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- 152 Minutes
- Warner Bros.
- Language English
- Country UK, USA
- Rated:
- Format: 1.37:1
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- Directed by Stanley Kubrick
- Written by Vladimir Nabokov
- Starring James Mason, Peter Sellers, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon
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Oscar-winning filmmaker Stanley Kubrick (A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, THE SHINING, 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY) directs this dark, comedic adaptation of Vladimir Nabakov's classic novel about a middle-aged university professor who becomes so infatuated with a 14 year-old girl that he marries her mother in order to stay close to her. Starring Oscar-nominee James Mason (NORTH BY NORTHWEST) as smitten professor Humbert Humbert, Oscar-winner Shelly Winters (THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, A PLACE IN THE SUN) as Lolita's vulnerable mother, Oscar-nominee Peter Sellers (THE PINK PANTHER, BEING THERE) as a degenerate playwright whose attraction to Lolita fuels a fatal rivalry, and sultry Sue Lyon (THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA) as the sexually precocious Lolita. Nabikov received an Oscar-nomination for his outstanding screenplay.
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Nominated: Best Writing - Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, 1963 Academy Awards; Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures, 1963 DGA Awards
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The picture has a rare power, a garbled but often moving push toward an off-beat communication. -- Bosley Crowther, THE NEW YORK TIMES
- More on Lolita:
- Profile of director Stanley Kubrick
- Article on the film