Lolita (1962)
Lolita (1962)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
James Mason
Prof. Humbert Humbert
Shelley Winters
Charlotte Haze
Sue Lyon
Dolores 'Lolita' Haze
Gary Cockrell
Richard T. 'Dick' Siller
Jerry Stovin
John Farlow
Diana Decker
Jean Farlow
Lois Maxwell
Nurse Mary Lore
Cec Linder
Physician
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
Colin Maitland
Charlie Sedgewick
Terry Kilburn
Man
C. Denier Warren
Potts
Roland Brand
Bill Crest
Peter Sellers
Clare Quilty
James B. Harris
Producer
Bob Harris
Music
Nelson Riddle
Original Music Composer
Oswald Morris
Director of Photography
Anthony Harvey
Editor
Barbara Gillett
Wardrobe Master
Mike Rutter
Clapper Loader
Stanley Kubrick
Director
Vladimir Nabokov
Screenplay / Novel
Gil Grau
Orchestrator
William C. Andrews
Art Direction
Raymond Anzarut
Production Supervisor
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 13, 1962
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 34m
Content RatingNR
Budget$2,000,000
Box Office$9,250,000
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This Movie Is About.
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Lolita is a 1962 black comedy-psychological drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov.
The black-and-white film follows a middle-aged literature lecturer who writes as "Humbert" and has hebephilia. He is sexually infatuated with young, adolescent Dolores Haze (whom he calls "Lolita"). It stars James Mason as Humbert, Shelley Winters as Mrs. Haze, Peter Sellers as Quilty, and Sue Lyon (in her film debut) as Dolores "Lolita" Haze.
The novel was considered "unfilmable" when Kubrick acquired the rights around the time of its U.S. publication. Owing to restrictions imposed by the Motion Picture Production Code (1934–68), the film toned down the most provocative aspects, sometimes leaving much to the audience's imagination. Sue Lyon was 14 at the time of filming and played a 17-year-old, whereas the Lolita of Nabokov's novel is just 12 years old when Humbert Humbert first meets her.
Lolita polarized contemporary critics with its theme of child sexual abuse but was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 35th Academy Awards. Years after its release, Kubrick expressed doubt that he would have attempted to make the film had he fully understood how severe the censorship limitations on it would be. Regardless, the film has since received critical acclaim. In the late 1990s, British director Adrian Lyne again adapted the novel to the big screen.