La La Land (2016)
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music • 2h 9m
Overview
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to 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.
Director: Damien Chazelle
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons, Amiée Conn, Terry Walters, Thom Shelton, Cinda Adams, Callie Hernandez, Jessica Rothe, Sonoya Mizuno, Claudine Claudio, Jason Fuchs, D.A. Wallach, Trevor Lissauer, Olivia Hamilton, Anna Chazelle, Marius de Vries, Finn Wittrock, Josh Pence, Nicole Coulon, Damon Gupton, Christopher Michael Stevens, Keith Harris, Kaveh Rastegar, David Douglas, Miles Anderson, Bobo Chang, Meagen Fay, John Hindman, Valarie Rae Miller, Nicole Wolf, Corrin Evans, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Tom Everett Scott, Hemky Madera, Zoë Hall, Dempsey Pappion, Clifton 'Fou Fou' Eddie, Cal Bennett, Nedra Wheeler, Javier Gonzalez, Khirye Tyler, Briana Lee, Shaylah J. Stevens, Natalie Imani, Camryn Ray Cavaliero, Sandra Rosko, Arthur Horowitz, Reshma Gajjar, Candice Coke, Hunter Hamilton, Damian Gomez, Amanda Balen, Lou Becker, Dominic Chaiduang, Cindera Che, Chris Moss, Marissa Labog, Tiffany Daniels, Melinda Sullivan, Stephanie Landwehr, Britt Stewart, Clarice Ordaz, Nathan Prevost, Mecca Vazie Andrews, Scott Hislop, KC Monnie, Krystal Ellsworth, Sarah Mitchell, Khasan Brailsford, Morgan Larson, Becca Sweitzer, Gakenia Muigai, Michael Stein, Mario Diaz, Julie Schmid, Samantha Abrantes, Lexie Contursi, Eartha Robinson, Sybil Azur, Tara Nicole Hughes, Kayla Kalbfleisch, Martha Nichols, Anthony Marciona, Bill Prudich, Robert Roldan, Ryan Novak, Demian Boergadine, Gustavo Vargas, Robert Haynes, Doran Butler, Matt Cady, Carol Connors, Patrick Cook, Aaron 'Deuce' Cooke, Bubba Dean Rambo, Nick Drago, Shaun Evaristo, Dana Fukagawa, Daniel Gaymon, Liz Imperio, Casey Johansen, Cris Judd, Yoori Kim, Bradley M. Rapier, Dana Wilson, Terrance Yates, Tracy Shibata, Dominique Domingo, Asiel Hardison, Corey Anderson, Nick Baga, Leah Adler, Noel Bajandas, Denzel Chisolm, Montana Efaw, Natalie Gilmore, Shannon Holtzapffel, Galen Hooks, Jeremy Hudson, George Lawrence Jr., Scott Myrick, Cassidy Noblett, Brittany Parks, Víctor Rojas, Tony Bellissimo, Ryan Ramirez, Catalina Cat Rendic, Bryan Tanaka, Ava Bernstine-Mitchell, Quinn Lipton, Monie Adamson, Matthew Aylward, McKenzie Anderson, Pamela Chu, Mallauri Esquibel, Michael Higgins, Chris Jarosz, Matthew Kazmierczak, Paul Kirkland, Megan Lawson, Michael Munday, Brandon O'Neal, Chelsea Thedinga, Danny Valle, Emily Williams, Tommy Cooley, Kristin Slaysman, Ana Flavia Gavlak, Noah James, Ottavio Taddei, Destinee Handly, Steffen Dziczek, Vince Donvito, Patty Tobin, Crystal Nichol, Kaye L. Morris, Trent Kerpsack, Holly Houk, Andrea Lareo, April Martucci, Heather Turman, Jenna Curtis, Jordan Ray Fox, Anna Lunberry, Christopher Aber, Margaret Newborn, C.J. Stussi, Cameron Brinkman, Kristin Elliott, Lynn Moore, Nilla Elizabeth Watkins, Andres Perez-Molina, Shannon Leann, Milica Govich, Frederick Keeve, Amanda Fields, Hunter Clowdus, Jessica Rotter, Bruce Davison, Bunny Levine
Director: Damien Chazelle
Universal 4K Blu-ray. IMAX scenes are reference quality, everything else is solid
Director: Damien Chazelle
Universal 4K Blu-ray. IMAX scenes are reference quality, everything else is solid
Director: Damien Chazelle
Director: Damien Chazelle
Director: Damien Chazelle
Director: Damien Chazelle
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Bandai Japan 4K Blu-ray
Bandai JP 4K Blu-ray
All 4K releases are sourced from the same mediocre transfer provided by Bandai, with various amounts of tweaks. Japanese disc presents it with the least tinkering.
The best attempt at improving it comes from the German/French releases from KSM/All the Anime, both of which use the same master with HDR regrading (original grade is SDR in HDR container), tasteful regraining and sharpening, in an attempt to breathe some life into the middling transfer, making for an arguably more pleasing viewing experience.
All earlier releases are from an even worse transfer, with significant black crush, with the exception of a Japanese TV airing, which doesn't suffer from that issue, but instead is heavily sharpened and suffers from poor encoding.
Comparisons: JPN UHD, USA UHD, FRA/GER UHD, ITA UHD (tonemapped), JPN UHD, USA UHD, FRA/GER UHD, ITA UHD, ESP UHD (PQ), All 1080p BDs, HDTV, HDTV filtered
Original matrixed stereo mix: Bandai JP 4K Blu-ray
Most discs include this track with comparable fidelity (which is excellent).
Dolby Atmos remix: Lionsgate US 4K / All the Anime FR 4K
6.1 remix (from Ghost in the Shell 2.0): KSM DE 4K / All the Anime FR 4K
All tracks on the Lionsgate US 4K replace the original ending song with the one heard on the English dub. As the Atmos track on the FR 4K is just a port, it also has this song replaced.
Japanese 4K includes English dub and subtitles.
French/German 4Ks are not English friendly, with no dub or subtitles.
French disc includes the Atmos track, but the German disc does not.
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Bandai Japan 4K Blu-ray
Bandai JP 4K Blu-ray
All 4K releases are sourced from the same mediocre transfer provided by Bandai, with various amounts of tweaks. Japanese disc presents it with the least tinkering.
The best attempt at improving it comes from the German/French releases from KSM/All the Anime, both of which use the same master with HDR regrading (original grade is SDR in HDR container), tasteful regraining and sharpening, in an attempt to breathe some life into the middling transfer, making for an arguably more pleasing viewing experience.
All earlier releases are from an even worse transfer, with significant black crush, with the exception of a Japanese TV airing, which doesn't suffer from that issue, but instead is heavily sharpened and suffers from poor encoding.
Comparisons: JPN UHD, USA UHD, FRA/GER UHD, ITA UHD (tonemapped), JPN UHD, USA UHD, FRA/GER UHD, ITA UHD, ESP UHD (PQ), All 1080p BDs, HDTV, HDTV filtered
Original matrixed stereo mix: Bandai JP 4K Blu-ray
Most discs include this track with comparable fidelity (which is excellent).
Dolby Atmos remix: Lionsgate US 4K / All the Anime FR 4K
6.1 remix (from Ghost in the Shell 2.0): KSM DE 4K / All the Anime FR 4K
All tracks on the Lionsgate US 4K replace the original ending song with the one heard on the English dub. As the Atmos track on the FR 4K is just a port, it also has this song replaced.
Japanese 4K includes English dub and subtitles.
French/German 4Ks are not English friendly, with no dub or subtitles.
French disc includes the Atmos track, but the German disc does not.
Directors: Brian Taylor & Mark Neveldine
Directors: Brian Taylor & Mark Neveldine
International Cut: Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
International Cut: Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray, Upscaled from the 2K DI. Caps are here. While not as dramatic an upgrade as Jackie Brown, color reproduction and especially the reveal of additional highlight information that were completely blown-out on the old master make this a great upgrade regardless. See Uma Thurman’s face in the above cap. Japan Cut: Japan DVD
International Cut: Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
International Cut: Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray, Upscaled from the 2K DI. Caps are here. While not as dramatic an upgrade as Jackie Brown, color reproduction and especially the reveal of additional highlight information that were completely blown-out on the old master make this a great upgrade regardless. See Uma Thurman’s face in the above cap. Japan Cut: Japan DVD
Second Sight UK Blu-ray for restored versions of both theatrical cut and festival cut
Second Sight UK Blu-ray replacement disc
Second Sight UK Blu-ray for restored versions of both theatrical cut and festival cut
Second Sight UK Blu-ray replacement disc
Director: Antoine Fuqua
US Lionsgate or International Universal 4K Blu-ray
US Lionsgate or International Universal 4K Blu-ray (similar encoding) - caps
Director: Antoine Fuqua
US Lionsgate or International Universal 4K Blu-ray
US Lionsgate or International Universal 4K Blu-ray (similar encoding) - caps
Director: Steven Shainberg
Director: Steven Shainberg
2017 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray and subsequent 4K Blu-rays are notorius for being heavily denoised and smoothened. Alternatively, 35mm scans for the theatrical cut is also available.
For the Ultimate Edition with the T-1000 searching John's room and the happy future ending, the 2009 Skynet Blu-ray, which is the older pre-2017 transfer, but has DNR.
2017 StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray and subsequent 4K Blu-rays are notorius for being heavily denoised and smoothened. Alternatively, 35mm scans for the theatrical cut is also available.
For the Ultimate Edition with the T-1000 searching John's room and the happy future ending, the 2009 Skynet Blu-ray, which is the older pre-2017 transfer, but has DNR.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
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Director: George Roy Hill
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Director: Griffin Dunne
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Director: Will Gluck
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Director: George Sidney
Director: Stanley Donen
Director: Stanley Donen
Director: Lou Breslow
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
Director: Lou Breslow
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
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