Product Information
A schoolteacher marries his landlady so that he can be closer to her daughter, who reminds him of a time in childhood when he was thirteen and in love with a twelve year old girl staying at his father's hotel. Adapated from the novel by Vladimir Nabokov.Product Identifiers
EAN5060002830307
eBay Product ID (ePID)3945404
Product Key Features
ActorFrank Langella, Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffith, Suzanne Shepherd, Jeremy Irons
Film/TV TitleLolita
DirectorAdrian Lyne
Release Year2000
FeaturesAudio Commentary - 1. Adrian Lyne - Director\Bonus Footage - 1. Casting Session with Jeremy Irons\2. Never Before Seen Footage\Featurette\Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer\Interactive Menus\Scene Access\Biographies
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate18
Number of Discs1
Additional InformationLyne (FATAL ATTRACTION) tries his hand at a more faithful adaptation of Nabokov's novel than Kubrick was allowed to attempt in 1962. In the process, Irons gives an amazing, tortured performance as Humbert Humbert, the professor who can not control his physical desires for 12 year-old Dolores Haze (Swain). Swain also turns in an exceptional performance as the title character. Controversy surrounded the production to the point where it languished, completed, on the shelf, for almost 2 years looking for an American distributor. The film had a successful European run before making its American debut on the Showtime cable network, and finally, to a limited art house run.
ReviewsMovieline - ...Swain's performance as Lolita is the main reason to see this movie. She comes amazingly close to the nymphet described by Nabokov..., Rolling Stone - ...Irons give a performance of sustained wit and cogent remorse..., Sight and Sound - ...LOLITA is a comic romp, an amusing escapade...
ScreenwriterStephen Schiff
AuthorVladimir Nabokov
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
EditorDavid Brenner