Lolita
How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?
Humbert 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.
- Year: 1962
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Studio: Seven Arts Productions, Harris Kubrick Pictures, A.A. Productions, Ltd., Anya Pictures, Transworld Pictures
- Keyword: hotel, depression, lolita, small town, secret love, based on novel or book, sexual obsession, summer camp, midlife crisis, loss of loved one, literature professor, widow, flirt, eroticism, youngster, motel, diary, seduction, provocation, fascination, one-sided love, forbidden love, adoptive father, older man younger woman relationship, sex with a minor
- Director: Stanley Kubrick
- Cast: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Gary Cockrell, Jerry Stovin, Diana Decker