma Stone Ryan Gosling John Legend Damien Chazelle interview
- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
- City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA00E60KZ1VX
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A day after "La La Land" became the movie to beat at the Academy Awards, bookmakers are naming it as favorite to win Best Picture.
The film has earned 14 with nods that included best picture, actor, actress, director, score and screenplay, the musical about a struggling actress (Emma Stone) and her jazz pianist boyfriend (Ryan Gosling) equaled the record set by the 1997 blockbuster "Titanic" and the 1950 film "All About Eve." Ladbrokes have odds of 5/1 to scoop the top film award.
"La La Land," which has $174.98 million at the worldwide box office to date, also became the first original musical to win a best picture Oscar nomination since "All That Jazz" in 1979. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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