Lolita
– Urbane professor Humbert Humbert marries a New England widow to be near her nymphet daughter...
Urbane professor Humbert Humbert marries a New England widow to be near her nymphet daughter.
25 Sep 1998
English
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Adrian Lyne
Vladimir Nabokov (novel), Stephen Schiff (screenplay)
Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, Dominique Swain
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.
2 wins & 4 nominations.
Samuel Goldwyn Company