Lost in Translation (2003)

Synopsis of Lost in Translation

After making a striking directorial debut with her screen adaptation of The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola offers a story of love and friendship blooming under unlikely circumstances in this comedy drama. Bob Harris (Bill Murray) is a well-known American actor whose career has gone into a tailspin; needing work, he takes a very large fee to appear in a commercial for Japanese whiskey to be shot in Tokyo. Feeling no small degree of culture shock in Japan, Bob spends most of his non-working hours at his hotel, where he meets Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) at the bar. Twentysomething Charlotte is married to John (Giovanni Ribisi), a successful photographer who is in Tokyo on an assignment, leaving her to while away her time while he works. Beyond their shared bemusement and confusion with the sights and sounds of contemporary Tokyo, Bob and Charlotte share a similar dissatisfaction with their lives; the spark has gone out of Bob's marriage, and he's become disillusioned with his career. Meanwhile, Charlotte is puzzled with how much John has changed in their two years of marriage, while she's been unable to launch a creative career of her own. Bob and Charlotte become fast friends, and as they explore Tokyo, they begin to wonder if their sudden friendship might be growing into something more. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Theatrical Feature Running Time:

102 mins

Director(s):

Sofia Coppola

Writer(s):

Sofia Coppola

Producer(s):

Sofia Coppola, Ross Katz

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

R(Sexual Situations, Nudity)

• 2003 - American Film Institute - Best Picture
• 2003 - Boston Society of Film Critics - Best Actor
• 2003 - Boston Society of Film Critics - Best Actress
• 2003 - Boston Society of Film Critics - Best Director
• 2003 - Chicago Film Critics Association - Best Cinematography
• 2003 - Chicago Film Critics Association - Best Screenplay
• 2003 - Chicago Film Critics Association - Best Actor
• 2003 - Golden Globe - Best Picture - Musical or Comedy
• 2003 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
• 2003 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Picture - Musical or Comedy
• 2003 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Screenplay
• 2003 - Independent Spirit Awards - Best Picture
• 2003 - Independent Spirit Awards - Best Actor
• 2003 - Independent Spirit Awards - Best Screenplay
• 2003 - Independent Spirit Awards - Best Director
• 2003 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Actor
• 2003 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Picture (Runner-up)
• 2003 - National Board of Review - Special Filmmaking Achievement
• 2003 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Actor
• 2003 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Director (Runner-up)
• 2003 - National Society of Film Critics - Best Picture (Runner-up)
• 2003 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Director
• 2003 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Actor
• 2003 - San Francisco Film Critics Circle - Best Actor
• 2003 - San Francisco Film Critics Circle - Best Picture
• 2003 - Toronto Film Critics Association - Best Screenplay
• 2003 - Toronto Film Critics Association - Best Actor
• 2003 - Toronto Film Critics Association - Best Picture
• 2003 - Venice International Film Festival - Countercurrent Prize for Best Actress
• 2003 - Writers Guild of America - Best Original Screenplay

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