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Lolita is a 1997 French and American drama and romance film directed by Adrian Lyne. The cast includes Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Dominique Swain, and Frank Langella. Produced by Mario Kassar and Pathé, the film was distributed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company. It is based on a work by Vladimir Nabokov and features music composed by Ennio Morricone.
The narrative is set in New Hampshire, while filming took place in California, New Orleans, New Mexico, and North Carolina. The film has a runtime of 132 or 137 minutes and was released on September 27, 1997. It received the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films award. Review scores include 7/10, 69%, and 46/100, with an IMDb rating of 6.8.
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Film · TMDB
7.1Humbert 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
- Jeremy Irons as Humbert Humbert
- Dominique Swain as Dolores "Lolita" Haze
- Melanie Griffith as Charlotte Haze
- Frank Langella as Clare Quilty
- Suzanne Shepherd as Miss Pratt
- Keith Reddin as Reverend Rigger
Themes
- jealousy
- based on novel or book
- police
- obsession
- professor
- blackmail
- seduction
- road trip
- teacher
- love
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Adrian Lyne
- Screenplay by
- Stephen Schiff
- Based on
- Lolita , by Vladimir Nabokov
- Produced by
- Mario Kassar Joel B. Michaels
- Starring
- Jeremy Irons Melanie Griffith Frank Langella Dominique Swain
- Cinematography
- Howard Atherton
- Edited by
- Julie Monroe David Brenner
- Music by
- Ennio Morricone
- Production company
- Pathé
- Distributed by
- The Samuel Goldwyn Company (United States) AMLF (France)
- Release dates
- September 19, 1997 ( 1997-09-19 ) ( SSIFF ) January 14, 1998 ( 1998-01-14 ) (France) September 25, 1998 ( 1998-09-25 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 137 minutes
- Countries
- United States France
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $62 million
- Box office
- $1.1 million (US)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Lolita
- Main subject
- incest
- Director
- Adrian Lyne
- Cast member
- Annabelle Apsion
- Composer
- Ennio Morricone
- Production company
- Pathé
- Narrative location
- New Hampshire
- Filming location
- South Carolina
- Duration
- 132
- FilmAffinity ID
- 923147
- Image
- Lolita movie logo.png
Show 9 more facts
- publication date
- 1998-09-25
- film editor
- David Brenner
- title
- Lolita
- after a work by
- Vladimir Nabokov
- distributed by
- The Samuel Goldwyn Company
- review score
- 46/100
- box office
- 1071255
- capital cost
- 62000000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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Encyclopedic overview
Lolita is a 1997 drama film directed by Adrian Lyne and written by Stephen Schiff. It is the second screen adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel and stars Jeremy Irons as Humbert Humbert and Dominique Swain as Dolores "Lolita" Haze, with supporting roles by Melanie Griffith as Charlotte Haze and Frank Langella as Clare Quilty.
The film is about a middle-aged professor who is sexually attracted to adolescent girls he calls "nymphets". He rents a room in the house of a young widow to get closer to her 14-year-old daughter Dolores "Lo" Haze, whom he calls "Lolita". Obsessed with the girl, he eventually gains control over her after he takes her cross-country with him.
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