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Lost in Translation

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Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation (2003)
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A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.
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    • Sofia Coppola
    • Sofia Coppola
  • Stars
    • Bill Murray
    • Scarlett Johansson
    • Giovanni Ribisi
    • Sofia Coppola
    • Sofia Coppola
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    • Bill Murray
    • Scarlett Johansson
    • Giovanni Ribisi
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    • 2KUser reviews
    • 206Critic reviews
    • 91Metascore
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    • Won 1 Oscar

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    Bill Murray
    Bill Murray
    • Bob Harris
    Scarlett Johansson
    Scarlett Johansson
    • Charlotte
    Giovanni Ribisi
    Giovanni Ribisi
    • John
    Anna Faris
    Anna Faris
    • Kelly
    Akiko Takeshita
    • Ms. Kawasaki
    Kazuyoshi Minamimagoe
    • Press Agent
    Kazuko Shibata
    • Press Agent
    Take
    • Press Agent
    Ryuichiro Baba
    • Concierge
    Akira Yamaguchi
    • Bellboy
    Catherine Lambert
    Catherine Lambert
    • Jazz Singer
    François du Bois
    François du Bois
    • Sausalito Piano
    • (as Francois du Bois)
    Tim Leffman
    • Sausalito Guitar
    Gregory Pekar
    Gregory Pekar
    • American Businessman #1
    Richard Allen
    • American Businessman #2
    Diamond Yukai
    • Commercial Director
    • (as Yutaka Tadokoro)
    Jun Maki
    • Suntory Client
    Nao Asuka
    • Premium Fantasy Woman
      • Sofia Coppola
      • Sofia Coppola
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    • Trivia
      Bill Murray's favorite film of his own.
    • Goofs
      When John (Giovanni Ribisi) first runs into Kelly (Anna Faris) in the lobby of the hotel he calls her Anna.
    • Quotes

      Bob: It gets a whole lot more complicated when you have kids.

      Charlotte: It's scary.

      Bob: The most terrifying day of your life is the day the first one is born.

      Charlotte: Nobody ever tells you that.

      Bob: Your life, as you know it... is gone. Never to return. But they learn how to walk, and they learn how to talk... and you want to be with them. And they turn out to be the most delightful people you will ever meet in your life.

      Charlotte: That's nice.

    • Crazy credits
      At the end of the closing credits, Hiromix (Hiromi Toshikawa), seen throughout most of the party sequence, waves to the camera.
    • Connections
      Featured in Kevin Shields: City Girl (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Brass in Pocket
      (1980)

      Written by Chrissie Hynde and James Honeyman-Scott

      Performed by Scarlett Johansson (as Scarlett T. Johansson)

    User reviews2K

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    8/10
    A Quiet, Personal Film
    Being in a profession where there is constant noise, I enjoyed this movie for a very odd reason. The characters are pulling away from a hyped up society, away from a world, much of which is based on needless, trivial noise. Everywhere they go there is more numbing action. Watching the director of the commercial gyrating, trying to act like a real film director, despite the fact that they are doing a 30 second liquor commercial, typifies some of what this movie is about, a world where people are worn into the ground by a type A culture that is as vapid and unnecessary as we can imagine. I thought the Bill Murray character developed tremendously. While this trip to Japan was excruciatingly dull (money isn't everything), I believe that he began to see things he hadn't seen before. I liked that while he was struggling with his marriage, the crises were simple, day to day things that living brings to us. The young woman he meets shows through a whimsical kindness, that he is worth something. She is refreshing to look at an to be with. He, like many middle aged men, has self doubts. Because she has a sense of purity and can talk to him honestly about her world and his, he should go back to his life a little more sustained.
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    • Aug 8, 2005

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    • Release date
      • October 3, 2003 (United States)
      • United States
      • Japan
      • Distributor's web site with synopsis and media
      • English
      • Japanese
      • German
      • French
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    • Filming locations
      • Park Hyatt Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Production companies
      • Focus Features
      • Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (TFC)
      • American Zoetrope
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    • 1 hour 42 minutes
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      • Dolby Digital
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