Lolita Movie Review 1962

A middle-aged professor is consumed by his lust for a teenage nymphet in this strange film considered daring in its time. Based on Vladimir Nabokov's novel. Watch for Winters' terrific portrayal as Lolita's sex-starved mother.

Distribution

Criterion Collection, 210 E. 52nd St., 578 Broadway, New York, NY 10022, Phone: (212)212756-8822, Toll-free: 800-446-2001, URL: http://www.criterionco.com, Remarks: Does not sell directly to consumers

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 152 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

May-December Romance, Sex & Sexuality, Books to Film: Vladimir Nabokov

Screenplay

Vladimir Nabokov

Cast

James Mason, Shelley Winters, Peter Sellers, Sue Lyon, Gary Cockrell, Jerry Stovin, Diana Decker, Lois Maxwell, Cec Linder, Bill Greene, Shirley Douglas, Marianne Stone, Marion Mathie, James Dyrenforth, C. Denier Warren, Terence (Terry) Kilburn, John Harrison

Cinematography

Oswald Morris

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Music

Nelson Riddle

Other

Anthony Harvey

Producer

MGM