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Lost in Translation Final Line Revealed by YouTuber

Scene: Crowded Tokyo Street (aren't they all?)

Just Like Honey plays in the background.

Bill Murray yells to Scarlett Johansson. She stops...turns... the crowds part, sort of. He walks up to her. They hug. She nuzzles. He plays with her cute indie haircut. He begins to whisper... What? What did he say? Did you hear it? What did he say?

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No one knows. Even Sophia Coppola has said in interviews that the scene was unscripted. Only Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson know.

Until now!

The industrious, digitally equipped, and, apparently bored, vid22dotcom (of soon to be YouTube fame) has applied digital processing software to the final scene to figure out what Murray whispers to Johansson. Is it plausible? Sure! Can we prove it? No!

Some people may choose to preserve the mystery since the ending is perfect without knowing what was said between them. Me? I'm a philistine. I had to know. If you're like me... take a gander at the handiwork of vid22dotcom and see what you think...

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