Oscars Goof-up: Moonlight Wins Best Picture At The 2017 Oscars After La La Land Mistakenly Announced First

Barry Jenkins' Moonlight landed the Oscar for Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards; strangely Damien Chazelle’s La La Land was announced the Best Picture first, but it was corrected later saying the award presenters read out the wrong winner.

The goof-up was an unbelievably surreal piece of television and probably the most dramatic moment in Oscars history.

Presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty announced La La Land as the winner of the night's biggest award, with cast and crew flooding the stage.

Producer Jordan Horowitz launched into an acceptance speech, getting quite far into it, before the truth slowly spread through the gaggle of people on the podium.

Presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty announced La La Land as the winner of the night's biggest award, with cast and crew flooding the stage.

Producer Jordan Horowitz launched into an acceptance speech, getting quite far into it, before the truth slowly spread through the gaggle of people on the podium.

Horowitz then began insisting that Moonlight won Best Picture, and many assumed he was trying to be self-effacing and respectful by passing the award onto Jenkins' beloved picture as a gesture.

But no, Beatty stepped forward to explain that he had been handed the wrong envelope - the one that revealed Emma Stone had won Best Actress for La La Land.

Jenkins, understandably blindsided, took the stage and tried his best at saying a few words. Host Jimmy Kimmel was left to look astonished/bemused and try and crack jokes.

Though the gaff was initially pinned on Beatty/Dunaway, it appears it was a crew member's responsibility to ensure the correct envelopes make it on stage.

Steve Harvey quickly started trending, his infamous Miss Universe screw-up having been well and truly upstaged:

The shocking twist, itself worthy of an award, capped off a slightly disappointing night for La La Land, which also failed to pick up many of the technical awards it was expected to, though the film did pick up Best Director, Best Actress and Cinematography.

Moonlight meanwhile, in addition to the night's biggest award, ensnared Best Supporting actor thanks to Mahershala Ali along with the Original Screenplay prize. Mahershala Ali along with the Original Screenplay prize.

Hacksaw Ridge picked up an unexpected number of awards and the critically-panned Suicide Squad is now an Oscar-winning film for Hairstyling and Make-up.

Oscars: The winners list

The 89th Academy Awards were held Sunday (Monday in India).

Here is a complete list of nominees and winners:

BEST PICTURE

"Arrival"

"Fences"

"Hacksaw Ridge"

"Hell or High Water"

"Hidden Figures"

"La La Land"

"Lion"

"Manchester by the Sea"

"Moonlight" (WINNER)

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Casey Affleck in "Manchester by the Sea" (WINNER)

Andrew Garfield in "Hacksaw Ridge"

Ryan Gosling in "La La Land"

Viggo Mortensen in "Captain Fantastic"

Denzel Washington in "Fences"

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Jeff Bridges in "Hell or High Water"

Mahershala Ali in "Moonlight" (WINNER)

Lucas Hedges in "Manchester by the Sea"

Dev Patel in "Lion"

Michael Shannon in "Nocturnal Animals"

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Isabelle Huppert in "Elle"

Ruth Negga in "Loving"

Natalie Portman in "Jackie"

Emma Stone in "La La Land" (WINNER)

Meryl Streep in "Florence Foster Jenkins"

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Nicole Kidman in "Lion"

Viola Davis in "Fences"

Naomie Harris in "Moonlight"

Octavia Spencer in "Hidden Figures"

Michelle Williams in "Manchester by the Sea"

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

"Kubo and the Two Strings"

"Moana"

"My Life as a Zucchini"

"The Red Turtle"

"Zootopia" (WINNER)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

"Arrival"

"La La Land" (WINNER)

"Lion"

"Moonlight"

"Silence"

COSTUME DESIGN

"Allied"

"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" (WINNER)

"Florence Foster Jenkins"

"Jackie"

"La La Land"

"Fantastic

DIRECTING

"Arrival" - Denis Villeneuve

"Hacksaw Ridge" - Mel Gibson

"La La Land" - Damien Chazelle (WINNER)

"Manchester by the Sea" - Kenneth Lonergan

"Moonlight" - Barry Jenkins

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

"Fire at Sea"

"I Am Not Your Negro"

"Life, Animated"

"O.J.: Made in America" (WINNER)

"13th"

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

"Extremis"

"4.1 Miles"

"Joe's Violin"

"Watani: My Homeland"

"The White Helmets" (WINNER)

FILM EDITING

"Arrival"

"Hacksaw Ridge" (WINNER)

"Hell or High Water"

"La La Land"

"Moonlight"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

"Land of Mine"

"A Man Called Ove"

"The Salesman" (WINNER)

"Tanna"

"Toni Erdmann"

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

"A Man Called Ove"

"Star Trek Beyond"

"Suicide Squad" (WINNER)

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

"Jackie"

"La La Land" (WINNER)

"Lion"

"Moonlight"

"Passengers"

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" from "La La Land"

"Can't Stop The Feeling" from "Trolls"

"City Of Stars" from "La La Land" (WINNER)

"The Empty Chair" from "Jim: The James Foley Story"

"How Far I'll Go" from "Moana"

PRODUCTION DESIGN

"Arrival"

"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"

"Hail, Caesar!"

"La La Land" (WINNER)

"Passengers"

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

"Blind Vaysha"

"Borrowed Time"

"Pear Cider and Cigarettes"

"Pearl"

"Piper" (WINNER)

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

"Ennemis Intérieurs"

"La Femme et le TGV"

"Silent Nights"

"Sing" (WINNER)

"Timecode"

SOUND EDITING

"Arrival" (WINNER)

"Deepwater Horizon"

"Hacksaw Ridge"

"La La Land"

"Sully"

SOUND MIXING

"Arrival"

"Hacksaw Ridge" (WINNER)

"La La Land"

"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"

"13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi"

VISUAL EFFECTS

"Deepwater Horizon"

"Doctor Strange"

"The Jungle Book" (WINNER)

"Kubo and the Two Strings"

"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

"Arrival"

"Fences

"Hidden Figures"

"Lion"

"Moonlight" (WINNER)

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

"Hell or High Water"

"La La Land"

"The Lobster"

"Manchester by the Sea" (WINNER)

"20th Century Women"