| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Jeremy Irons |
Humbert Humbert
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| Melanie Griffith |
Mother
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| Frank Langella |
Claire Quilty
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| Dominique Swain |
Lolita
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| Suzanne Shepherd |
Miss Pratt
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| Keith Reddin |
Reverend Rigger
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| Erin J. Dean |
Mona
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| Jeremy Irons |
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| Melanie Griffith |
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| Frank Langella |
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| Dominique Swan |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Erotica |
| Director |
Adrian Lyne |
| Studio |
PATHE DISTRIBUTION LTD |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
137 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| Adapted from the novel by Vladimir Nabokov (previously filmed by Stanley Kubrick in 1962), Lolita stars Jeremy Irons as Humbert Humbert, a college literature professor. In early adolescence, Humbert fell hopelessly and tragically in love with a girl his own age, and, as he grew into adulthood, he never lost his obsession with "nymphets," teenagers who walk a fine line between being a girl and a woman. While looking for a place to live after securing a new teaching position, he meets Charlotte Haze ( Melanie Griffith ), a pretentious and annoying woman who seems desperately lonely and is obviously attracted to Humbert. Humbert pays her little mind until he meets her 13-year-old daughter Lolita ( Dominique Swain ), the image of the girl that Humbert once loved. Humbert moves into the Haze home as a boarder and eventually marries Charlotte in order to be closer to Lolita. When Charlotte finds out about Humbert's attraction to her daughter, she flees the house in a rage, only to be killed in an auto accident. Without telling Lolita of her mother's fate, Humbert takes her on a cross-country auto trip, where their relationship begins to move beyond the traditional boundaries of stepfather and step-daughter. Lolita proved to be controversial in the United States due to its clear (if not explicit) depiction of sex between a middle-aged man and an underaged girl; no major studio was willing to release it in America, and it finally had its U.S. premiere on the Showtime cable network. This version, directed by Adrian Lyne , was publicized as being more faithful to Nabokov 's book than Stanley Kubrick 's adaptation (which was scripted by Nabokov himself); however, it manages to be closer to the letter of the novel without capturing its spirit and tone as well as Kubrick did. — Mark Deming |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
67 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 2 |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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