Lolita (1962 film)
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Lolita is an American 1962 black comedy-psychological drama film[9] directed by Stanley Kubrick based on the eponymous 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov.
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Directed by | Stanley Kubrick |
Screenplay by | Vladimir Nabokov[1][2] |
Based on | Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov |
Produced by | James B. Harris |
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Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
Edited by | Anthony Harvey |
Music by | Nelson Riddle |
Theme song by | Bob Harris |
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Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 152 minutes[7] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $1.5–2 million[5][8] |
Box office | $9.2 million[8] |
The black-and-white film follows a middle-aged literature lecturer who writes as "Humbert 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 14-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.