Lolita (1997)

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Writers (WGA):

Vladimir Nabokov (novel)
Stephen Schiff (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 September 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A forbidden love. An unthinkable attraction. The ultimate price.

Plot:

A man marries his landlady so he can take advantage of her daughter.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Landlady | Lolita | Professor | Forbidden Love

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

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
Michael Culkin	...	Mr. Leigh
Annabelle Apsion	...	Mrs. Leigh
Don Brady	...	Frank McCoo
Trip Hamilton	...	Mr. Blue
Michael Dolan	...	Dick
Hallee Hirsh	...	Little Girl in Bunny Suit
Scott Brian Higgs	...	Policeman (accident)
Mert Hatfield	...	Policeman (accident)
Chris Jarman	...	Policeman
Hudson Lee Long	...	Elderly Clerk
Jim Grimshaw	...	Policeman
Lenore Banks	...	Nurse at Hospital
Dorothy Deavers	...	Receptionist
Donnie Boswell Sr.	...	Taxi Driver (as Donnie Boswell Sr.)
Judy Duggan	...	Solo Singer / Piano Player
Margaret Hammonds	...	Nurse
Paula Davis	...	Motel Clerk
Tim Gallin	...	Hospital Orderly
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brett Kinard	...	Gas Station Attendant (scenes deleted)
Cy Fahrenholtz	...	Hotel Guest (uncredited)
John Franklyn-Robbins	...	(uncredited)
Kirk Gagnon	...	Car Hop (uncredited)
Kathryn Peterson	...	Private School Guide (uncredited)
Muse Watson	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Adrian Lyne

Writing credits (WGA)
Vladimir Nabokov		(novel "Lolita")
Stephen Schiff		(screenplay)

Produced by
Mario Kassar	....	producer
Joel B. Michaels	....	producer

Original Music by
Ennio Morricone

Cinematography by
Howard Atherton

Film Editing by
David Brenner
Julie Monroe

Casting by
Ellen Chenoweth

Production Design by
Jon Hutman

Art Direction by
W. Steven Graham		(supervising art director)
Chris Shriver

Set Decoration by
Steve Parenti
Debra Schutt

Costume Design by
Judianna Makovsky

Makeup Department
Alain Bernard	....	hair stylist: french unit
Roy C. Bryon	....	hair stylist
Roy Bryson	....	assistant hair stylist
Richard Dean	....	key makeup artist
Kelly Jefferson	....	assistant makeup artist (as Kelly Raye Gore)
Marie Lastennet	....	makeup artist: French unit
Pamela Priest	....	hair stylist
Lyndell Quiyou	....	key hair stylist
Donna Spahn	....	hair stylist
Susan Todd	....	hair stylist
Cecilia Verardi	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jean-Pierre Avice	....	production manager
Patricia Anne Doherty	....	assistant production manager
Michael S. Glick	....	unit production manager (as Michael Glick)
Donald Heitzer	....	unit production manager
François Ivernel	....	executive in charge of production: Pathé (as Francois Ivernel)
Hilarie Roope	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Laurent Brégeat	....	first assistant director: France (as Laurent Bregeat)
Joan Cunningham	....	second assistant director
Dominique Delany	....	second assistant director: France
Jamie Marshall	....	second second assistant director
Ann C. Salzer	....	additional second second assistant director (as Ann Salzer)
Albert M. Shapiro	....	first assistant director (as Albert Shapiro)

Art Department
Thomas D. Adams	....	set dresser
William Alford	....	lead man
Dean Allison	....	labor foreman: New Orleans and Texas
Sallie Jones Arata	....	art department coordinator
Charles Ashworth	....	painter (as Charles Lee Ashworth)
David Bacon	....	scenic artist
Serena Baker	....	set dresser
Serena Baker	....	set dresser
Jose Barba	....	construction utility
Serge Barberousse	....	swing gang: France
Bradley Barnes	....	construction utility
Peter Barraco Sr.	....	painter
François Barre	....	chief carpenter: French unit (as Francois Barré)
Jenny Barrett	....	art production assistant
Robert Beck	....	assistant property master (as Robbie Beck)
Jack Blanchard	....	set dresser (as Walter 'Jack' Blanchard)
John Blanchard	....	foreman
E.W. Bradford	....	construction coordinator (as E.W. 'Bill' Bradford)
Noah Bradley	....	carpenter
Patrick Bretonniere	....	carpenter: France (as Patrick Bretonnière)
Helen Britten	....	set decoration buyer
John Bromell	....	set dresser (as John Brommell)
Matthew Butler	....	greens foreman
Bret Caldwell	....	carpenter
Michael Camejo	....	construction utility
Jesus Carrera	....	set dresser (as Jesus 'Chuy' Carrerra)
Lance Cheatham	....	set dresser
Paul Cheponis	....	buyer
Daniel Cipriani	....	scenic artist
Randall S. Coe	....	labor foreman: New Orleans (as Randy Coe)
Marc Collin	....	swing gang: France
Ronald Collins	....	carpenter
Olivier Crespin	....	prop man: France (as Olivier Cresppin)
Chris Crowder	....	lead carpenter: North Carolina and Texas
Kelly Curley	....	lead man: New Orleans
Michael R. Daigle	....	carpenter
John Diaz	....	carpenter
Jean-Michel Ducourty	....	first assistant art director: France
Peter Durand	....	scenic artist
Stephanie Emery	....	set dresser
Mark Fabert	....	labor foreman
Patrick Fuhrman	....	set dresser
Patrick Fulton	....	scenic artist (as Pat Fulton)
Hal Gardner	....	set dresser
Beth Giles	....	property assistant
Marcelo Gomez	....	carpenter
Elie Guarguir	....	painter: France
Jim Gunnels	....	carpenter
Sandy Hamilton	....	property master
Todd Hatfield	....	camera scenic artist
Christopher Haynes	....	set dresser
Fontaine Beauchamp Hebb	....	buyer
Jerry G. Henery	....	general foreman (as Jerry Henery)
John Herbert	....	painter
Russell Holt	....	carpenter
Jean-Michel Hugon	....	art director: France (as Jan-Michel Hugon)
Mark Hutman	....	set dresser
Michael A. Johnson	....	set dresser (as Michael Johnson)
Tegan Jones	....	assistant art department coordinator
Randy Kenan	....	carpenter
Ray Kluga	....	art director: Central Texas
Michael Kocurek	....	set dresser
'Skootch' Kontz	....	scenic artist
Leo Lauricella	....	carpenter
Gary Ledyard	....	lead man: Central Texas
Howard Leger	....	construction utility
Philippe Margottin	....	prop: France
Michael S. Martin	....	set dresser (as Michael Martin)
Frank Matchett	....	carpenter
Tom McDaniel	....	foreman: Texas and North Carolina
Jeffrey D. McDonald	....	art director: New Orleans
Patrick McGuire	....	set dresser (as Pat McGuire)
Edmundo Medrano	....	construction utility
Malcolm Miller Jr.	....	carpenter (as Malcolm Miller)
Jacques Moissignac	....	swing gang: France
Scott P. Murphy	....	assistant art director (as Scott Murphy)
Karen Naser	....	manufacturing foreman
William H. Neff	....	signwriter (as Bill Neff)
David Nemi	....	carpenter
Kirk Newren	....	carpenter
Paul Olinde	....	carpenter
David Ott	....	carpenter
James F. Oñate	....	scenic foreman
Joel Pachelo	....	labor foreman: North Carolina
Alessandro Palladini	....	carpenter
Darren Patnode	....	set dresser (as C. Darren Patnode)
John Patterson	....	carpenter
Marvin Perry	....	carpenter
Gary Petersen	....	construction foreman
Marthe Pineau	....	buyer
Elliot Pittman	....	carpenter
Pascal Potier	....	construction labor: France
Jacques Quinternet	....	lead man: France
Jacques Quinternet	....	prop buyer: France
Séverine Roger	....	assistant draper: France
Michel Rollant	....	property buyer: France (as Michel Rolland)
Sherri Rosen	....	assistant art department coordinator
Coco Rost	....	set dresser
Luciano Sanchez	....	construction utility
Bernard Schlegel	....	draper: France
Roger Scruggs	....	lead carpenter: North Carolina and Texas
Michael Shapiro	....	set dresser
Larry C. Shepard	....	scenic artist (as Larry Shepard)
Chris Shriver	....	art director: West Texas
George 'Chuck' Stringer III	....	carpenter (as George Stringer)
Chuck Stringer	....	carpenter
Brian Stultz	....	head scenic artist
Drew Sywanyk	....	set dresser
Daniel Toups	....	labor
Philippe Turlure	....	set decoration: France
Philippe Turlure	....	set decorator: France
Jorge Valdez	....	construction utility
Nigel Walsh	....	construction utility
Jean-Louis Weber	....	chief painter: France
John Weeks	....	carpenter
Stephanie Wertlake	....	supervising art department coordinator
Chris Wise	....	construction utility
Bobbie Young	....	construction utility
Kevin Berve	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Victoria Carlson	....	stand-by painter (uncredited)
Chris Crowder	....	gang boss (uncredited)
Virginia Hopkins	....	painter (uncredited)
Swift Moseley	....	key greens (uncredited)
David Phillip	....	greensman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Willy Allen	....	dialogue editor
George H. Anderson	....	dialogue editor (as George Anderson)
Tony Araki	....	sound re-recordist
Brydon Baker III	....	boom operator (as Beau Baker)
John Banuelos	....	dubbing engineer
Richard Branca	....	sound facility manager
Bill Burns	....	first assistant sound editor
Thom 'Coach' Ehle	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Alison Fisher	....	dialogue editor (as Allison Fisher)
Rick Freeman	....	dialogue editor
David Giammarco	....	adr editor
James A. Gore	....	foley assistant
Walter J. Grabowski	....	foley recordist (as Walter Grabowski)
Laura Graham	....	adr editor
Wayne Griffin	....	adr supervisor
Michael Haight	....	dialogue editor
Scott A. Jennings	....	sound effects editor
Andy Koyama	....	location foley mixer
Goro Koyama	....	foley assistant
Diane Linn	....	adr recordist
Nancy MacLeod	....	sound effects editor
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist supervisor
Ron Malligers	....	foley assistant (as Ron Mellegers)
Linda Martin	....	adr assistant (as Linda Martin Spelta)
Robert Maxfield	....	second boom operator
Karen Minahan	....	adr assistant
Vanick Moradian	....	dialogue editor
Kevin O'Connell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael O'Farrell	....	supervising sound editor
Franco Patrignani	....	sound engineer
Donna Powell	....	foley artist
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer
Greg P. Russell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Todd O. Russell	....	sound utility (as Todd Russell)
Dan Sharp	....	sound re-recordist
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Tony Van den Akker	....	foley mixer
Fabio Venturi	....	sound engineer
Charles M. Wilborn	....	sound mixer (as Charles Wilborn)

Special Effects by
Dave Gerlach	....	special effects technician (as David Gerlach)
Werner Hahnlein	....	special effects technician
Joseph P. Mercurio	....	special effects coordinator (as Joseph Mercurio)
Gary Pilkinton	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Daniel Miller	....	digital compositor
Jeffrey A. Okun	....	visual effects
Marc Scott	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
M. Zachary Sherman	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Danny Aiello III	....	stunt coordinator
Bill Anagnos	....	stunts
Kurt Bryant	....	stunts
Chris Cenatiempo	....	stunts
John Cenatiempo	....	stunts (as Johnny Cenatiempo)
Carl Ciarfalio	....	stunts
John Cooper	....	stunts
John Copeman	....	stunts
Monty Cox	....	stunts
Roy Farfel	....	stunts
Frank Ferrara	....	stunts
Elizabeth Fulcher	....	stunts
Tim Gallin	....	stunts
Nicholas J. Giangiulio	....	stunts
Jery Hewitt	....	stunts
Melissa Kloiber	....	stunts
Pierre Lagness	....	stunts
Gregg Smrz	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Thomas David Adams	....	electrician
Joey Alvarado	....	grip (as Joseph Alvarado)
John A. Andrews	....	grip
Jon Archibald	....	key rigging grip (as Jon C. Archibald)
Jeffrey E. Baggett	....	grip
Joseph Barocco	....	grip
Eric Bartsch	....	grip
James R. Belletier	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (as Jim Belletier)
James 'Booze' Bonsignore	....	grip (as James Bonsignore)
Michael Bonsignore	....	grip
Keith Bunting	....	best boy
Philippe Cadeau	....	electrician: France (as Philip Cadeau)
Don Cerrone	....	key grip
Jacob Cerrone	....	grip
Steve Chandler	....	lamp operator (as Steven M. Chandler)
Kelly Curry	....	lamp operator
Scott R. Davis	....	rigging grip (as Scott Davis)
Dan Delgado	....	gaffer
Alain Dondin	....	electrician: France
Scott Drinon	....	dolly grip
Alain Ducousset	....	first assistant camera: France
Rusty Edmonson	....	lamp operator
Paul A. Edwards	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Paul Edwards)
Paul A. Edwards	....	director of photography: second unit (as Paul Edwards)
Wick Finch	....	gaffer: Europe
William Finch	....	gaffer: UK
Laurent Fleutot	....	first assistant camera: France
Michael Franz	....	rigging gaffer (as Mike Franz)
Charlie Freess	....	key grip: France
Jean-Yves Freess	....	grip: France
Sara Gallagher	....	rigging grip
Michael Genne	....	additional camera operator
Warren Burke Gerrard	....	set lighting
Ken Glassing	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Ron Goodman	....	aerial camera operator
Mike Hagopian	....	grip
Russell Hardee	....	rigging grip
Tiphaine Helary	....	second assistant camera: France
Dian Horton	....	camera loader
Larry Huston	....	additional first assistant camera
Jeremy Hutcherson	....	rigging grip (as Jeremy S. Hutchenson)
Eric Jones	....	rigging best boy
Charles Laughon	....	video assist operator (as John Charles Laughon Jr.)
Jean-Claude LeBras	....	gaffer: France (as Jean-Claude Le Bras)
Steven Lockie	....	video assist operator: France (as Stephen Lockie)
Edgar Martin	....	grip
Frank Mathews	....	assistant chief lighting technician (as Frank Matthews)
Bill McCord	....	rigging grip
Darren Michaels	....	still photographer
Paul Mixon	....	rigging grip
David Noble	....	grip
Douglas F. O'Neons	....	camera operator (as Doug O'Neons)
Flemming Olsen	....	additional camera operator (as Fleming Olsen)
Michael Orefice	....	gaffer (as Michael Paul Orefice)
Stoke T. Renigade Patterson	....	rigging grip (as Stroke Patterson)
John B. Pekkanen	....	set lighting
John Perkinson	....	underwater photographer
Robert Phaup	....	grip
David Pond-Smith	....	videographer: Hi-8
Daniel Rector	....	rigging grip
Mike Repeta	....	second assistant camera (as Michael Repeta)
Dale C. Robinson	....	lamp operator
Paul Santoni	....	additional camera loader
John Seakwood	....	still photographer
Nick Shuster	....	additional second assistant camera
Stephen Smith	....	cinematographer: France
Peter Sorel	....	still photographer
Stephen St. John	....	additional camera operator
Chuck Stringer	....	rigging grip
Chris Tanner	....	camera operator: France
Christian Thurot	....	generator operator: France
James Tomaro	....	lamp operator
Troy N. Wade	....	grip (as Troy Wade)
Jimmy Waters	....	key grip: UK (as James Waters)
Michael D. Weldon	....	first assistant camera
Mark Young	....	lamp operator
Val Zimmer	....	rigging grip

Casting Department
Amy Cherrix	....	casting assistant (as Amy E. Cherrix)
Marty Cherrix	....	casting assistant (as Marty Keener Cherrix)
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Jina Jay	....	casting: UK

Costume and Wardrobe Department
David R. Alvarado	....	costume assistant
David Bacon	....	costume assistant
Jenny Beavan	....	costumes: 1921 sequence
Kate Edwards	....	set costumer: women
Sarah Edwards	....	assistant costume designer
Dooson Elliot	....	wardrobe production assistant (as Dodson Elliott)
Jordanna Fineberg	....	costume assistant (as Jordan Finneburg)
Julie Glick	....	key costumer (as Julie Lynn Glick)
Anna Kot	....	assistant costume designer: France
Dena Matranga	....	wardrobe production assistant
Kathryn M. O'Connor	....	seamstress
Jerry Ross	....	wardrobe
Jerry M. Ross	....	set costumer: men
Nava R. Sadan	....	costumer: Ms Griffith
Eric H. Sandberg	....	costume supervisor
Anita Tordjman	....	wardrobe assistant: France
Geneviéve Tordjman	....	wardrobe assistant: France

Editorial Department
Hedy Bela	....	post-production assistant
F. Paul Benz	....	additional editor
Charles Bunn	....	assistant editor (as Charles R. Bunn)
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Jordan Dawes	....	second assistant editor (as Jordan J. Dawes)
Audrey Evans	....	second assistant editor
Quincy Z. Gunderson	....	assistant editor: avid
Charles Ireland	....	second assistant editor
Lynel Moore	....	assistant editor (as Lynel Moore Cioffi)
Matvey Shatz	....	color timer (as Matt Shatz)
Alison Smith	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Bill Abbott	....	music editor
Fausto Anzelmo	....	musician: viola solo (as Fausto Anzelm)
Vicki Arkoff	....	soundtrack producer
Enrico DeMelis	....	general music organization (as Enrico De Melis)
Angelo Giovagnoli	....	orchestra coordinator
Stephan R. Goldman	....	music supervisor
Andrea Morricone	....	assistant: music recording
Ennio Morricone	....	conductor
Ennio Morricone	....	orchestrator
Denise Okimoto	....	assistant music editor

Transportation Department
Larry Arceneaux	....	transportation co-captain
Hedy Phil Balani	....	generator operator/driver
Joe Beckford	....	transportation co-captain
Joseph Biggerstaff	....	transportation production assistant (as Joseph 'Boodaddy' Biggerstaff)
Edward W. Bozeman	....	driver (as Ed Bozeman)
John 'Bubba' Branch	....	driver
Karen Brigman	....	transportation production assistant
Valerie Brisse	....	driver: France (as Valérie Brisse)
Céline Burkhalter	....	driver: France
Joseph Campise	....	driver (as Joe Camprise)
Jack Carpenter	....	driver: camera car
Jeff Couch	....	transportation co-captain: North Carolina
Lynda Dedmon	....	driver
Jean-Marc Dupuy	....	driver: France
C. David Earle	....	driver (as David Earle)
John East	....	transportation co-captain
Pennie Ellis	....	driver (as Penny Ellis)
Bo Falck	....	picture car coordinator
Ellen Falck	....	transportation production assistant
Troy Flynn	....	driver
Anthony Forester	....	driver (as Anthony 'Bubba' Forester)
Walt Freitas	....	driver
Carole French	....	driver (as Carol French)
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Michael Gribnau	....	driver (as Mike Gribnau)
Earl R. Hurst Sr.	....	driver (as Earl Hurst)
Gary J. Johnson	....	driver (as Gary Johnson)
Lionel Johnson	....	transportation co-captain
Alan Kaminsky	....	picture car mechanic
Pierre Lagness	....	driver (as Pierre Laginess)
Johnny Longoria	....	transportation co-captain
Brian McEntyre	....	driver
Michael C. McEntyre	....	driver (as Mike McEntyre)
Russell McEntyre	....	transportation coordinator
Rick Mercier	....	transportation co-captain
Jean-Louis Michel	....	driver: France
Tom Moore	....	driver
Jerry A. Oliveri	....	driver (as Jerry Oliveri)
Johnnie Peterson	....	driver (as John Peterson)
Linda Pickett	....	driver
William 'Scott' Pierson	....	transportation co-captain (as Scott Pierson)
Brett Round	....	driver
Randy 'Kirk' Smith	....	driver
Wayne Stone	....	transportation captain
Tony Suber	....	driver
Billy Swafford	....	driver
Dan Taylor	....	transportation production assistant
Randy L. Thiedeman	....	driver (as Randy Thiedeman)
Andy Touchard	....	driver
Christophe Vermorel	....	driver: France
Bob White	....	driver
Susan Williams	....	driver
Ed Wirth	....	driver
Charlie Wright	....	driver
Anthony Zahn Jr.	....	driver (as Tony Zahn)
Robert Gaskill	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Rudy Aguiler	....	office production assistant
Troy W. Albrect	....	police officer
Roland A. Alvarado	....	security officer
George Anderson	....	police officer
Armando Apodaca	....	police officer
Ladonna Apodaca	....	location assistant
Colleen Arnaud	....	assistant production accountant
Brad Arnold	....	set production assistant
Craig Aspenleiter	....	location assistant
Andrew Baggett	....	office production assistant
Eulaljo Balderrama	....	security officer
Corbet 'Cory' Baldwin	....	medic
Anne Barbier	....	assistant location manager
Salvador Barraza	....	deputy sheriff security
Frederick Bovis	....	location manager: France (as Frederic Bovis)
Beth Bromley	....	assistant location manager
Barbara Bryant	....	production assistant (as Barbara 'Babs' Bryant)
Eamon Buehning	....	assistant accounting payroll
Shirer Burkett	....	stand-in: Ms. Swain
C.F. Burton	....	first aid
Joanny Carpentier	....	production coordinator: France
Doug Chancey	....	stand-in: Mr. Irons
Ronni Chasen	....	publicist
Sue Chipperton	....	animal trainer (as Susan Chipperton)
Leslie Compton	....	location assistant
Christopher Connors	....	key set production assistant (as Christopher M. Connors)
Rose Cox	....	production assistant: craft service
Nour Dardari	....	production accountant
Paula Davis	....	assistant production coordinator
Jason Dawes	....	assistant: Mr. Irons
Elizabeth DeLuna	....	script supervisor: second unit
Patricia Anne Doherty	....	location manager
Renee Edd	....	assistant location manager: Texas
Pennie Ellis	....	office production assistant
Margie English	....	office production assistant
Christopher K. Ferris	....	life guard (as Christopher K. Perris)
Rick Fisher	....	production assistant
Megan Fogarty	....	animal trainer (as Megan M. Fogarty)
Reva Grantham	....	craft service (as Reva L. Granthan)
John A. Hamby	....	production insurance (as John Hamby)
Melanie Hodal	....	international publicity
Margie McLamb Holowaty	....	sports department coordinator
Bruce Hughes	....	office production assistant
Wanda Ippolito	....	assistant: Ennio Morricone
Jacquelyn Janis	....	animal trainer
Michael G. Jefferson	....	set production assistant (as Michael Jefferson)
Ingrid Johanson	....	production coordinator
Alicia Kalvin	....	secretary: Mr. Lyne
Mario Kassar	....	presenter
Mike Kaufman	....	projectionist: dubbing
Brandon Lambdin	....	set production assistant
Andrew L. Lanier	....	set production assistant (as Andrew Lanier)
Andrea Larsen	....	assistant production accountant
Robert Lassers	....	assistant to unit production manager
Mick LeGrande	....	production secretary
Mary Ellen Leonard	....	craft service
Jennifer P. Luther	....	accounting assistant
Robert Macek Jr.	....	police officer
Alberto Machorro	....	security officer
Doug Mackenzie	....	location scout
Denise Marciel	....	caterer
Deborah Mason	....	studio teacher
Dawn Mauer	....	body double: Ms. Swain
Virginia McCollam	....	assistant location manager
Frank McGonagle	....	caterer (as Franco McGonagle III)
Ralph Mendoza	....	aerial assistant
Nicole Miloux	....	accountant: France
Phil J. Minsky	....	caterer (as Phil Minsky)
Brad Moranz	....	movement consultant
Jenny Moranz	....	movement consultant
Tony Mourdian	....	caterer
Geraldine Niche	....	production secretary: France
Leslie Park	....	script supervisor
Robert Parker	....	office production assistant
George Paruch	....	police captain
Susan Pearce	....	first assistant production accountant
Victoria Person	....	production secretary
Dominique Piat	....	script supervisor: France
Charlene Pitcher	....	location assistant
Bill Pitts	....	dispatcher
Stephanie Pond-Smith	....	unit publicist
Michelle Reihel	....	assistant: Mr. Kassar
Debbie Rouse	....	office production assistant
Chip Sanders	....	assistant: Mr. Kassar
Janel S. Schuh	....	location assistant (as Janel Schuh)
George Smith	....	location assistant
Randy Sokol	....	assistant location manager
Don Spinney	....	animal trainer (as Donald F. Spinney)
Deanna Stadler	....	set production assistant
Shawn Sweeney	....	assistant location manager (as Shawn Joe Sweeney)
Owen Turtle	....	assistant: Mr. Griffith
Dirk Vahle	....	pilot
Peggy Vargas Phillippi	....	assistant: Mr. Michaels
José Villalba	....	assistant location manager: France
Marichu Walker	....	production liaison
Felix Werner	....	assistant: Adrian Lyne (as Felix Florian Werner)
John H. Weston	....	special legal counsel
Chris Beal	....	researcher (uncredited)
Leighton Chapman	....	location scout (uncredited)
Shawn Wayne Jones	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Todd Lewis	....	production associate: preparation only (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Guild
• Lolita Productions
• Pathé

Distributors

• AMLF (1998) (France) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (1999) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Filmes Lusomundo (1997) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Kitokio kino klubas (2008) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Lions Gate Films (199?) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Pathé Distribution (1998) (UK) (theatrical)
• Samuel Goldwyn Company, The (1998) (USA) (theatrical)
• Shooting Star Film Distribution BV (1999) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Sogepaq Distribución (1997) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Tobis Filmkunst (1998) (Germany) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (UK) (DVD)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Aquarius TV (2006) (Greece) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (????) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Atlantic Film (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Finnkino (1999) (Finland) (VHS)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Noble Entertainment (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)
• PlayArte Filmes (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Showtime Networks (1998) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Trimark Home Video (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
• Vidmark Entertainment (1999) (USA) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Digiscope (digital visual effects)

Other Companies

• AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services  production insurance
• Chasen & Co.  publicity
• DDA Public Relations (DDA)  international publicity
• EDS Digital Studios  Avid telecine transfers
• Eagle Eye  editorial equipment
• Forum Studio  music recording
• Illusion Arts  matte painting
• In Motion Catering  catering
• Jeremy Walker + Associates  publicity
• Kona Cutting  negative cutting
• Mansour Travel Co.  travel services
• New Orleans Film Commission, The  film commission
• North Carolina Film Office  filmed in
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Ruben and Company  editorial equipment
• Sony Pictures Studios  sound re-recording
• Spacecam Systems  aerial camera equipment
• Troop, Meisinger, Steuber & Pasich LLP  production legal services

Also Known As:

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

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

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

Filming Locations:

Austin High School - 3500 Memphis Avenue, El Paso, Texas, USA

Company:

Guild

Trivia:

The house where all the Haze home scenes are shot is located in Wilmington, North Carolina. All the scenes in the house were actually filmed there, rather than using a sound stage for the interiors.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Humbert slips on the bananas in the hotel room and tackles Lolita on the bed, her lipstick changes three or four times

Quotes:

[first lines]
Humbert:[voiceover] 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.
[whispered]
Humbert:Lolita.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Indie Sex: Extremes (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Open The Door, Richard!

Humbert the noble, or how to make a pedophile lovable.

This is an excellent adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's brilliant book about the sordid relationship between a grown man and a teenage girl. Although still disconcerting, the subject of pedophilia is far less shocking today than when the book was published almost 50 years ago. Yet, despite the subject matter, the book was wildly popular because it was a literary work of art, beautifully written with some of the most splendid metaphors and descriptive narrative in American literature. This was all the more amazing when one considers that English was Nabokov's second language.

Director Adrian Lynn (Fatal Attraction, 9 ½ weeks, Indecent Proposal) is no stranger to stories with perverse sexual content. His presentation of the story does the book justice although certain interpretations may not have been what Nabokov had in mind. Lynn gives us a presentation that is very sympathetic to Humbert. Nabokov's Humbert was very complex, partly a victim of his fixation on young girls, partly a sexual predator and partly a hopeless romantic. Nabokov's Lolita was extremely innocent, just approaching the threshold of sexual curiosity and urges, more playful than consciously provocative. While Nabokov hints at a mutual seduction, he leans far more heavily towards Humbert as the cause of the events even though Humbert is clearly helpless in the face of his obsession. Lolita entered into the sexual relationship more as a result of longings burgeoning from her blossoming sexuality than a desire to seduce Humbert in particular, who was not even her first lover.

Lynn's presentation transforms Humbert from the seducer into the seduced, whose weakness for young girls is manipulated by a sexually precocious siren tempting him to dash himself on the shoals of pedophilia. Lynn portrays Lolita as the aggressor, an adolescent temptress who knows she is desired and simultaneously teases and entices him to do her lustful bidding, knowing he is powerless to resist. Lynn's Humbert is more of a hapless romantic than a fiend, ennobling him as a victim of love rather than the confounded sociopath he really is. In Lynn's version, Humbert becomes the fly to Lolita's spider.

However, after the initial seduction when they take to the road, the film is very true to the book in chronicling the decay of the relationship, Humbert's further plunge into feelings of romantic desperation and Lolita's shrewish exploitation of him as she increasingly uses sex as a weapon. The book was very effective at portraying the relationship as a symbiosis of two deficient beings, each selfishly taking from the other what was needed. Lynn does an excellent job of portraying that here. As the relationship degenerates, Lynn is effectual at portraying the ugly side of both characters. The bitterness and rancor that results is compelling. To his credit, he understands that Nabokov's story was more of a character study than a sex story and Lynn avoids the temptation of becoming too lurid, focusing instead on solid character development of two very flawed beings.

I must take a moment to give Lynn the highest praise for his period renderings. This is one of the finest portrayals of 1940's Americana I can remember. The costumes, hairstyles, cars, furniture, locations and sets create a 40's reality that is like being hurtled back in a time machine. The music is not just precise for the period, but it is perfectly integrated with the story. As the two travel, the music changes to reflect the region. Having Lolita dance and sing to period music on the radio is a nice touch because that is exactly what teenage girls of any era are apt to do.

The acting is first rate all around. When the film was made, Dominique Swain was 17, and although she looked young for her age, she could never pass for 12. So for the first part of the film before Charlotte's demise, she is simply too mature. However, for the road trip she is ideal. Though I don't agree with Lynn's early interpretation of Lolita as the teenage temptress, I can't imagine it being done any better than the performance Swain delivers. She is playful and provocative in a childlike manner, part pixie and part vamp. Once they get on the road, Swain hits stride with a performance that is almost a force of nature. She is powerful and intense, effortlessly moving back and forth between sweet innocence and the emotional torrent typified by the `murder me' scene. It is an outstanding performance with depth and breadth that is very unusual for an actor so young.

Jeremy Irons is wonderful as Humbert, giving him as amiable a personality as one could possibly imagine for a character with such vile intentions. Irons injects a good deal of wry humor into the part in addition to giving Humbert an almost quixotic romantic quality. Melanie Griffith is just the wrong actress to play Charlotte. She looks nothing like the portly and plain character described in Nabokov's book. Though her acting is fine and she is appropriately obsequious, she is far too attractive to be the repulsive troll Humbert despised. It takes away from Humbert's desperation because it hardly seems like a great sacrifice to have married Charlotte to be near Lolita.

Frank Langella (Dracula) is more obnoxious than mysterious as Quilty, making the audience want to exhort Humbert to pull the trigger as he confronts Quilty with the revolver. Again, I think this is probably Lynn's doing since his vision is clearly that of a Humbert sympathizer.

This is a fine film with great production values, terrific performances and a classic story. I feel that it surpasses Kubrik's adaptation in its ability to capture many of the finer points of Nabokov's book, even though Nabokov collaborated on the Kubrik film. I rated it an 8/10. It is definitely worth digging out of the rental stacks.