# Identifying a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 9, 2019, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-a-movie/839922 "2019-09-09T05:45:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-a-movie/839922/1 "2019-09-09T05:45:27Z")
Saw part of this one, with the sound off, in a hospital waiting room this weekend. The female lead looked like a younger Lindsay Lohan (but was probably not her). Wardrobe and cars seemed a bit on the retro side. Visuals suggested at least a couple of song-and-dance numbers. One scene that managed to be understandable without sound or subtitles had the female lead, in a red leather jacket, apparently failing some sort of audition, after being shown apparently voice-acting earlier in the movie. I know this is pretty vague, but does anyone recognize this? ---
**Author:** ![chancetx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@chancetx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chancetx)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-a-movie/839922/2 "2019-09-09T08:21:45Z")
La La Land? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-a-movie/839922/3 "2019-09-09T08:36:15Z")
> [@chancetx](#): > > La La Land? That was my thought, too, but I checked and Emma Stone did not wear a red jacket in either of the film’s audition scenes. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-a-movie/839922/4 "2019-09-09T09:06:41Z")
She does wear a red jacket [at some point](https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&biw=1662&bih=1072&tbm=isch&sxsrf=ACYBGNSjZwSS9ZH5pOgJm0yNFPkUoClO3A%3A1568018192035&sa=1&ei=EA92XefZAZXXz7sPv9m-kAs&q=La+La+Land+audition&oq=La+La+Land+audition&gs_l=img.3..0l4j0i24l6.3218.5321..5628...0.0..0.277.1886.0j5j4......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......0i67j0i30.uew5Af1RDYY&ved=0ahUKEwjnodn6qsPkAhWV63MBHb-sD7IQ4dUDCAY&uact=5#imgrc=vT3aYxMHXyUqfM:), though. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-a-movie/839922/5 "2019-09-09T11:25:44Z")
Good catch. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-a-movie/839922/6 "2019-09-09T12:49:35Z")
“Streets of Fire,” maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-a-movie/839922/7 "2019-09-09T13:29:48Z")
I’m guessing it’s not Ash from _Sing_. I mean, the description is otherwise close but I think you might have remembered if the female lead was an animated porcupine. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-a-movie/839922/8 "2019-09-09T14:47:16Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m guessing it’s not Ash from _Sing_. I mean, the description is otherwise close but I think you might have remembered if the female lead was an animated porcupine. (laughing) I wasn’t _that_ scatterbrained at that point. This was definitely live-action. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-a-movie/839922/9 "2019-09-09T14:49:44Z")
And we do have a winner: _La La Land_, 2006, Emma Stone in the lead. I googled the possible title and got a poster that matches visuals I do remember. Thanks for the help, everyone! I don’t know if I’m going to bother to hunt this down to fully watch it, but IDing it at least gets it out of the “things that are bugging me” category (always too large). ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-a-movie/839922/10 "2019-09-09T16:55:43Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > And we do have a winner: _La La Land_, 2006, Emma Stone in the lead. I googled the possible title and got a poster that matches visuals I do remember. > > Thanks for the help, everyone! I don’t know if I’m going to bother to hunt this down to fully watch it, but IDing it at least gets it out of the “things that are bugging me” category (always too large). La La Land, 2016. . . Sorry, but when I read 2006 I kinda freaked. I know it wasn’t that long ago! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identifying-a-movie/839922/11 "2019-09-09T18:49:50Z")
> [@tullsterx](#): > > La La Land, 2016. . . Sorry, but when I read 2006 I kinda freaked. I know it wasn’t that long ago! 🙂 Sorry about the typo, especially when the correct version was upthread. It’s been a tough weekend.