Lost in Translation (2003) USA
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Director:Sofia Coppola
Studio:Highlight
Producer:Callum Greene, Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Kiyoshi Inoue, Mitch Glazer, Ross Katz
Writer:Sofia Coppola
Rating:3
Rated:R
Date Added:2006-03-27
ASIN:B0001GNDRA
UPC:5060049145198
Awards:Won Oscar. Another 70 wins & 56 nominations
Genre:Comedy
Release:2004-08-04
IMDb:0335266
Duration:102
Aspect Ratio:1.85 : 1
Sound:Dolby Digital
Languages:English, Japanese, German, French
Sofia Coppola  ...  (Director)
Sofia Coppola  ...  (Writer)
 
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
Anna Faris  ...  
Daiamondo Yukai  ...  Commercial Director (as Yutaka Tadokoro)
Comments: Everyone wants to be found.

Summary: Like a good dream, Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation envelops you with an aura of fantastic light, moody sound, head-turning love, and a feeling of déjà vu, even though you've probably never been to this neon-fused version of Tokyo. Certainly Bob Harris has not. The 50-ish actor has signed on for big money shooting whiskey ads instead of doing something good for his career or his long-distance family. Jetlagged, helplessly lost with his Japanese-speaking director, and out of sync with the metropolis, Harris (Bill Murray, never better) befriends the married but lovelorn 25-year-old Charlotte (played with heaps of poise by 18-year-old Scarlett Johansson). Even before her photographer husband all but abandons her, she is adrift like Harris but in a total entrapment of youth. How Charlotte and Bill discover they are soul mates will be cherished for years to come. Written and directed by Coppola (The Virgin Suicides), the film is far more atmospheric than plot-driven: we whiz through Tokyo parties, karaoke bars, and odd nightlife, always ending up in the impossibly posh hotel where the two are staying. The wisps of bittersweet loneliness of Bill and Charlotte are handled smartly and romantically, but unlike modern studio films, this isn't a May-November fling film. Surely and steadily, the film ends on a much-talked-about grace note, which may burn some, yet awards film lovers who "always had Paris" with another cinematic destination of the heart. --Doug Thomas