Stage manager Gary Natoli is onstage, and Beatty is back. At this point, a veritable brouhaha is taking place behind the mic. When Platt finishes, La La Land producer #3, Fred Berger, shakes his head, then approaches the mic to give his speech. As he steps away for producer Marc Platt to speak, he realizes something is happening behind the scenes. The movie's cast and crew hit the stage to give their speeches, with producer Jordan Horowitz speaking first. It was widely predicted to win this award.

With 14 nominations, La La Land tied with All About Eve and Titanic as the most-nominated film in Academy history. Dunaway, reading the card, confidently announces, ' La La Land' and the room dissolves into cheers. Beatty shows the card to Dunaway, who has just muttered, 'You're impossible,' in his direction. Visibly panicking, he seems to stall, slowly stating-and by the end, essentially sputtering-'And the Academy Award. Beatty looks at the card, glances at it again, raises his eyebrows, looks in the envelope for another card, checks the card again, then glances at Dunaway for help. So far, so good.īut then they get to the envelope, and that's when the trouble starts.

The two took the stage together, gave a cute speech about using art to find the 'truth,' and announced the nominees. In honor of the 50th anniversary of Bonnie and Clyde, the Academy tapped Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty to announce the 2017 Best Picture winner. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play What happened?

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