Trivia

A picture of Bill Murray's character and Barack Obama playing mini-golf in the film is a real photo. It was taken when Bill Murray was presented with The Mark Twain Prize.

When Sofia Coppola was workshopping the script for Lost In Translation (2003) with an acting class, Rashida Jones was among the students and played the part of Charlotte, which ended up going to Scarlett Johansson when the film went into production. Coppola remembered working with her there and ultimately cast her in this film.

The third collaboration between Lost in Translation writer/director Sofia Coppola and Oscar nominee Bill Murray.

The classic car in the racing scene is an Alfa Romeo 1959 Giulietta. Two similar vehicles were used to shoot the scenes.

The music playing during Felix's introduction is an instrumental version of "Madamina il Catalogo è Questo", an aria about a man with thousands of intercontinental lovers.