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LA LA LAND · 2016

SMOKE
HOUSE.

The Burbank restaurant doubles as the interior of the club where Sebastian plays Christmas standards.

SEBASTIAN’S PIANO JOBSMOKE HOUSE · BURBANK
The Smoke House entrance beneath its red-lettered sign.

The real restaurant’s entrance. Sebastian’s piano scenes were filmed inside.

Photography & credits

Smoke House Restaurant Entrance.jpg by Tim-desser · CC0 1.0. Resized and converted to WebP. Display crops vary with screen size. The photograph retains the linked licence.

THE SCENE

NOT JUST
A PIN.
A MOMENT.

The Smoke House supplies Lipton’s interior. The film then uses a completely different Hollywood location—the You Are the Star mural—for the club exterior. The interior and exterior are two separate stops on Sebastian’s story.

SEBASTIAN’S PIANO JOB · SMOKE HOUSE · BURBANK
SCREEN → NOW

FIND THE
FRAME.

The location photograph above shows the real place; the panel below identifies the scene details to look for.

VISUAL LANDMARKS

A matched screen-to-location comparison is not available yet. Look for these features in the location view and scene notes.

  • BOOTH LINE
  • PIANO AREA
  • WALL
  • SIGHTLINE
STAND HERE

RECREATE
THE SHOT.

Match the interior performance composition and separately connect this page to the Hollywood exterior rather than implying they are one building.

VISIT NOTES
LOCATION
SMOKE HOUSE · BURBANK
SCENE
SEBASTIAN’S PIANO JOB
STATUS
Exact-match photography required
ALIGN
BOOTH LINE · PIANO AREA · WALL · SIGHTLINE
EXPLORE FROM PUBLIC SPACE
ONE FICTIONAL PLACE · TWO REAL ONES

SEE THE
EXTERIOR.

Lipton's outside is the You Are the Star mural in Hollywood.

GO TO THE EXTERIOR →
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