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Release Date:
25 September 1998 (USA)
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Tagline:
A forbidden love. An unthinkable attraction. The ultimate price. more
Plot:
A man marries his landlady so he can take advantage of her daughter. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win
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3 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(17 articles)
David Thomson on Frank Langella
(From The Guardian - Film News. 19 November 2009, 3:55 PM, PST)
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema unzips on November 10
(From Monsters and Critics. 3 November 2009, 8:44 PM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 19 November 2009, 3:55 PM, PST)
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema unzips on November 10
(From Monsters and Critics. 3 November 2009, 8:44 PM, PST)
User Comments:
Lyne's Lolita emphasizes tragedy of Nabokov's novel
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jeremy Irons | ... | Humbert Humbert | |
| Melanie Griffith | ... | Charlotte Haze | |
| Frank Langella | ... | Clare Quilty | |
| Dominique Swain | ... | Dolores 'Lolita' Haze | |
| Suzanne Shepherd | ... | Miss Pratt | |
| Keith Reddin | ... | Reverend Rigger | |
| Erin J. Dean | ... | Mona | |
| Joan Glover | ... | Miss LaBone | |
| Pat Pierre Perkins | ... | Louise (as Pat P. Perkins) | |
| Ed Grady | ... | Dr. Melinik | |
| Michael Goodwin | ... | Mr. Beale | |
| Angela Paton | ... | Mrs. Holmes | |
| Ben Silverstone | ... | Young Humbert Humbert | |
| Emma Griffiths Malin | ... | Annabel Lee (as Emma Griffiths-Malin) | |
| Ronald Pickup | ... | Young Humbert's Father |
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Also Known As:
Lolita (France)
Лолита (Russia) [ru]
Lolita (Greece) [el]
Lolita (Argentina) [es]
Lolita (Poland) [pl]
Lolita, de Adrian Lyne (Spain) [es]
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Лолита (Russia) [ru]
Lolita (Greece) [el]
Lolita (Argentina) [es]
Lolita (Poland) [pl]
Lolita, de Adrian Lyne (Spain) [es]
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MPAA:
Rated R for aberrant sexuality, a strong scene of violence, nudity and some language.
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Runtime:
137 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:K-16 |
Canada:16+ (Quebec) |
Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) |
Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Iceland:16 |
Argentina:18 |
Australia:R |
Brazil:14 |
Chile:18 |
France:-12 |
Germany:18 (w) |
Hong Kong:III |
Italy:VM14 |
Japan:PG-12 |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Norway:18 |
Peru:18 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Singapore:R(A) |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:18 |
UK:18 |
USA:R
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Trivia:
Frank Langella discovered belatedly that director Adrian Lyne had kept a full-frontal nude-shot of him (during Quilty's death scene), and left it in the movie. Langella was furious with Lyne over what happened; he still gets embarrassed talking about it.
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Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the jawbreaker scene, the jawbreaker is at first bright yellow, then in the next shot, is white. However, jawbreakers often change color as they are sucked, so it is conceivable that the yellow layer had melted off, revealing the white underneath.
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Quotes:
Clare Quilty:
He can smell if you're sweet. He likes sweet young people. People like you.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Directors: The Films of Adrian Lyne" (????)
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Soundtrack:
Stormy Weather
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Lyne's point of departure from the Kubrick version of Nabokov's great novel lies primarily in tone: the later version focuses more on the tragic, dramatic elements of the book and less on the comedic ones. I will not go so far as to suggest that Lyne made a better film; he did not. I do think, however, that he did pinpoint one of the key components of the novel's genius: a capturing of life on the newly paved highways of mid-century America. As Humbert, Jeremy Irons is as good as his predecessor James Mason. Frank Langella's interpretation of Quilty entirely diverges from the one given by Peter Sellers (and rightfully so; who wants to compete with Sellers?). But it is Dominique Swain, outdoing Sue Lyon, who comes closer than what ever seemed possible to embodying the essence of the doomed Dolly Haze.