LOVE AND BASKETBALL
BY
GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD
OPENING TITLES
SLOW MOTION. STYLIZED. TIGHT.
The silhouette of a man and woman. They are on a blacktop
basketball court, playing a sexually-charged game of one-one-
one.Sweat glistens. Hands pull at clothes. Hips bump and
collide. Eyes lock...FADE TO:
BLACK.
FADE IN:
TITLE CARD: "FIRST QUARTER" then "1981"BALDWIN HILLS
EXT. MCCALL HOUSE - LATE MORNING
An upper middle-class neighborhood, known as the Black
Beverly Hills. Big houses, green grass and Caddies in every
other driveway. The street is quiet, until --YOUNG VOICE (O.S.)
[Movie Script]Lost in Translation
LOST IN TRANSLATION
Written by
Sofia Coppola
Shooting Draft
Lost in Translation, Inc.
September 2, 2002FADE IN:
EXT. NARITA AIRPORT - NIGHT
We hear the sound of a plane landing over black.CUT TO:
INT. CHARLOTTE'S ROOM - NIGHT
The back of a GIRL in pink underwear, she leans at a big
window, looking out over Tokyo.CUT TO:
Melodramatic music swells over the Girl's butt in pink sheer
underwear as she lies on the bed.TITLE CARDS OVER IMAGE.
LOST IN TRANSLATION
INT. CAR - NIGHT
POV from a car window - the colors and lights of Tokyo neon
at night blur by.CUT TO: