Written by Tom Deehan on Jan 18, 2017. Posted in General Interest

Musicals reign supreme as La La Land makes a clean sweep at the Golden Globes

In a historic win, Damien’s Chazelle’s La La Land took home all seven of the awards it was nominated for, including Best Screenplay and Best Original Song. As an ode to the golden age of Hollywood musicals, La La Land was filmed largely in the Greater Los Angeles area.

One of La La Land’s most spectacular technical feats can be found in its opening sequence, wherein a dance number takes place amidst a traffic jam on the carpool lanes connecting the 105 and 110 freeways. The lock-off was coordinated by Robert Foulkes, the film’s Supervising Location Manager.

Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight scored the highly coveted award of Best Motion Picture (Drama), a considerable victory given last year’s controversy about a lack of diverse representation during the awards season.

Following the life of a young gay African-American man struggling to come to terms with his sexuality, Moonlight was shot entirely in Florida. Despite its lack of a financial incentive, Jenkins wanted to film in the neighbourhood where he grew up, which is why most of the scenes were shot in Miami.

As some pundits predicted, Casey Affleck won Best Performance by an Actor (Drama) for his role in Manchester by the Sea. Aside from filming in its namesake location, Manchester by the Sea features a range of locales from Massachusetts including Beverly, Lynn and Essex.

Massachusetts offers a three tiered incentive package to entice filmmakers to the state. Projects that spend at least 50% of their budget locally (and more than USD50,000) can receive a 25% production credit, a 25% payroll credit and exemption from sales tax.

The full list of winners:

Best Motion Picture – Drama:
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight (Winner)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
20th Century Women
Deadpool
La La Land (Winner)
Florence Foster Jenkins
Sing Street

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea (Winner)
Joel Edgerton – Loving
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen –  Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington – Fences

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama:
Amy Adams – Arrival
Jessica Chastain – Miss Sloane
Isabelle Huppert – Elle (Winner)
Ruth Negga – Loving
Natalie Portman – Jackie

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
Colin Farrell – The Lobster
Ryan Gosling – La La Land (Winner)
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
Jonah Hill – War Dogs
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
Annette Bening – 20th Century Women
Lily Collins – Rules Don’t Apply
Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
Emma Stone – La La Land (Winner)
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals (Winner)
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
Simon Helberg – Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel – Lion

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Viola Davis – Fences (Winner)
Naomie Harris – Moonlight
Nicole Kidman – Lion
Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea

 

Best Director – Motion Picture:
Damien Chazelle – La La Land (Winner)
Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea

 

Best Screenplay:
La La Land (Winner)
Nocturnal Animals
Moonlight
Manchester by the Sea
Hell or High Water

 

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language:
Divines – France
Elle – France (Winner)
Neruda – Chile
The Salesman – Iran/France
Toni Erdmann – Germany

 

Best Motion Picture – Animated:
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
Sing
Zootopia (Winner)

 

Best Original Song – Motion Picture:
Can’t Stop the Feeling – Trolls
City of Stars – La La Land (Winner)
Faith – Sing
Gold – Gold
How Far I’ll Go – Moana

 

Best Original Score – Motion Picture:
Nicholas Britell– Moonlight
Justin Hurwitz – La La Land (Winner)
Johann Johannsson – Arrival
Dustin O’Halloran, Hauschka – Lion
Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch – Hidden Figures

 

Best Television Series – Drama:
The Crown (Winner)
Game of Thrones
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld

 

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy:
Atlanta (Winner)
Black-ish
Mozart in the Jungle
Transparent
Veep

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama:
Billy Bob Thornton – Goliath (Winner)
Rami Malek – Mr. Robot
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Matthew Rhys – The Americans
Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama:
Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
Claire Foy – The Crown (Winner)
Keri Russell – The Americans
Winona Ryder – Stranger Things
Evan Rachel Wood – Westworld

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy:
Anthony Anderson – Black-ish
Gael García Bernal – Mozart in the Jungle
Donald Glover – Atlanta (Winner)
Nick Nolte – Graves
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy:
Rachel Bloom – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Sarah Jessica Parker – Divorce
Issa Rae – Insecure
Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin
Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish (Winner)

 

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:
American Crime
The Dresser
The Night Manager
The Night Of
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (Winner)

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Riz Ahmed – The Night Of
Bryan Cranston – All The Way
Tom Hiddleston – The Night Manager (Winner)
John Turturro – The Night Of
Courtney B. Vance – The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Felicity Huffman – American Crime
Riley Keough – The Girlfriend Experience
Sarah Paulson – The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (Winner)
Charlotte Rampling – London Spy
Thandie Newton – Westworld

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Olivia Colman – The Night Manager (Winner)
Lena Headey – Game Of Thrones
Chrissy Metz – This Is Us
Mandy Moore – This Is Us
Kerry Washington – Confirmation

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Sterling K. Brown – The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Hugh Laurie – The Night Manager (Winner)
John Lithgow – The Crown
Christian Slater – Mr. Robot
John Travolta – The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story