A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a 14-year-old girl.A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a 14-year-old girl.A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a 14-year-old girl.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 9 nominations total
Terry Kilburn
- Man
- (as Terence Kilburn)
- Director
- Writers
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Stanley Kubrick(uncredited)
- James B. Harris(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaPeter Sellers modeled the voice of his character Clare Quilty on that of his director, Stanley Kubrick.
- GoofsDirector Stanley Kubrick walks out of the very first interior shot (center to right bottom) of Humbert entering Quilty's house.
- Quotes
Charlotte Haze: Do you believe in God?
Humbert Humbert: The question is does God believe in me?
- Crazy creditsThe credits are played over footage of Lolita's toenails being painted.
- Alternate versionsThe scene where Lolita first "seduces" Humbert as he lies in the cot is a good 10 seconds longer in the British cut of the film. In the U.S. cut, the shot fades as she whispers the details of the "game" she played with Charlie at camp. In the U.K. print, the shot continues as Humbert mumbles that he's not familiar with the game. She then bends down again to whisper more details. Kubrick then cuts to a closer shot of Lolita's head as she says "Well, allrighty then" and then fades as she begins to descend to Humbert on the cot. The British cut of the film was used for the Region 1 DVD release.
- ConnectionsEdited into Hai-Kubrick (1999)
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Lolita 55 years later
I sat to watch Lolita for the third time. The first time I was too young to truly understand what I was seeing. Then I read the book a few years later and saw the film again. That time it left a mark. I detested James Mason's Humbert Humbert to such a degree that stopped me from accepting him in other roles other than utter villains. To see it now after two decades is a whole other story - All of a sudden James Mason's Humbert Humbert has become human, very human. Corrupt and haunted by the awareness of his own weakness. What a performance. Shelley Winters is superb, unafraid and bold bringing to life an embarrassing human spectacle. What a performance. Peter Sellers is chilling in all of his Quilty incarnations. Sue Lyon is sublime as the innocent torturer. Stanley Kubrick never made 2 films alike but I'm starting to suspect that as literary adaptations go, this is his finest.
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- damian-fuller
- Dec 4, 2017
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- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $4,631
- Runtime2 hours 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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