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Production details
| Release date | 1997 |
| Director | Adrian Lyne |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Box Office | $1,071,502 USD |
Credits
| Mario Kassar | producer |
| Joel B. Michaels | producer |
Cast
| Jeremy Irons | Humbert Humbert |
| Melanie Griffith | Charlotte Haze |
| Frank Langella | Clare Quilty |
| Dominique Swain | Dolores 'Lolita' Haze |
| Suzanne Shepherd | Miss Pratt |
| Keith Reddin | Reverend Rigger |
| Erin J. Dean | Mona |
| Joan Glover | Miss LaBone |
| Pat Pierre Perkins | Louise (as Pat P. Perkins) |
| Ed Grady | Dr. Melinik |
| Michael Goodwin | Mr. Beale |
| Angela Paton | Mrs. Holmes |
| Ben Silverstone | Young Humbert Humbert |
| Emma Griffiths Malin | Annabel Lee (as Emma Griffiths-Malin) |
| Ronald Pickup | Young Humbert's Father |
Synopsis / summary
Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted.
Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, who will prove to be too mature for her age.
They start a journey together, trying to hide they're not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police.
The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile.
Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, who will prove to be too mature for her age.
They start a journey together, trying to hide they're not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police.
The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile.
Updates
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2018-12-24 Adrian Lyne interview (1998)