"LOST IN TRANSLATION" (2003)

Lost in Translation

by Sofia Coppola

Lost in Translation, Inc. September 2, 2002

We hear the soundof a plane landing over black.

The back of a GIRLin pink underwear,she leans at a big window, looking outover Tokyo.

Melodramaticmusic swells over the Girl’s butt in pink sheer underwear as she lieson the bed.

Title cards over image.

LOST IN TRANSLATION

POV from a car window- the colors and lights of Tokyo neon at night blur by.

In the backseat of aPresidential limousine, BOB (late~- forties), tired and depressed,leans against a little doily, staring out the window.

P.O.V. from car window-We see buildings covered in bright signs, a billboard ofBrad Pitt selling jeans, another of Bob in black & white,lookingdistinguished with a bottle of whiskey in a Suntory ad..moresigns, a huge TV with perky Japanese pop stars singing.

Bob’s black Presidential {lookslike a 60’s diplomat’s car) pulls up at the entranceof the Park Hyatt, a modern sky rise.

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The automatic doors open on the car, as Bob gets out. Bager © BELLHOPSwith white gloves approach at thesight of the car, welcoming Bob and helping him with hisbags.

Bob standsin the back of a crowded elevator surroundedby Japanesebusinessmen below his shoulders.

The elevatorstops at the 50th floor and the doorsopen onto themassive, streamline lobby of the Park Hyatt.

Bob followsthe JAPANESE BUSINESSMEN out into themarble and glass lobbythat frames the view of Tokyo.

The CONCIERGEand several eager HOTEL MANAGERS greetBob. He justwants to sleep,but more STAFF continue to greethim, ask him abouthis fright. They lead him to reception.

At the receptionarea four JAPANESE BUSINESSMEN and twoWOMEN quickly sit up from their seats on sight of Bob, and extend © handshakes andgifts. They bow and introduce themselves from the commercial company,extend name cards and welcome him enthusiastically.

More staff welcomeshim and offer their service during his stay.

One of them presents afax that has come for him.

INSERT —

“TO: BOB HARRIS FROM: LYDIA HARRIS YOU FORGOT ADAM’S BIRTHDAY. I'M SURE HE’LL UNDERSTAND. HAVE A GOOD TRIP, L”

He doesn't know what todo with it, and stuffs it in his pocket.

The commercial people tellhim when they’1llbe picking him up, and ask if he needs anythingelse.

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SomeJAPANESE ROCK STARS with shag haircutsand skinny leatherpants pass by. Each commercial personhas to shake Bob’s hand before leaving.

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Bob sits on the end of the bed ina too small hotel kimono.

Bob sits at the bar. A few minutespass as he sits in silence looking around, drinking a scotch. Chet Baker sings “The Thrill is Gone” over the stereo.

We see Bob’s POV of tables of people talking.JAPANESE WOMEN SMOKING, AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN tying oneon, talking about software sales. A WAITER carefully settingdown a coaster, and pouring a beer very, very slowly. It’sall very foreign.

The automatic hotel curtains open, pouring lightinto the room.

Bobgets in the shower overlooking the view ofTokyo. The showerhead is at his elbows, he raises it as highas it goes, andleans down to have a shower. This hotelwas not designedwith him in mind.

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Whiskey commercialshoot.

The set is fullof activity as the JAPANESE CREWwork. Bob, in a shawlcollared tuxedo sits at a European stylebar set with a cut crystalglass of whiskey. A JAPANESE GIRLquickly powders his faceas they adjust lights and the DIRECTORand crew speak inhurried Japanese.

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TheDirector (withblue contact lenses) says a few long sentencesin Japanese.

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TRANSLATOR, a middle-aged woman in a coordinatedoutfit, translates but it is only a short sentencenow.

Bobwonders what she’s leaving out, or ifthat’s the way it works from Japanese to English.

Bobthinks let's just get it over with.

TheTranslator blots her face with a tissue, andasks the _ directorin a Japanese sentence 5 times as long.The Director answersher in a long excited phrase.

TRANSLATOR ©} Right side.And with intensity.

The excitedDirector says more in Japanese. Translatornods in understanding.Bob doesn’t really know what’s goingon.

They get ready,and roll camera:

Bob turns and lookssuavely to the camera:

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The Director yells something about ten sentenceslong. The © translator nods.

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The Translator answers for him in four sentences.

ON THE MONITOR — we see the next take: the moody lighting shineson Bob, the camera gets closer as he stares into cameraand gives them the line.

ShinjukuHigh rises sparkle.

Tall glasswalls show the neon and high-rises of the city.

A sad and romanticBill Evans song plays. Bob sits alonewith a scotch atthe bar.

Some drunkAMERICAN BUSINESSMEN, with their ties thrown over their shouldersrecognize him.

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Bob nods.

Bob comes back to his room. The maids haveleft everything perfect, his beige bed is turned down, andthe TV has been lefton to a channel playing a montage of flowerclose-ups in nature while sad violin music plays. It’s supposedto be relaxing, but it’s just sad.

Bob lies in bed. He flips through TV channelsfrom the remote control. He passes a Japanese game show, toan 80s Cannon Ballrun-type movie with him in it dubbed intoJapanese. He turns it off as he hears a knock at the door.

He goesto the door, and opens it part way.

He pauses,then opens the door.

A WOMANin her forties in a short tight leathermini skirt and stockingscomes in. She is wearing ‘60s stylemake-up.

Bob sitson the bed not sure what to do as hewatches her.

Bob’s POV~—-Wesee her back to us as she puts a CDon the stereo- itbegins to play: Serge Gainsberg andBrigitte Bardot sing "Bonnie& Clyde“. The woman turns slylyaround and shimmiesover to Bob.

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@ WOMAN (CONT'D)

(as shetries to undress him) Mr.Harris?

Shepushes him back onto the bed. He hesitates,but then goes alongwith it passively. ”

He fumbleswith her stockings, trying to do as she says.

He takeshis hands back confused.

He backs away,as he tries to understand her.

She throwsher leg up to him on the bed.

She pantomimesripping them. He finally understands.

TA.

He pulls at her stockings trying to ripthem, but they just snap.

She pretends to struggle.

He pulls his hands away. She grabsthem and puts them back on her, and keeps struggling dramatically.They wrestle around awkwardly, her pretending to try to getaway, but not letting him go. She rips her stockings and fallsoff the bed in fake~- defense.

Shepulls a confused Bob down on top ofher. He doesn’t know what she wants.

Sherips another stocking and pins him onthe ground. He triesto crawl away, she grabs his leg and tripshim. He grabsa nearby table leg as he falls, the lampcrashes to the floor,the room goes black.

In theharsh sunlight of the big windows Bob eats breakfast alone.Next to him is a table of TEXANS in cowboy hats.At anothertable a JAPANESE COUPLE in sunglasses chain smokeand drink coffee.

Bob gets into theded elevator. He is stopped momentarilyby the Conciergewho askshim if everything is fine for his stay.

In the elevator Bob’ssurrounded by JAPANESE BUSINESSPEOPLE and a FAMILY dressedfor a wedding.

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Across, at the otherside of the elevator he sees CHARLOTTE, a pretty Ivy-leaguegirl in her mid-twenties, and the only other Westerner inthe elevator. Her honey-colored hair stands out in the crowd.

She's looking at him like you dowhen someone new comes in the elevator, but the Japanese lookstraight ahead at the elevator doors.

Charlotte and Bob look at each other acrossthe Japanese heads. She smiles, from one foreignerto another. The door opens and she gets out with the crowd.Bob watches her leave.

He is approached by a group of eight excitedpeople from the commercial company there waiting to takehim.

Bobfeigns enthusiasm briefly.

Bob’sback is to us as a MAKE-UP ARTIST is puttingsome final toucheson him. The PHOTOGRAPHER is giving her enthusiastic directionin Japanese. Bob talks on his cell phone,—not payingattention to the make-up artist.

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Hehangs up. The make-up artist dusts him with powder.

Thecommercial people are crowding around. Bob’s chair is swivelled aroundand we see him in his tuxedo, wearingtoo muchmake-up andsome weird looking eyeliner.

In front ofa grey backdrop, moody lighting is being adjusted and Bob is handeda bottle of Suntory.

A small documentarycrew moves in on Bob with a video camera- the cameraman is tilting the camera at his face in arty dutch cameramoves.

The agency peoplecrowd around. The photographer is excited and urges Bob todo dumb poses, he won't do.

The photographerdemonstrates a dramatic pose with his hands at his face.

The photographerstarts shooting. Bob obviously hates the whole thing, whatyou do for money.

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Bob,still in his tuxedo and make-up from the shoot, sits alonehaving a drink. A JAZZ BAND FROM SAUSALITO performs. The SINGERis a middle-aged woman with red wavy hair, dressed in red,and takes her singing very seriously. She sings a slowversion of "“Parsley,Sage,Rosemaryand Thyme”.

C.U.- a golden beer is poured very slowly.

Bob drinkshis scotch, hoping it will all go away.

Acrossthe bar, Charlotte sits with JOHN, her husband (he is in hislate twenties and sloppy in a fashionable way), and someFRIENDS —-super stylish, weird Japanese fashion people {allsmoking). One of them, CHARLIE, in a shiny suit, keeps takingpictures, and showing them magazine layouts.

Charlottelaughs and looks down, the Japanese audience clap very seriously...she and Bob catch eyes ~-about Sausalito and howweird it is there.

The mirroredelevator doors close and Bob sees himself close- up inthe elevator’s mirrored walls — noticing the heavymake- up andweird eyeliner from the shoot which he had forgotten about.He looks at himself.

Charlotte laysclose to her young husband, John. She looksto see ifhe’s awake, but he’s sleeping soundly. She leans her chin onhis shoulder.

LIA.

He doesn’t answer.

He grumblessomething, opens one sleepy eye to look ather, and grabsher under the covers. He kisses her.

He holds her close,but she can’t sleep.

Charlotte sitson a ledge looking out at the big buildings. The sun is startingto come up. Below she watches cars going places.

Bob lies in bed awake.The clock says 4:20.

The in-room fax machine ismaking noise as a fax rolls in. Bob looks at the fax machinebut doesn’t get out of bed.

The fax curls and falls to the floor.

CLOSE ON FAX —

“BOB- YOU DIDN’T TELL ME WHICH SHELVES YOUWANT IN YOUR STUDY. PLEASE PICK ONE OUTAND LET ME KNOW. I’M HAVING LOTS OF QUALITY TIME WITH THE CONSTRUCTION CREW. HOPE YOU'RE HAVING FUN THERE. LOVE, L”

Threepages of shelf diagrams follow.

The gymis empty except for an old man vacuuming.Bob passes pilesof little towels and bottles of water. Hetakes a water forhis workout.

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He approaches an exercise machine and puts the water in the @ drink holder of the machine. He looks atthe lit-up instruction panel- it is all in Japanese.

He pushes a button, and the machine starts beeping,then a soothingwoman’s voice recites instructions in Japanese.

He gets on it, and sinks. He tries to make the armsand foot peddlescoordinate. He pushes a button and it startsmoving too fast.In an upward rotation he tries to reach thecontrol panel,but is not fast enough. The soothing woman’svoice continuesinstruction.(she occasionally includes an English word- gently, gently...vigorous)He tries to keep upwith it, and triesagain to push the right button to slow it down,but themachine stepsstarts going swiftly backwards instead.

The agency groupwait for Bob. They stand up as he approaches from the elevator,trying to mask a slight limp.

Miss Kawasaki noticeshis limp with concern as they leave the hotel.

Charlotte gets out at Shibuya station,a crowded neighborhood filled with neon, ads, andpeople.

She looks up at the huge intersection astons of JAPANESE PEOPLE wait to cross the street, no onesteps forward until the cross-walk light changes, and allof them cross.

A TV screen covering a building plays commercials.

She roams around the narrow streets, crowdedwith stylish JAPANESE KIDS, tan SCHOOLGIRLS pass her.

Charlotte wanders down a crowded street, lookingaround.

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On a small side street she stops at a little park. She rd watches a JAPANESE MAN AND WOMAN together:

Charlotte’s POV -

C.U. The man reaches his hand to the back ofthe woman’s neck, and leans in close. The woman smiles at him, inlove.

John issound asleep. Charlotte is awake next to him. She looksat the clock - it’s three a.m.

She slidesclose to him, kisses his mouth. He grumbles somethingin his deep sleep, and rolls over.

She goesto the couch, stepping over camera equipment.

She looksat the fruit basket, decides to try an apple. She has a piecebut isn’t really hungry.

She reaches over someproof sheets and looks at a magazine, but she’s already lookedat it a few times before. She decides to godownstairs.

Bob sits alone at the bar.Charlotte sits down a seat away from him, lost in his thoughts,he doesn’t see her until he turns and finds her next to him.They look at each other. A young BARTENDER with a sweet facetends to them.

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BOB & BARTENDER © ‘Suntorytime’!

Charlotte smiles at him sympathetically.

She looksat him.

She lifts acigarette, he lights it for her.

He makes smalltalk about the pickled seaweed breakfast and jet lag, they commiserateabout having not slept in days.

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CHARLOTTE © 25 years..that's a long time...Areyou still in love with your wife?

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BOB © Thanks.

They clink glasses.

The hotel is filled with businesspeople. A dressed up FAMILY isgoing to lunch. We follow a jet-lagged Charlotte and John, asthey walk down the lobby hall.

An energetic blonde actress, KELLY, pops up to them. (She's carryinga copy of Memoirs of a Geisha.)

John,who was holding Charlotte’s hand, drops it.

She does akarate chop and laughs.

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JOHN @ Have you met Charlotte? My wife.

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Charlotte looksat John.

Kelly, gigglingand acting all too comfortable with herself, is eating up allthe oxygen around them.

Kelly giggles. Charlottesmirks.

And Kelly and hermake-up artist and publicist are off. John and Charlotte continue.

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CHARLOTTE © Evelyn Waugh was a man.

Po John shrugs.

Charlotte shootshim a look.

His producer comesup to them. John puts his arm around © Charlotte, kissesher, everything’s fine.

He kisses her on the cheek, andis gone.

Charlotte walks into the empty hotelroom.

C.U. - Charlotte’s feet as she clips hertoenails.

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C.U. ~Charlotte’s hand by an ashtray, writes in a journal. ©

Charlotte looks in a mirror, trying on an unfinished scarf she’sknitting. She checks the length on herself.

Charlottesits on the big window sill checking her messages onthe phone.

We hearthe #key as Charlotte hits it to interrupt the message.

She hits abutton.

MAN’S VOICE (0.S.) Hi Charlotte, I don'tknow ifyou’re in town... but I’m having abirthday party for my dog, Louise,tomorrow night, at my house around eight...

She pushes a numberto delete the message.

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Charlottepushes a button.

Charlottehangs up.

Charlottelies on the bed, in the knit scarf and underwear. She’sdoing a quiz in a magazine:

“ARE YOUHAVING A MID-TWENTIES CRISIS? ARE YOUFATIGUED? DO YOUHAVE NO IDEA WHERE YOUR CAREER IS GOING? DO YOUHATE MOST PEOPLE?”

An olympicpool is framed by tall glass walls with theTokyo view. Bobis handed a swim cap and goggles.

Bob watchesa Japanese BUSINESSMAN swimming, he looks likean over-grownbaby.

Bob swimslaps in the pristine pool.

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A disco mixed tape starts, and above waterwe see a WESTERN INSTRUCTOR in tight shorts leading an aqua~aerobicsclass to the group of WOMEN. They jump up and downto Sister Sledge.

Bob walks past the rows of lockers to the Saunaroom.

He sits in the sauna, two HOTEL GUESTS speak Germanin the corner.

Bob comes out from the sauna, red and sweaty.

Bob submerges in the cold water of a small pool inthe sauna room, having a moment of relief.

Charlotte lies on the floor with big headphones on, listening to abook on tape. After a corny music intro, avery serious scholarman’s voice speaks clearly :

Charlottetries to get into it, but can’t get past feeling like aloser listening to a self-help tape. She looksat the doctor’sphoto on the audio-book box, he’s bald, ina turtleneckand glasses.

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Charlotte followsa JAPANESE FAMILY in formal dress out of the elevatoronto the mezzanine level. She wanders down a big hall.

She sees an open door and steps in the crowdedroom, which is inthe midst of a press conference. Cameras flashas Kelly, with wide eyes, behind a table, answers questions enthusiastically.

TheJAPANESE JOURNALISTS seem excited by her answer.

Kellythrows a Karate punch for a PHOTOGRAPHER.

Charlottewalks out.

Charlottecontinues down a hall, she stops at an open door and peeks in.

A quiet groupof JAPANESE WOMEN are gathered around a table. Charlotte goesin, as she gets closer she sees they arebeing instructed inIkebana floral design. Each woman has a little vase and elegantflower cuttings. She watches as they delicately arrangethe tiny flowers.

The INSTRUCTORhands Charlotte a vase and cuttings. Alongside the women, Charlottetries to follow along.

Charlotte reclineslow in the bathtub staring off. She can see mount Fuji inthe distance.

The audio tapeplays on the stereo.

@ DR.KENEGARD

(dry& monotonous) Plato’s text calls this image the “paradeigma”. (MORE)

With her backto us, Charlotte looks out the big window.

John comes up andkisses her.

He hugs her for amoment, leaning on her.

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© 36 INT. PARK HYATTBAR — NIGHT 36

At a corner tableCharlotte sits with John, Kelly, and DJ CLEAN, a skinny kid ina sweatshirt, on tour in Japan.

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Charlotte isbored while Kelly talks on.

Sausalitoperforms in the background.

John shootsCharlotte a look.

Charlotte ashes hercigarette in a clean ashtray, and she watches as it is quicklyreplaced with a new one by a WAITER.

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@ CHARLOTTE

Yeah, it is.

DJ Clean starts doing a human beat box at her. @

Charlotte looks over at Kelly.

Charlotte excuses herself.

She passes Bob who sits at his usual spotat the bar, as she is leaving.

Charlottelaughs with sympathy, but doesn't knowwhat to tell him.

John sleepssoundly (turned away from her), Charlottecan’t sleep. Sheturns on the T.V. to a crazy local T.V. variety show.

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@.. INT BOB'S HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT 38

Bob can’t sleep, he watches the same show onT.V.

He flips the channel- it’s an old black &white Japanese movie of a man committing Hari Kari.

FADE IN:

Charlottefinds her way down a narrow street in anold sectionof Tokyo.

Sheturns a corner and finds a square with what shewas lookingfor. ”

The sun shinesover a beautiful old temple. Birds chirp, Charlotte approachesand goes inside.

Charlotte standsin the back and watches a ceremony.

A ROSHI speaksin Japanese, monks chant. It's all very foreign. Charlottetries to feel something.

Charlotte sits onthe bed talking to John who’s coming outof the bathroom, gettingready to go to work. He checks himself in the mirror.

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@ CHARLOTTE

Iwent to a temple today and I didn’t feel anything.

(CONTINUED )

He looks for his mobile phone.

Hecomes close and kisses her.

She leansback to look at him.

She looksat him funny.

He grabsher, kissing her good-bye, she wraps her arms around him,when his cell phone rings.

He kissesher, and leaves.

@ CHARLOTTE

Bye.

She makes a call.We see her back and hair, as she looks out the bright window.

© LAUREN’s call-waiting beeps, cuttingoff her sentence.

Charlotte waits.

Inthe background a baby starts crying.

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CHARLOTTE © Ok, bye.

Shehangs up. She sits there for a moment, startingto cry, shewipes the tears, trying to make them go away.

Tokyogoes by out the window. Charlotte looks at thePEOPLE on thecrowded train. A sweaty BUSINESSMAN blots his face with a little handkerchief. Another older BUSINESSMANreads an eroticcomic book.

Charlottelooks up at the many signs, trying to figureout whichway to go, but they are all in Japanese characters. Confused,she chooses the west exit.

Charlottewalks down a little street in a quiet neighborhood.

She stopsat a window of a portrait studio and looks atall of thewedding portraits. They are very formal and re- touched,Japanese brides and grooms dressed in a Westernold- fashionstyle.

Charlotte looksthrough the window as a tan Japanese boy, tries towin a stuffed animal for his girlfriend.

In a crowdedarcade, Charlotte watches some kids play Dance Revolution, avideo game where you dance along to cues onthe light-up floor.One BUSINESSMAN in a suit is really goodand into it.

She sees a sushichef game where you have to cut an electronic fish.

She looks at a firefighter game, and rows ofplexi boxes filled with some little character dollsyou try to win.

Charlotte looks at the shelves of books shepasses,she flips through some books.

Shewalks over to a small gallery space and goesup to the wall to see the small photos.

They are of tied-up, partially naked Japanese schoolgirls, one girl is spanking another one with a stuffed animal.She's making a face of ecstacy.

Charlotte looks at it, not getting it.

Charlottestands alone on a side street, smoking a cigarette andwatching the CROWDS go by.

Charlottewalks up a little street filled with shops.

She stopsat a window of cute underwear that shelooks at. Shegoes into the shop.

C.U.Charlotte’s lips. She puts watermelon color lipstickon.

She looksat herself in the mirror in her new underwear.

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We hear the shower runningin the bathroom.

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Charlotte decorates the room, putting up somepaper cherry blossom decorations.

Shegoes over to the bed and stubs her toe on it,as she flops down.

Sheholds her toe, annoyed with her klutziness.

Johntalks to her from the shower.

She'sdrifted off.

He gets out andis rushing to get his stuff together to go. Charlotte’s loungingon the bed in her new pink underwear.

She triesher scarfon that she’s been knitting.

He goesto get allhis stuff together.

He passes an ashtraywith cigarette butts in it.

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© JOHN (CONT'D)

Will you please stop smoking?

CHARLOTTE ® But I like to...and I don’t smoke that much.

He picks up a camera from a table in the corner.He looks at the self-help audio book box.

CHARLOTTE ©} I‘mnot. It’s just corny, but I’m not into it.

Hekisses the side of her face and her shoulder likea cute pet,and then continues getting his stuff together.

Johnsets two bottles of Cristal on the bed nextto her, not reallyseeing her.

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As he unplugs his cell phone from the wall.

He looks at her- like don’tmake itharder.

They kiss.

He tackles her, kisses her, bites her, grabsher ribs, tickling her in a burst of affection. She laughs,her arms aroundhis neck.

Hekisses her and is off.

Charlottesits there alone with the unopened bottlesof champagne.

Water splashesas Charlotte dives into the pool (in a one- piece bathingsuit) as the sun goes down.

FADE OUT:

Leaving inher robe, Charlotte runs into Bob, in his robe, going tothe pool.

He watches her go.

AsBob opens his door to his room, a FedEx package fallsin hispath.

He opens it - large carpet swatches fall out with a note: ©

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“BOB-WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR STUDY? ILIKE THE BURGUNDY, BUT WHATEVER YOU WANT. LOVE,L”

He looks atthem for a second, they all look the same, and why is she sendingthese? He puts them down.

The elaborate chimingdoorbell rings.

Charlotte opens the doorto see Bob. He’s wearing an orange camouflage T-shirt. She looksat his shirt, suppressing a smile. |

He goes into the bathroom to change it.He comes out with it on inside out so it’s just an orange T-shirt.

He asks her to cut the label out forhim. She goes to find some scissors. He picks up A_Soul’s Search:Finding Your True Calling audio-book box.

Shereturns with the hotel room sewing kit.

She smiles,busted, but doesn’t say anything as shecuts his shirtlabel with little hotel sewing-kit scissors.

She slipson her shoes on to leave.

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All white nightclub, lit with black lights soit seems to glow in the dark, with the booming soundof helicopters. JAPANESE GALLAGER BROTHERS walk by.

Bob watches Charlotte as Charlie, in a crazyoutfit, hugs her. Charlotte tries to talk to Bob overthe loudmusic.

Theyshake hands.

Bob looks over atsome SKINNY GUY in huge glasses smiling at them. Charlie handsthem some drinks.

A young SHY GUY with a shavedhead smiles at her, and takes her picture.

A JAPANESE KRAFTWERK COVER-BANDplays Trans Europa Express.

Some people at the bar buy drinksfor Bob and insist on drinking with him.

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Bob and Charlotte look over as Charlie gets intosome problem with the BARTENDER. The Bartender getsmad and starts shooting a real-looking BB gun at him. Orangebullets fly through the air. They all rush out of there.

Bob and Charlottetry to get past the crowd at the entrance. A big BOUNCER stopsthem and is yelling fast Japanese at him.

The crowd parts asthe Bartender emerges shooting his BB gun, and Bob and Charlotte runfor it.

BB GUN CHASE -

The Bartender climbs on acar, threatening them from above. Bob covers Charlotte asthey duck behind the car.

They make a run for it, duckinginto a pachinko parlor.

Bob and Charlotte run pastthe blinking machines, and gamblers, to another door tothe street.

Bob spots a cab and they runto it, seeing Charlie now throwing bottles in the directionof the bartender.

Bob and Charlotte get in the cab.

Charlotte hits her head as they get in.Bob yells to the driver to go, but he doesn’t understand.

Through the windshield they see theBartender and sidekick coming with baseball bats.

They hear a bang on the door and Charliehops in. He makes sure she is ok and shouts somethingto the Driver, and they speed away.

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Charlie, in his flashy outfit, sings “God Savethe Queen” into the Karaoke mic. He rolls his r's just likeJohnny Rotten.

Charlotte laughs and loves watching Charlie.They’re other friends wear the different color wigs theyprovide at this place. There are big bottles of beer and sake. They are all pretty formal. Bambi tries to talk to Charlottewith a big grin, he can barely speak English.

He tries wigs onher. He puts a light pink wig on her and beams. Bob smokes andwatches.

(Kawaii means “cute”)

She smiles a lovable smileat Bambi.

Charlie and Charlotte sings “Brassin Pocket” by The Pretenders ("you're special, so special...”),everyone is drunk now, as they all sing alongat the chorus. WOMEN keep refilling the glasses.

Mr. Valentine sings a popular slow heartfeltJapanese song that everyone knows and sings along to.Charlotte and Bob look at each other, it is very foreign,but Bob likes being there with Charlotte and her friends.

She flips through a big binder of songs.

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CHARLOTTE © What doyou feel like singing, Bob?

Bob sings “I fall to Pieces” to Charlotte.Charlie and everyone cheers for him.

Beer pitchers are replaced. Charlie starts singing “Angie”. The little room is filled with smoke, Charlottemakes her way to the door to get some air.

Taking a break from the crowded and hot Karaoke room, Charlottesits for a break alone on a bench in the bright hallway.It is quiet with just the muffled sound ofmusic fromthe Karaoke room. She’s wearing a pink geisha wig.Bob Sitsdown next to her.

Charlottelights his cigarette with some crazy Japanese light- rd) up lighter.

She leansher head back ~ it’s getting too heavy.

She looks athis hands.

He nods.

NOBU, a cool skinny stoner guyin a Hawaiian shirt, plays phsycadellic records in his seventieshippie surfer-pad.

(CONTINUED}

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His JAPANESE GIRLFRIEND,who looks like a 60’spin-up, pours cold sake.

Bob is handed a ridiculously big bong.

Charlie is drunk and taking polaroids.

Nobu, really stoned, talks to Bob about surfing.

A SHORTGUY with thick glasses introduces himselfto Charlotte,extending his hand.

Charlie takespictures of Charlotte and HIROMIX, a sexy Japanese girl,posing on a sheepskin run. They are being hammy for Charliewho loves it.

Bob walks up andis amused watching her, she sees him and gets embarrassed.

DECADENT TOKYO PARTY-

Hiromix dances...Charlotte dances with Hans - she looks sweaty but beautiful...Bob dances with his eyes closed, really into it, in themidst of all of them... the song “I Feel Too Young” plays.

Bob and Charlotte are leavingNobu’s. She’s wearing Bob's jacket.

Bob takes Charlotte’s arm carefully justas she bangs her head walking into the glass door - it makesa loud thud.

4lA.

She nods. Bob looks back at Charliewho is watching- she’s fine.

He leads her into awaiting cab.

POV from cab ~ Tokyoneon blurs by. It looks beautiful.

Charlotte looks at the neongoing by. She looks over at Bob, her eyelids are too heavyfor her.

Bob carries a very drunk Charlotteto her room. Her purse dangling from his arm.

He puts her on her bed. He takesher shoes off for her and pulls a blanket over her.

He looks at her lying on the bed.

She opens her eyes to smile at him.He wants to kiss her, but he leaves.

He walks down the empty hall, notwanting to leave her.

As he goes he looks at various trays ofleftover room service in the hallway.

Bob comes back to his room, tripping overthe carpet samples.

42A.

He makes a phone call from bed. He’s still a little drunk and © thinking about his night out in Tokyo.

44,

He hangs up.

FADE OUT:

Charlotte can’t get out of bed. She looks atthe clock- it’s 10a.m. She picks up the phone.

Bob (stillin camouflage T-shirt from last night)answers the phone by his bed.

cC.U.Charlotte'sfeet on her bed.

© BOB (0.S.)

Of course.

C.U. her hand wraps the phone cord around her fingers.

Theysit in the bright light. She squints and drinks aBloody Mary. Bob is distant.

She looksacross at two middle-aged MID-WESTERN WOMENtalking aboutplastic surgery, you can’t hear them, but can tellas theygesture and one pulls her eye lids up.

Charlottelooks at another table by the elaborate buffetand seesthe redhead Singer having breakfast with the restof Sausalito.

They don’tknow what to say. Somehow it’s too intimate having breakfast.She eats her breakfast aware of her every movement.

C.U. —-herPOV of soft scrambled eggs.

45A.

© 74 EXT.GOLF COURSE ~—DAY 74

In the distance,Bob swings on a perfect golf course.

FADE OUT:

Charlotte lies in bed awake. The clock saysits 4 a.m.

Finally she gives up on trying to sleep,and turns the light on. In John’s old T-shirt and Ugg boots, shegoes to the couch, looks at some strange pastry withan elaborate presentation left by the hotel.

Shepicks up a magazine, but she's already lookedat it a few times before. She hears something and goes overto the door. Onher way, she passes her red T. Anthony suitcase overflowingwith stuff that looks like a bombwent off in it.

A HOTEL MESSAGE envelope is slipped under the door.She opens itto seea typed note from the operator:

“From:Mr. Harris. Message:Are you awake?”

She smiles likeshe’s gotten a valentine.

Bob opensthe door, Charlotte’s standing there trying to look casual, she’shappy to see him (she's put some pants on and flip flops insteadof her dumb looking Ugg boots).

She knocks intoa low table, bumping her knee as she comes in.

Bob pours somecold sake, smoothly.

Bob and Charlottewatch La Dolce Vita with Japanese subtitles on the TV.

46A.

Al.

Anita Ekberg holds the kitten on T.V.

Charlotte gets up to pour more sake.

Shepicks up and looks at a prescription bottle onhis night standand reads the label *:Lipitor.

She shrugs.

A7A.

@ CHARLOTTE

I don’tremember.

pOB @ I know, I kind of blend in here.

Pan the view of Tokyo at nightas we hear their conversation:

® BOB (0.C.)

No, for a candlelightdinner, yes, for her show.

Charlotte and Bob lie a few feetapart on the bed.

49A.

They are starting to get tired.

She looks over at him. He does like her.

They fall asleep dressed, on top of the sheets, onopposite sidesof the bed.

FADE OUT:

Full of life, Bob plays basketball with some local guys.

All over the court, and towering over the other players,Bob dominatesthe game.

Bob looks at himself in the bathroom mirror, he feelshis stubbleand sees that it’s turning grey.

Heopens the hotel shaving kit. He squirts shavingcream from thechild-size can. Even the razor is small. Hecovers his facewith shaving cream when the phone rings.

| RECEPTION Mr. Harris,we have fax for you!

He hangsup and shaves.

Bob gets outof the elevator- the Suntory group is waiting for him. Heducks behind a wall and sneaks out a side entrance ofthe hotel.

Bob comesout of the hotel into the sunlight. The street is crowdedwith MOTORCYCLE GANGS going by, one waves a big flag.

Bob watchesthe strange scene in the street for a moment, and then makeshis way past.

CUT TO;

He walks down a little street in amore old-fashioned neighborhood. He’s wearing new techno sneakers.He makes a call on his cell phone.

A light rain starts as he looks at a fax fromCharlotte with a map she’s drawn and tries to figure outwhere he is - there are no street signs.

Bob finally finds the small restaurant. Theautomatic door opens for him, and Charlotte, at the barwith the cute chubby SUSHI CHEF, turns to Bob happy to see him.He is disheveled from the rain and adorable.

He sitsdown next to Charlotte, she pours hima beer and orders for him.

A perkyrecording voice says “Kornichiwa!” fromhis pocket.

Hepulls a pink Hello Kitty watch from his pocket.

53A.

82 CONTINUED: B82

Four.

The Sushi Chef gives him perfect littlepieces of sushi on a banana leaf.

Charlotte takes a bite of a piece - but itwon’t break, so she has to stuff the whole thing in hermouth, embarrassed. Bob makes fun of her gracelessness.

They have lunch, he makes her laugh.

He looks down at her feet in flip flops, hertoe is purple.

Sheslips her shoe off and shows it to him- hermiddle toe is blackand blue.

Sheenjoys the sympathy.

@ She smiles at him.

Bob tries to get a taxi,finally one stops and they get in. He tries to explain “hospital”,he does pantomime, draws a first aid cross, butthe DRIVER doesn’t understand. Charlotte is enjoying Bob’s effort.

Finally he finds a ParkHyatt matchbook and calls the hotel number.

@ RECEPTION (0.S.)

One moment, please.

She transfers call, it rings.

He tells the Driver who looks at him funny.Bob says it again- faster, with a Japanese accent. The drivernods excitedly and drives off.

55A.

Bob and Charlotte walk in, looking aroundat where to go.

(CONTINUED )

Bob talksto a woman at the desk to explain what they need.

Bob takes a seatin waiting area as Charlotte goes into a little roomwith a number on it.

Bob waits nextto a 100 year old lady.

Charlotte stands alonebarefoot on a little box, wearing a lead apron, as aMAN andASSISTANT X-ray different angles of her foot.

Bob looks around at all the Japanesegift stuff, and buys a little stuffed bunny. His phonerings as he’s paying for it.

56A.

Yeah, I’ll stay.

Charlotte’sfoot X-rays are displayed on a big light box.An olderDOCTOR talks about them in Japanese to his younger ASSISTANT ashe wraps Charlotte’s toes together. She doesn't knowwhat they’re talking about.

Charlotte comesout where Bob waits with the little stuffed bunny.

oe CUT TO:

Bob and Charlottearrive back at the massive hotel, they stroll in casually,she is carrying the stuffed rabbit in her arm. -

Bob reclines inthe big Japanese wooden tub, steam rises as he is turning red.His phone rings. He dries his hands quickly to reach itbefore it stops ringing.

57A.

‘LYDIA (0.S.) What are you talkingabout?

Bob rides in theback of a cab.

cuT TO:

Bob’s cab pulls up atan empty office building.

Bob looks at a fax fromCharlotte with a map, wondering if he’s in the right place.It’s quiet and looks like a generic office building.

He goes in the littlemetal elevator, and the door opens on the 8th floor onto a littlenightclub you would have never thought was there.

Lights strobe and Peaches’ seedy “Fuckthe Pain Away” booms through the speakers.

Tan JAPANESE STRIPPERSwith platinum hair dance and hang from a pole on a little platform.

Bob sits alone on a brown ultra suedecouch feeling out of place and empty.

59A.

He looks over at a tableof young AMERICAN INVESTMENT BROKERS. He wishes hewasn't there, but tries to seem comfortable.

Charlotte shows up with Charlie and the other guys. Shesits down next to him, and gives him an ‘are you goingto kill me?’ look.

He looksat her like it’s been forever. She smiles for forgiveness.

They lookover and see a WEIRD GUY in the corner getting a lap dance,they look at each other, sharing the joke of the place,but both uncomfortable about the sexuality of it.

Through abeaded curtain, Charlie and Bambi get lap dances in a dark cornerof pillows.

Charlotte looksat Bob.

Bob and Charlotte go up to acab, but the driver refuses them. They don’t knowwhy, but justmake their way down an empty side street. Little plasticcherry blossom decorations hang above them.

60A.

CHARLOTTE © (sorta) Yeah.

She puts acoin in a vending machine and takes a cold sake “one-cup”.A tiny brad Pitt head smiles at her next to an iced coffee.

They keep walking,small figures on a little empty street.

FADEOUT:

As they make theirway back, they pass.a lounge off the lobby. It’s late, it’spretty empty, a housekeeper vacuums and just a SLEEPINGMAN sits in the back of the lounge, anda snuggled up romanticJAPANESE COUPLE sit close to: Kelly, the blonde actress, singingto them.

She stands facing them witha karaoke mic singing “Nobody Does It Better” with allher heart.

Bob and Charlotte lookat each other and keep walking (trying to be invisible).

FADE IN:

Charlotte lies in bed. She picksup a photo next to the bed as she dials the phone.....

61A.

The picture is of her and Johnon their honeymoon. The phone © answers- it’s a weird Japaneserecording.

(CONTINUED}

Charlottewatches the Japanese countryside go by out her window.

Charlottewalks through a beautiful garden. She’s a small figure in the landscape.

She approaches atemple where she stops to watch a wedding procession. A youngbride and groom in traditional kimono walk under a parasolwith their family.

Charlotte looks as-the nervous, young bride clutches her mother’s hand. Theyoung groom walks along with them.

Charlotte is moved by thewhole scene, the beauty of the temple and the wedding party.Her eyes well up.

She walks up a narrow path, surroundedby red maple leaves.

At the top of a little hill, she comesup to a shrine.

At its entrance she sees a tree covered inlittle white pieces of paper tied to its branches. She seesJapanese people writing on the paper and tying themto the tree. Charlotte writes her wish on a paper andties it to a branch.

cUT TO:

Exciting music plays as the talk/game show starts.

62A.

Bob, in an elegant suit, goes out to meet the HOST. ©

A TRANSLATOR translates.

TheTranslator translates ~ four sentences longer andwith addedenthusiasm.

After a few questions the Host excitedly announces something to theAUDIENCE in Japanese. They scream, the lights flash, Bob hasno idea what's going on.

A cloudof smoke reveals the IRON CHEF, with feathered hair, -wearingan 18th century waistcoat. A large red chef hat is placedon Bob’s head.

Bob looksaround as a counter is pulled up to him and now Bob and the IronChef are at dueling counters. The Host barks instructionsin Japanese, an apron with a stuffed animal lobsteron it is tied around Bob, the crowd cheers there’s no wayout.

Bob rides inthe back of the presidential, looking out the window atthe city.

He pulls apolaroid out of his pocket and looks at it. It’s Charlotte,peering over her shoulder with a little smile, from their sake-drenchednight at Nobu’s compound.

63A.

Melodramatic ’70s Japanesemusic plays. Bob sits alone, hating himself, at the bar. Theredheaded Jazz Singer takes a break, and a seat next to him.

@ 104 INT. BOB’S ROOM ~—MORNING 104

In the harsh-morning light,Bob wakes up in his bed.

He hears the Jazz Singersinging in the shower “Midnight at the Oasis”.

Her red mane of hair passesframe as she ushers in room service. She seems to havetaken over the whole room. He wants it all to go away. Shewalks off to the bathroom and there’s a knock at the door.Bob rushes to get it before she can.

He opens the door a crack,Charlotte looking sweet, is standing there. Her hair isback in a pony-tail. Bob’s just wearing a towel around hiswaist, and his hair is sticking up.

He’s not in the mood, he looks ather like he already hates himself, doesn’t need more help.

The singer starts singing again in thebackground.

Charlotte gives Bob a look.

He watches Charlotte walk away down thebeige hall.

64A.

Bob is walking down the crowdedstreet looking for Charlotte, when his cell phone rings.

A little girl’svoice shouts “No!” in the background.

Tomorrow.

© LYDIA (0.S.)

Herballet recital is Saturday, don’t forget.

In thebackground the daughter calls for her Mommy over and over anda dog starts barking.

Charlotte, with sunglasseson, leans against the wall as Bob approaches.

© CHARLOTTE

You can’t get sushi anywhere inJapan after 2 o’clock. Did you know that?

She goes with him.

Bob and Charlotte are seated ata big booth in a corny Shabu Shabu restaurant.

Bob looks at her like- don’t make itworse.

© (MORE)

She scowls at him.

The waitress bringsthem drinks-—she pours beer slowly, and turns on a pot onthe table to cook their food.

Charlotte looksat the menu- it is filled with photos of different traysof meat. The waitress doesn’t speak English.

They have trouble ordering,but point to a picture on the menu.

He makes some smalltalk, she is bugged.

He orders the drinks.

“This is the End”by TheDoors starts playing on the stereo. The waitress brings twohuge trays of sliced raw beef. Steam rises from the pot onthe table.

The song ends, and anotherDoors song comes on.

They look across the table, overthe steamand meat, at each other- the whole thing is awful.

In the darkness, under covers, Charlotteis woken up by a loud fire alarm.

The fire alarm booms as the hotel guestsand staff hurry out of the hotel.

Amidst the crowd of Hotel guests in theirpajamas, Charlotte finds Bob- he’s wearing a kimono and slippers.She’s in boxer shorts and an undershirt and slippers.

He laughs.

She looks down at his feet stuffed intothe little hotel slippers.

68A.

© CHARLOTTE

Well, Imean it more now.

Bob and Charlotte, stillin their pajamas, sit at their usual spot at the bar,with the bartender, drinking cold sake. She lights two cigarettesand passes one to him.

A NEW JAZZ BAND is nowplaying. The SINGER is full of enthusiasm as they starttheir stint at the Park Hyatt.

He sings “Where or When”with all his heart.

Now, old-timers there,Bob andCharlotte look at each other and chuckle.

Bob and Charlotte sit there together.

(altCharlotte dialog: I don’t knowit just doesn’t, reality changes things...and we can’t stayhere forever)

He looks over at her.

(CONTINUED )

69A.

Bob and Charlotte,drunk in the elevator.

He nods, she pushes 54for him and 56 for herself.

They look at each otheracross the empty elevator, both leaning against thewalls.

The elevator stops at 54,he leans in to kiss her good-night. They kiss like youwould on the cheek- but it’s closer to their mouths. Thedoor shuts—he missed his floor.

The elevator continuesup, and stops on her floor. They kiss good~night again and shegets out before the door closes.

He watches the door closeon her as she makes her way down the long beige hall.

A fax comes through themachine in the empty room.

It's a note and cute drawingfrom John -

“SEE YOU ON SATURDAY, IMISS You...”

A sexy EXECUTIVEWOMAN asks Bob for a light. He looks at her great legs ashe lightsher cigarette. He looks around, keeping an eyeout forCharlotte. The group of commercial people arrive to seehim off.

He excuses himself fora moment and goes to a phone ona little table inthe corner.

Bob picks upthe house phone.

Traditional Japanesemusic plays on hold.

Bob gets the room voice-mail.

He hangs up, feeling lame.

Bob with his bags triesto call again. The commercial people and hotel staff crowdaround to help him, asking about his stay.

71A.

A member of the hotelstaff brings him an envelope on a little silver tray.

Miss Kawasaki giveshim some gifts from their company in traditional Japanesewrapping, he doesn’t know what to do with them and has to carrythem.

The Executive Woman fromthe bar walks up to him. He hangs up the phone.

BOB

She looks at him like, we could havehad some fun.

He sees Charlotte come out of the elevator.

He rushes over to Charlotte. She looks at hisbag.

72A.

She hands him his jacket.

Shewaits for him to say something more. He wants to tell her he lovesher, that she should come with him.

The conciergetells him his car is here.

She walks away.

A hotel manager asksBob about his luggage, another asks if he had a pleasant stay.Charlotte gets in the elevator to go out, the doors closeon her back.

It‘s bright outsidethe main entrance. Apresidential pulls up and the automatic dooropens. Bob squints as the Bellboy in white gloves slowly loadshis luggage into the trunk.

In the backseat, Bob leansback on the little doily.

73A.

The car pulls away.

Around the corner,he looks down a crowded alley and sees Charlotte’sblonde hair.

The DRIVER,wearing white cloth gloves, pulls the car over slowly. Bob triesto open the door- it won’t open, he has to wait for the automaticdoors to open for him (slowly).

Bob gets out and rushesdown the street to where he saw Charlotte. The street iscrowded with JAPANESE PEOPLE, and different colored umbrellas. (it’ssunny out with a light rain).

Music blasts from speakerson the street, and there is some promo going on with GIRLShanding out little cologne samples. Bob looks around for her,but only sees dark hair, umbrellas, and super tan JAPANESE KIDS.

In the distance an umbrellamoves to reveal Charlotte.

But she can’t hear him over the loudspeaker.He rushes to her.

C.U. she turns and we see she is crying.

The music swells. He embraces her, holdingher close to him in the crowd.

Hekisses her, hugs her good-bye.

74A.

He holds her close. ©

Charlottewatches Bob as he reaches his car, he turns and looks ather.

She smiles athim, and is lost in the crowd.

Bob gets intohis car.

Charlottewalks with the crowd as they go on their way.

Back in the Presidential,alone, Bob leans against the little doily. They drive off.

He looks out the window,Bob’s happy he’s going home, he’s happy he came to Tokyo.

Bob’s P.O.V.—- Tokyo goespast his window.