The Academy saluted Hollywood — still standing despite the terrible wildfires in January — with a montage featuring some of the most magical moments from movies filmed in L.A., including two from “La La Land,” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” “Chinatown,” “Straight Outta Compton” and “Mulholland Drive.”
You can watch the video below, titled “The Oscars Love L.A.” and read on for the list of movies that go all the way back to 1973’s “The Long Goodbye.”
The clip begins with Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) saying, “There’s no place like home,” and a shot of the Hollywood sign.
- “F9”: Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and crew look out over downtown Los Angeles
- “Mulholland Drive”: Aspiring actress Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) arrives in Los Angeles via taxi in David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive.”
- “The Long Goodbye”: Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould) at the beach in Robert Altman’s existential noir.
- “Rocky III”: Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) and Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) jog on the beach.
- “White Men Can’t Jump”: Wesley Snipes sinks a basket as Woody Harrelson watches
- “Barbie”: Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) rollerblade down Venice boardwalk
- “La Bamba”: Ritchie Valens (Lou Diamond Phillips) carries his guitar past a bridge
- “Chinatown”: Private eye J.J. “Jake” Gittes (Jack Nicholson) gets out of a vintage car
- “Iron Man 2”: Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) eats fast food inside a giant donut sign
- “La La Land”: Drivers dance on top of their cars in the film’s opening number
- “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”: Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) drives down Hollywood Blvd at night
- “The Big Lebowski”: In a fantasy sequence, The Dude (Jeff Bridges) flies over L.A.
- “L.A. Story”: A freeway sign tells Steve Martin’s character “L.A. Wants 2 Help U.”
- “Her”: Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) looks out on the city from his downtown apartment in Spike Jonze’s rueful sci-fi dramedy
- “Everything Everywhere All at Once”: Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh) tells Waymond (Ke Huy Quan), “Of all the places I could be, I was always meant to be here with you”
- “Straight Outta Compton:” Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins) listens to music while wearing his L.A. Dodgers jersey and baseball cap
- “La La Land”: Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling end their spontaneous Griffith Park dance as they overlook Burbank
