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Is this really the same Bill Murray who spent decades making broad comedies such as Ghost Busters and Stripes for the world's adolescents? You'd never guess from his delicately restrained and masterful performance in Sofia Coppola's marvellous follow-up to her debut movie, The Virgin Suicides. He stars as world-weary film actor Bob Harris, who's reluctantly staying in Japan to make a whisky commercial. There he meets and begins to fall in love with an unhappily married younger woman, played by Scarlett Johansson. She is equally as good as the woman trapped in a loveless marriage, and Coppola — rapidly revealing herself to be as talented as her father, Francis, and winning an Oscar for her screenplay — wisely underpins the bittersweet soul-searching with a healthy dose of humour that includes a stand-out scene featuring an overly energetic prostitute. By expertly using the neon-drenched backdrop of night-time Tokyo as an alien landscape against which the couple delicately explore each other's ambiguous feelings, this talented young director has produced a sad, funny, magical and almost irresistibly moving experience. AS
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Running time
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97min
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Country of origin
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US
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Genre
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Romantic Comedy Drama
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Sofia Coppola
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Theatrical distributor
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Momentum Pictures
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UK cinema certificate
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15
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UK cinema release date
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January 2004
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Award |
Category |
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Nominee/Winner |
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| Academy 2003 |
Actor in a Leading Role |
Bill Murray |
Nominee |
| Academy 2003 |
Best Picture |
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Nominee |
| Academy 2003 |
Directing |
Sofia Coppola |
Nominee |
| Academy 2003 |
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) |
Sofia Coppola |
Winner |
| British Academy Film Awards 2003 |
Best Film |
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Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2003 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
Bill Murray |
Winner |
| British Academy Film Awards 2003 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
Scarlett Johansson |
Winner |
| British Academy Film Awards 2003 |
Best Screenplay (Original) |
Sofia Coppola |
Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2003 |
The David Lean Award for the Best Achievement in Direction |
Sofia Coppola |
Nominee |
| Golden Globe 2003 |
Best Director Motion Picture |
Sofia Coppola |
Nominee |
| Golden Globe 2003 |
Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical |
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Winner |
| Golden Globe 2003 |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical |
Bill Murray |
Winner |
| Golden Globe 2003 |
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical |
Scarlett Johansson |
Nominee |
| Golden Globe 2003 |
Best Screenplay Motion Picture |
Sofia Coppola |
Winner |
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