In Tokyo to shoot a commercial, a middle-aged actor (Bill Murray) becomes attracted to a young woman... (Learn more)
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Giovanni Ribisi (View All)
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Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Giovanni Ribisi
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
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US Release Date
9/12/03
MPAA Rating
Rated R for for some sexual content
Running Time
102 mins.
Locations
- Tokyo, Japan
Language
- English
- Japanese
Box Office Total
$44,566,004
Awards
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2003 San Francisco Film Critics Circle [Fes Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2003 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2003 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2003 San Francisco Film Critics Circle [Fes Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2003 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2003 Boston Society of Film Critics [Festiv Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2003 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Speical Filmmaking Achievement award at the 2003 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture - Musical or Comedy award at the 2003 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2003 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2003 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2003 Boston Society of Film Critics [Festiv Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2003 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2003 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2003 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2003 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2003 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or award at the 2003 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 2003 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical award at the 2003 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 2003 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director (Runner-up) award at the 2003 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 2003 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2003 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2003 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Countercurrent Prize for Best Actress award at the 2003 Venice International Film Festival [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture (Runner-up) award at the 2003 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2003 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 2003 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Screenplay award at the 2003 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture (Runner-up) award at the 2003 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2003 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2003 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2003 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 2003 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress award at the 2003 Boston Society of Film Critics [Festiv Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2003 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2003 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Screenplay award at the 2003 Writers Guild of America [Festival/Awa Awards.
Distributor
- Focus Features
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
