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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, All Movie Guide

Bill Murray - Bob Harris
Scarlett Johansson - Charlotte
Giovanni Ribisi - John
Anna Faris - Kelly

2003	Best Actor (winner)	Boston Society of Film Critics	Bill Murray
2003	Best Director (winner)	Boston Society of Film Critics	Sofia Coppola
2003	Best Actress (winner)	Boston Society of Film Critics	Scarlett Johansson
2003	Best Actor (winner)	San Francisco Film Critics Circle	Bill Murray
2003	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or C (nominee)	Golden Globe	Scarlett Johansson
2003	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com (winner)	Golden Globe	Bill Murray
2003	Best Director (nominee)	Golden Globe	Sofia Coppola
2003	Best Screenplay (winner)	Golden Globe	Sofia Coppola
2003	Best Actor (winner)	National Society of Film Critics	Bill Murray
2003	Best Director (Runner-up) (winner)	National Society of Film Critics	Sofia Coppola
2003	Best Director (nominee)	Directors Guild of America	Sofia Coppola
2003	Best Actor (winner)	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Bill Murray
2003	Best Actor (nominee)	Screen Actors Guild	Bill Murray
2003	Best Original Screenplay (winner)	Writers Guild of America	Sofia Coppola
2003	Best Actor (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Bill Murray
2003	Best Director (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Sofia Coppola
2003	Best Picture (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Ross Katz
2003	Best Original Screenplay (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Sofia Coppola
2003	Speical Filmmaking Achievement (winner)	National Board of Review	Sofia Coppola
2003	Countercurrent Prize for Best Actress (winner)	Venice International Film Festival	Scarlett Johansson
2003	Best Director (winner)	Independent Spirit Awards	Sofia Coppola
2003	Best Screenplay (winner)	Independent Spirit Awards	Sofia Coppola
2003	Best Actor (winner)	Independent Spirit Awards	Bill Murray
2003	Best Actor (winner)	Toronto Film Critics Association	Bill Murray
2003	Best Screenplay (winner)	Toronto Film Critics Association	Sofia Coppola
2003	Best Director (nominee)	Chicago Film Critics Association	Sofia Coppola
2003	Best Screenplay (winner)	Chicago Film Critics Association	Sofia Coppola
2003	Best Cinematography (winner)	Chicago Film Critics Association	Lance Acord
2003	Best Actor (winner)	Chicago Film Critics Association	Bill Murray
2003	Best Actress (nominee)	Chicago Film Critics Association	Scarlett Johansson
2003	Best Actor (winner)	New York Film Critics Circle	Bill Murray
2003	Best Director (winner)	New York Film Critics Circle	Sofia Coppola
2003	Best Picture (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola's award-winning Lost in Translation comes to DVD in a wonderful package from Universal Pictures and Focus Features. The film comes in an anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen picture (a full-screen edition is also available), with full and rich sound options that come in both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 tracks. Special features on the disc begin with the brilliant "'Lost' on Location" behind-the-scenes documentary. Shot handheld by a small crew during the shoot in Tokyo (including Coppola's husband-at-the-time Spike Jonze), the footage offers a rare inside look at a production that itself seems lost within the same very foreign land as its two main characters. Capturing a few stellar moments between Murray and the crew, the footage is a welcome surprise amidst the hype-driven studio featurettes that too often litter DVDs. Though not quite as solid, the ten-minute conversation with Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola feature does give the viewer a bit more background on the production (which a commentary would have covered if it'd been included), though some will no doubt be looking for more out of the two than an on-the-fly Q & A on a balcony in Rome. Thankfully, the disc isn't done yet, as it continues with the entire clip from Matthew's Best Hit TV show, featuring a hilarious bit with Murray and a box of live eels that needs to be seen to be believed. The music video for Kevin Shields' "City Girl" is also supplied, along with a section of five extended and deleted scenes that serve as a nice complement to the film but offer little else. The original theatrical trailer rounds out the extras on this fine disc. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide

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