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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Vladimir Nabokov (screenplay)
Vladimir Nabokov (novel)
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Release Date:
13 June 1962 (USA) more
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Plot:
A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a 14-year-old nymphet. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 nominations more
User Comments:
A Masterwork of Translation more (152 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Mason ... Prof. Humbert Humbert

Shelley Winters ... Charlotte Haze
Sue Lyon ... Lolita
Gary Cockrell ... Richard T. Schiller
Jerry Stovin ... John Farlow
Diana Decker ... Jean Farlow

Lois Maxwell ... Nurse Mary Lore
Cec Linder ... Dr. Keegee
Bill Greene ... George Swine

Shirley Douglas ... Mrs. Starch
Marianne Stone ... Vivian Darkbloom
Marion Mathie ... Miss Lebone
James Dyrenforth ... Frederick Beale Sr.
Maxine Holden ... Miss Fromkiss
John Harrison ... Tom
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Lolita (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
Lolita (Brazil) [pt]
Lolita (Greece) [el]
Lolita (Finland) [fi]
Lolita (France) [fr]
Lolita (Argentina) [es]
Lolita (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
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Runtime:
152 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The name of Vivian Darkbloom is an anagram of "Vladimir Nabokov". Quilty's description of Judo matches with her is a direct address of the nature of the relationship between character and creator. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Humbert comes through the door in the beginning of the movie, he walks by a painting in the hall. Some moments later he is shot through the same painting on the stair case. When Quilty is first shot in the leg, a covered chair is visible at the top of the stairs, it isn't until Humbert reloads and Quilty makes it to the top of the stairs that we see the painting that he hides behind before being shot. more
Quotes:
Charlotte Haze: Hum, you just touch me and I... I... I go as limp as a noodle. It scares me.
Humbert Humbert: Yes, I know the feeling.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Onion Field (1979) more
Soundtrack:
Theme from Lolita more

FAQ

Is "Lolita" based on a book?
Any recommendations for other movies about nymphets?
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55 out of 70 people found the following comment useful.
A Masterwork of Translation, 8 March 1999
Author: metaphor-2 from United States

A significant part of Stanley Kubrick's genius was his ability to translate a literary style into a visual one. It is demonstrated nowhere more brilliantly than in LOLITA and A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.

LOLITA is perhaps the more stunning accomplishment, in that Nabokov's style is complex and multi-layered. Yet Kubrick captures the effect of it in camera angles and movements, in timing and point of view.

The broadest layer of Nabokov's novel, the parable of the aging culture of Europe trying to revivify itself by debauching the seductive young culture of America, is really missing in the film. But everything else is there, despite the fact that the film departs from the exact events of the novel.

Not to say that the film depends on the novel. It stands by itself quite easily. But it succeeds brilliantly in conveying the ideas and feelings that are the core of the novel, and it does so in completely cinematic terms. If films are to be based on works of literature, this is the way to do it, and the way it is almost never done.

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