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Lolita
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*Lolita* is a 1962 black-and-white film directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenwriters were Vladimir Nabokov, Stanley Kubrick, and James B. Harris, with James B. Harris also serving as producer. The cast includes James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, and Peter Sellers. Nelson Riddle composed the music, while Anthony Harvey edited the film. It was produced by Seven Arts Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Netflix, and iTunes.
The film is a romance, comedy drama, and drama based on a work by Vladimir Nabokov. It originated in the United Kingdom and the United States, with English as the original language. The main subject is incest. The film received a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay.
Runtime figures vary between 152, 153, and 154 minutes. The production had a budget of 2,000,000 and generated revenue of 9,250,000. Audience ratings include 7.5 on IMDb and 7.307 on TMDb.
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Film · TMDB
7.3Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
Cast
- James Mason as Prof. Humbert Humbert
- Shelley Winters as Charlotte Haze
- Sue Lyon as Dolores "Lolita" Haze
- Gary Cockrell as Richard T. "Dick" Siller
- Jerry Stovin as John Farlow
- Diana Decker as Jean Farlow
Themes
- hotel
- depression
- lolita
- small town
- secret love
- based on novel or book
- sexual obsession
- summer camp
- midlife crisis
- loss of loved one
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Stanley Kubrick
- Screenplay by
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Based on
- Lolita , by Vladimir Nabokov
- Produced by
- James B. Harris
- Starring
- James Mason Shelley Winters Peter Sellers Sue Lyon
- Cinematography
- Oswald Morris
- Edited by
- Anthony Harvey
- Music by
- Nelson Riddle
- Theme song by
- Bob Harris
- Production companies
- Seven Arts Harris Kubrick Pictures A.A. Productions, Ltd. Anya Pictures Transworld Pictures
- Distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Release date
- June 13, 1962 ( 1962-06-13 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 152 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1.5–2 million
- Box office
- $9.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Lolita
- Main subject
- incest
- Director
- Stanley Kubrick
- Screenwriter
- James B. Harris
- Producer
- James B. Harris
- Production company
- Seven Arts Productions
- Cinematographer
- Oswald Morris
- Narrative location
- United Kingdom
- Duration
- 152
- FilmAffinity ID
- 560132
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Lolita Trailer (Sceenshot).jpg
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- publication date
- 1962-00-00
- film editor
- Anthony Harvey
- title
- Lolita
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Vladimir Nabokov
- color
- black-and-white
- Commons category
- Lolita (film)
- film format
- 35 mm film
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 79/100
- capital cost
- 2000000
- box office
- 9254631
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Encyclopedic overview
Lolita is a 1962 black comedy-psychological drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The black-and-white film follows a middle-aged literature professor who develops an infatuation with an adolescent. It stars James Mason as Humbert 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 Hays Code (1934–68), Kubrick and producer James B. Harris were compelled to tone down the pedophilic elements that were central to the novel's narrative. Sue Lyon was 14 years old at the time filming began.
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