Lost in Translation (film): Difference between revisions

* [[Academy Award]]: Won for Best Original Screenplay. [[Award Snub|Somehow]], Murray lost Best Actor to Sean Penn in ''[[Mystic River]]''.

* [[Actor Allusion]]: The gag about not getting the Sean Connery ''Bond'' films. In [[Real Life]], the popularity of the ''Bond'' films led to Connery doing a famous series of ads for Suntory. Given that Sofia Coppola's dad [[Biting the Hand Humor|was also part of said series of ads]], this was most likely intentional.

* [[Asian Gal With White Guy]]: Averted, interestingly. This film manages to depict a middle-aged heterosexual Westerner in Japan ''without'' throwing in any romantic or sexual involvement with a local woman, a rare feat indeed. He even turns down the advances of a call-girl who had been sent to his room to help him unwind.

* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Amusing scenes in which Bob and Charlotte interact with the locals are even funnier if you understand Japanese.

** The acting instructions Bob gets from the commercial director lose most of their meaning when translated by the interpreter. This is [[Lampshade|Lampshaded]] by Bob, who asks: "Is that all he said? It sounded like he said quite a bit more!"

* [[Lounge Lizard]]: Bob has a one night stand with a female one.

* [[Midlife Crisis Car]]: [[Lampshade|Lampshaded]]. Charlotte says to Bob, "Sounds like a midlife crisis. Did you buy a Porsche yet?"

* [[Next Thing They Knew]]: With Bob and the lounge singer.