La La Land vs The Five Pennies
La La Land has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.7/10 for The Five Pennies). The Five Pennies is the shorter watch at 1h 57m compared with 2h 9m. The Five Pennies is the older of the two (1959 against 2016). Both are drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
La La Land
The Five Pennies| La La Land | The Five Pennies | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 1959 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 1h 57m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance | Drama, Music |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Damien Chazelle | Melville Shavelson |
| Main cast | Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya Mizuno | Tuesday Weld, Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong, Harry Guardino |
Synopsis
La La Land
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.
The Five Pennies
Dixieland cornetist Red Nichols runs into opposition to his sound, but breaks through to success. He marries a warm, patient woman and even finds time to raise a family. Then tragedy strikes when their daughter contracts polio.
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