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Lolita (1997) -- A man marries his landlady so he can take advantage of her daughter.

Overview

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Director:
Adrian Lyne
Writers (WGA):
Vladimir Nabokov (novel)
Stephen Schiff (screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 September 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
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 & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Why Lyne's Lolita is Controversial more

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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Lolita (France)
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MPAA:
Rated R for aberrant sexuality, a strong scene of violence, nudity and some language.
Runtime:
137 min
Country:
USA | France
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | SDDS
Company:
Guild more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In Australia, the film was held back from release, due to concerns about promoting pedophilia. It was granted release in 1999 with an R rating. more
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Anachronisms: The film set around 1947 features a 'Magic Fingers' (brand) vibrating bed. However, this was a 1958 invention by former salesman John Houghtaling. more
Quotes:
Humbert: She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita. Light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo... Lee... Ta. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Directors: The Films of Adrian Lyne" (????) more
Soundtrack:
My Carmen more

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51 out of 58 people found the following comment useful:-
Why Lyne's Lolita is Controversial, 13 August 1998
Author: CLPyle from Lexington, KY

When the 1997 version of Lolita was widely censored in the US, many asked why the reaction was so strong to this film. After all, the novel was published in the US in 1958, Kubrick's film version appeared in 1962, and we hear more shocking tales of sexual depravity every day on the daytime talk shows. But after seeing Lyne's brilliant version of Lolita, I can see how he manages to breathe fresh controversy into this familiar story. Lyne's lascivious lens eroticizes Lolita's every movement and pose. The viewer is forced to see her through the eyes of Humbert and to feel his obsession and desire. We are co-conspirators in his crime, and at the end we share his shame. Rather than shocking us (and having us pull away in revulsion), Lyne draws us in and makes us face the Humbert in ourselves. This is an incredibly powerful film.

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