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Lost in Translation
starring: Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Akiko Takeshita, Kazuyoshi Minamimagoe, Kazuko Shibata
directed by: Sofia Coppola

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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5060049146195
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Sales Rank: 4570
Theatrical Release Date: October 03, 2003

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Amazon.com:
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

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- One of My Favorite Movies of All Time!
I guess this is one of those "love it or hate it" movies, so all I
can do is tell you why I love it so much. First, filming the
movie in Japan was not only a way to capture the two main
characters out of their element (which was the brilliant, central
point of the film), but it took ME out of MY element, which was
refreshing. I loved the nightlife, the colorful characters, the
strange looking food, the cherry blossoms in the gardens...
the setting for the ... Read More

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- A tender if not always successful film
It is fascinating the love/hate opinion most have for this movie. It garners either five stars or one star and yet I find myself somewhere in the middle. Director Sophia Coppola breezes us through Japan, be it to witness the traditional wedding in Kyoto, dashing through the Pachinko parlors, singing karaoke, walking through shrines and temples, eating in local restaurants, riding the trains, the shabu shabu restaurant, the propaganda vans shouting their messages as they drive down the street, the ladies ... Read More

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- 4 1/2! Great movie but not for everyone
"Lost In Translation" written and directed by Sofia Coppola.

Bob Harris (Bill Murray) an actor whose prime is behind him travels to Tokyo to endorse a whiskey for a sizable payday as well as to take a break from his home and married life. Bob struggles with what may be a mid life crisis and seems to mentally struggle with the emptiness and life questions that it brings on...

Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) a recent graduate from Yale with a philosophy major and a recent newlywed ... Read More

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- Lost in Translation
Movie Review: Lost in Translation
Directed by Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation brings the audience into the fantastic city of Tokyo, Japan. This film consumes the audience in an aura of neon lights, karaoke bars, metropolis adventures, loneliness, soul-searching, and that the connections that we make in life may not last, but are never forgotten. Shot on location, in just 27 days, Lost in Translation presents a simple but beautiful story with fantastic performances by Scarlett Johansen and Bill ... Read More

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- This was HORRIBLE!
This movie was NOT slow paced,.............it was NON existent! There was No movie, NO plot, NO nothing. It just went on and on, and there was no point at ALL . A complete wast of Time!!!!

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