Lost in Translation

Film Info

USA 2003 | 102 min. Director: Sophia Coppola

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Lost in Translation

Synopsis

Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) are two Americans in Tokyo. Bob is a movie star in town to shoot a whiskey commercial, while Charlotte is a young woman tagging along with her workaholic photographer husband (Giovanni Ribisi). Unable to sleep, Bob and Charlotte cross paths one night in the luxury hotel bar. This chance meeting soon becomes a surprising friendship. Charlotte and Bob venture through Tokyo, having often hilarious encounters with its citizens, and ultimately discover a new belief in life's possibilities.
Shot entirely on location in Japan, Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation is a valentine to the nature of close friendships and to the city of Tokyo. Ms. Coppola's film, from her original screenplay, contemplates the unexpected connections we make that might not last - yet stay with us forever.

Cast & Crew

Director

Sophia Coppola
Producer

Ross Katz, Sophia Coppola
Screenwriter

Sophia Coppola
Director of photography

Lance Acord
Main Cast

Scarlett Johansson (Charlotte), Bill Murray (Bob Harris), Akiko Takeshita (Ms. Kawasaki ), Giovanni Ribisi (John), Fumihiro Hayashi (Charlie), Hiroko Kawasaki (Hiroko), Anna Faris (Kelly)
Editor (Cut)

Sarah Flack
Sound Design

Richard Beggs
Original Score

Kevin Shields
Production Design

Anne Ross, K.K. Barrett
Costume Design

Nancy Steiner

Biography

Sofia Coppola grew up in Northern California. After doing costume design on two feature films, she studied Fine Art at California Institute of the Arts.
She then wrote and directed the short film Lick the Star (which world-premiered at the Venice International Film Festival), followed by the feature The Virgin Suicides.
Ms. Coppola wrote the screenplay for the latter film, adapting it from Pulitzer Prize winner Jeffrey Eugenides' novel of the same name. The movie starred Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods, and Kathleen Turner. A world premiere at the Cannes International Film Festival, The Virgin Suicides subsequently earned her the MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker.