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Lost in Translation (film) - Wikipedia

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Lost in Translation is a 2003 romantic comedy-drama film[note 1] 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 whisky. There, he befriends another estranged American named Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), a young woman and recent college graduate. Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, and Fumihiro Hayashi are also featured. The film explores themes of alienation and disconnection against a backdrop of cultural displacement in Japan. It defies mainstream narrative conventions and is atypical in its depiction of romance.[4] Coppola started writing the film after spending time in Tokyo and becoming fond of the city. She began forming a story about two characters experiencing a "romantic melancholy"[5] in the Park Hyatt Tokyo, where she stayed while promoting her first feature film, the 1999 drama The Virgin Suicides. Coppola envisioned Murray playing the role of Bob Harr

Lost in Translation (film) - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2003 film by Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation Theatrical release poster Directed by Sofia Coppola Written by Sofia Coppola Produced by Ross Katz Sofia Coppola Starring Bill Murray Scarlett Johansson Giovanni Ribisi Anna Faris Fumihiro Hayashi Cinematography Lance Acord Edited by Sarah Flack Music by Kevin Shields Brian Reitzell Roger Joseph Manning Jr. Production companies American Zoetrope Elemental Films Distributed by Focus Features (International) Tohokushinsha Film (Japan) Release dates August&#1

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