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Release Date:
13 June 1962 (USA)
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How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?
Plot:
A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a 14-year-old nymphet. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 7 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(16 articles)
Martin Amis on Vladimir Nabokov's work
(From The Guardian - Film News. 13 November 2009, 4:06 PM, PST)
Official Posters for ‘The Road’ and ‘Youth In Revolt’ Released
(From The Flickcast. 22 October 2009, 8:00 AM, PDT)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 13 November 2009, 4:06 PM, PST)
Official Posters for ‘The Road’ and ‘Youth In Revolt’ Released
(From The Flickcast. 22 October 2009, 8:00 AM, PDT)
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Brilliant--not really the book--but still brilliant
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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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Runtime:
152 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #20000) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) |
Norway:16 |
France:Unrated |
Brazil:12 |
Argentina:Atp (re-rating) |
USA:TV-14 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-15 (re-rating) |
Finland:K-16 (original rating) |
Hong Kong:III |
Ireland:15 |
Italy:VM14 |
Japan:R-15 |
Singapore:PG |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 (video rating) (1999) |
UK:X (original rating) |
West Germany:12 |
Portugal:M/12
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The German accent Peter Sellers uses in one of his guises was later used by him extensively in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) (as the title character).
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Crew or equipment visible: There is a moving shadow of crew member on Humbert's back when he is talking to Lolita in the kitchen of her house; the same movements can be seen directly in crew member's reflection on the television screen facing the camera.
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Quotes:
Clare Quilty:
Listen, didn't you... didn't you have a daughter? Didn't you have a daughter with a lovely name? Yeah! A lovely... What was it now? A lovely, lyrical, lilting name, like, uh... uh...
Charlotte Haze: Lo-li-ta!
Clare Quilty: Lolita, that's right, Lolita. Diminutive of Dolores, "The Tears and the Roses."
Charlotte Haze: Wednesday she's going to have a cavity filled by your Uncle Ivor.
Clare Quilty: Yes. Hahahahaha... Yes.
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Charlotte Haze: Lo-li-ta!
Clare Quilty: Lolita, that's right, Lolita. Diminutive of Dolores, "The Tears and the Roses."
Charlotte Haze: Wednesday she's going to have a cavity filled by your Uncle Ivor.
Clare Quilty: Yes. Hahahahaha... Yes.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Steve Carell/Kanye West (#31.1)" (2005)
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Soundtrack:
There's No You
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Did Quilty and Lolita become involved with each other before or after she met Humbert?What was the horror movie that Lolita and Humbert were watching?
What exactly is a nymphet?
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What a surreal, dreamlike world Stanley Kubrick creates with this intriguing film! The book, a recognized 20th century classic, is at times disturbing, hysterically funny, uncomfortably erotic, and heartbreakingly sad. The film, made in the 60s, captures many of the same feelings generated by the book--but the censorship
of the time could only allow Kubrick to suggest the more intimate and erotic
aspects of the book--which he slyly succeeds in doing. It is hard to believe now, but when this film was released, it was considered to be unbelievably
provacative and absolutely for adults only.
The movie becomes its own artistic statement---Kubrick doesn't merely try to
recreate the scenes and storyline of the book--although much of it is there--but he uses the period music, speech, clothes and mannerisms to create his own
imaginative and fascinating world. At the same time, we sure do end up caring about the characters. Within the exceptional cast, note the special performance Shelly Winters gives--her character is at once funny and so achingly sad and
pathetic. This is a real tour-de-force of acting. In several instances we go from laughing at her to really disliking her, to feeling so very sorry for her. She creates a truly memorable character.'
The film ranks right up there with all of the spectacfular films Kubrick made during his amazing and very singular career---each of his films was so
distinctive--and Lolita is one of the most distinctive of them all.