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Lost in Translation (2003) -- A movie star with a sense of emptiness, and a neglected newlywed meet up as strangers in Tokyo, Japan and form an unlikely bond.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   121,264 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Sofia Coppola (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
3 October 2003 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Everyone wants to be found. more
Plot:
A movie star with a sense of emptiness, and a neglected newlywed meet up as strangers in Tokyo, Japan and form an unlikely bond. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 70 wins & 59 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(202 articles)
Boiling Point: Show Me the Money
 (From FilmSchoolRejects. 30 November 2009, 12:16 PM, PST)

Could Carla Bruni be the next Mia Farrow?
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 25 November 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)

User Comments:
Sometimes the simplest stories make the best films more (1713 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Scarlett Johansson ... Charlotte

Bill Murray ... Bob Harris
Akiko Takeshita ... Ms. Kawasaki
Kazuyoshi Minamimagoe ... Press Agent
Kazuko Shibata ... Press Agent
Take ... Press Agent
Ryuichiro Baba ... Concierge
Akira Yamaguchi ... Bellboy
Catherine Lambert ... Jazz Singer

François du Bois ... Sausalito Piano (as Francois du Bois)
Tim Leffman ... Sausalito Guitar

Gregory Pekar ... American Businessman #1
Richard Allen ... American Businessman #2

Giovanni Ribisi ... John
Diamond Yukai ... Commercial Director (as Yutaka Tadokoro)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Perdidos en Tokio (Argentina) (Panama) (Peru) [es]
Avoodim B'Tokyo (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
Bir konusabilse... (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Elveszett jelentés (Hungary) [hu]
Encontros E Desencontros (Brazil) [pt]
Hamenoi sti metafrasi (Greece) [el]
Lost in Translation (Finland) [fi]
Lost in Translation (France) [fr]
Lost in Translation (Spain) [es]
Lost in Translation - L'amore tradotto (Italy) [it]
Lost in Translation - Zwischen den Welten (Germany) [de]
Miedzy slowami (Poland) [pl]
O Amor É um Lugar Estranho (Portugal) [pt]
Stratené v preklade (Slovakia) [sk]
Tõlkes kaduma läinud (Estonia) [et]
Targmanshi dakargulni (Georgia) [ka]
Traduction infidèle (Canada: French title) [fr]
Trudnosti perevoda (Russia) [ru]
Ztraceno v prekladu (Czech Republic) [cs]
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MPAA:
Rated R for some sexual content.
Runtime:
102 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In 1999, Bill Murray replaced his talent agency with an automated voice mailbox that can be reached with an 800 number he gives out sparingly. Sofia Coppola reportedly left hundreds of messages on Murray's mailbox before he finally called back to discuss her offer to cast him as the star. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the sushi restaurant, Charlotte's chopsticks repeatedly disappear and reappear between shots. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Ms. Kawasaki: Welcome to Tokyo.
Bob: Thank you very much.
Ms. Kawasaki: My name is Kawasaki. Nice to meet you.
Bob: I've heard of you. Thank you.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Ut (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Minuetto more

FAQ

What did Bob whisper into Charlotte's ear?
What temples and shrines does Charlotte go to?
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137 out of 202 people found the following comment useful.
Sometimes the simplest stories make the best films, 11 March 2005
8/10
Author: Greg Benson (whitefalcon79) from Sandusky, Ohio

I went through an array of emotions and expressions watching this film; most of them centred around how bizarre I thought it was, yet it was like a good book I simply couldn't put down even if the film itself lived up to its title at times.

This is by far the best work Bill Murray has done, and it will be a pleasant surprise for many to see him find a new (to me, anyway) side to his ability as an actor. He captures the role with such precision that you don't realise this is the same guy who, dare I even mention it in the same breath, provided the voice of Garfield last year. You see a few traces of his characteristic smugness every once in a while, but by and large the Bill Murray you see is a lot more serious... and seriously damned good.

It's such a simple story... unhappy married man meets unhappy married woman in a place neither of them are familiar with, and suddenly realise that they're all the other has got at least for the time being. In an age where Hollywood is trying (mostly unsuccessfully) to scare and shock us with something new at every turn, Sofia Coppola takes what should be the premise for a typical chick flick and turns it into something that anyone who has ever experienced an emotion of any description can watch and appreciate.

A brilliant film in any language.

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