Lost in Translation Trivia

1. Charlotte's friend in Tokyo shares a name with a famous cartoon character. What is it?

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Answer: Charlie Brown

Throughout the movie Charlotte's friend actually wears a shirt that is similar to the one that Charlie Brown wears in the comic strip "Peanuts". This is the friend that Charlotte first introduces Bob to when they go out bar hopping.

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Answer: Bob Harris & Harris

Murray's portrayal of "Bob-san" earned him a Golden Globe.

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Answer: Filming a commercial

Bob is in Tokyo to do a series of tv spots and print ad shoots. According to him, he's being paid $2 million to do so!

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Answer: Brass in Pocket

"Brass in Pocket" by The Pretenders is a popular eighties tune. It's mostly recognizable by the line "I'm Special...so special". The song does not prominently feature the title in the lyrics.

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Answer: Fashion Photographer

He's one model's favorite photographer. He also played Phoebe's brother on "Friends".

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Answer: A shelving unit

Bob's wife has been redecorating their house and wants constant input from Bob. This fax wakes him up in the early hours of the morning, much to his dismay.

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Answer: Sean Connery

He states during the commercial photo shoot, after being directed to act like Roger Moore, that he preferred Sean Connery.

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Answer: Kyoto

This is the fist time we see Charlotte apart from Bob in several days. While in Kyoto, she observes a wedding ceremony, which leads her to ask Bob all about love and marriage.

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Answer: Porsche

In the bar, when they first meet, Charlotte suggests that Bob's having a mid-life crisis, and then asks him if he has bought a Porsche yet.

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Answer: Sammie Davis Jr.

Murray tries to translate the photographer's urgings.

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Answer: Sausalito

Sausalito (the band) is named after a town in northern California, just north of San Francisco.

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Answer: Mr. Kazu

When she and Bob go into the bedroom, the suggested prostitute says, 'Mr. Kazu sent me, Premium Fantasy.'Her credit at the end of the film is 'Premium Fantasy Woman'.

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Answer: toe

Murray suggests they serve it as a dish in a Japanese restaurant. "They love black toe here".

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Answer: Keanu Reeves

This character was portrayed as a typical young Hollywood star. At the aforementioned press conference, she spoke about her love of Buddhism and reincarnation, which she obviously knew very little about.

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Answer: Two Million Dollars

Bob tells Charlotte this when she asks him what he's doing in Japan. Bob obviously gets paid this much because his face is famous in Japan, for all the movies he has made in the past.

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Answer: Start A Jazz Band

This is toward the end of their stay when Murray is agonizing over returning home. She wants him to stay, but jokes about it by suggesting they could start a jazz band. All that karaoke might help.

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Answer: "Midnight At The Oasis"

By the look on Bob's face that morning, he feels less than proud of himself about sleeping with the lounge singer.

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Answer: Pink

The first shot of the movie is Charlotte's rear-end being revealed through a see-through pair of pink underwear.

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Answer: Peace, Love & Understanding

This is when Charlotte takes Bob out and they wind up in her friend's studio. These two characters certainly could use some "Peace, Love & Understanding".

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Answer: Jacket

In a very touching scene, Bob tries his hardest to find a reason to talk to her one more time before he leaves.

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Answer: Midnight Velocity

The title of the film is said through-out the scene of Kelly's press conference. It's also posted on all the posters behind them.

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Answer: 4:20 a.m.

After a really long trip to Tokyo, he is awakened by the fax machine noise. He checks the clock twice to be sure what time it is.

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Answer: Nominated: 4, Won: 1

"Lost in Translation" was nominated for Four Academy awards: - Best Lead Actor, which was lost to Sean Penn for "Mystic River" - Best Picture, which was lost to "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" - Best Director, which was lost to Peter Jackson of "The Return of the King" - Best Original Screenplay which was the solo win for Coppola and "Lost in Translation".

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Answer: Yale

Giovanni Ribisi (her husband in the film) reminds her that "not everyone went to Yale", after she makes fun of Kelly's pseudonym.

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