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Lost in Translation (2003)

Name: Lost in Translation
Director: Sofia Coppola
Genre: drama film, independent film, romantic comedy film
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 7.7

Lost in Translation is a 2003 romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola. Bill Murray stars as Bob Harris, a fading American movie star who is having a midlife crisis when he travels to Tokyo to promote Suntory whiskey. He befriends another disillusioned American, Charlotte, a recent college graduate who has been married for two years. The film explores themes of alienation and disconnection…

Directed by Sofia Coppola · Shot by Lance Acord · Cut by Sarah Flack · Music by Kevin Shields · 97 min

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Behind the scenes

Scarlett Johansson Rewatches The Avengers, Lost in Translation & More | Vanity Fair — Vanity Fair · 18 min
Sofia Coppola interview on "Lost in Translation" (2003) — Manufacturing Intellect · 26 min
Scarlett Johansson & Bill Murray's First Meeting | Lost In Translation (2003) | Screen Bites — Screen Bites · 3 min
Lost in Translation - What's the Point of a Doomed Romance? | Video Essay — Screened · 13 min
Secret Goodbye (Final Scene) | Lost In Translation (2003) | Screen Bites — Screen Bites · 4 min
Lost in Translation - Interview with Scarlett Johansson (2003) — FilMagicians · 22 min
Sofia Coppola on Priscilla, Lost in Translation and her filmmaking career | BFI in conversation — BFI · 70 min
Lost in Translation: Crash Course Film Criticism #7 — CrashCourse · 10 min

Elsewhere

More by Sofia Coppola

Marc by Sofia
Lick the Star — 1998
The Virgin Suicides — 1999
Marie Antoinette — 2006
Somewhere — 2010
The Bling Ring — 2013
Daisy Trio — 2014
A Very Murray Christmas — 2015
The Beguiled — 2017
On the Rocks — 2020
Priscilla — 2023

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