Lolita is a 1997 film directed by Adrian Lyne and was the second screen adaptation of the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The film stars Jeremy Irons as Humbert Humbert and Dominique Swain (15 years old during filming) as Dolores "Lolita" Haze. Supporting roles are played by Melanie Griffith, as Charlotte Haze, and Frank Langella as Clare Quilty.
The first screen adaptation of Lolita was the 1962 version, directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay fo...
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Lolita is a 1997 film directed by Adrian Lyne and was the second screen adaptation of the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The film stars Jeremy Irons as Humbert Humbert and Dominique Swain (15 years old during filming) as Dolores "Lolita" Haze. Supporting roles are played by Melanie Griffith, as Charlotte Haze, and Frank Langella as Clare Quilty.
The first screen adaptation of Lolita was the 1962 version, directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay for this 1997 version, far more faithful to Nabokov's novel, is credited to Stephen Schiff, a writer for the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and other magazines. He was hired to write it as his first movie script, after the film's producers had rejected previous screenplays commissioned from the more experienced screenwriters and directors James Dearden (Fatal Attraction), Harold Pinter, and David Mamet.
According to Schiff, "Right from the beginning, it was clear to all of us that this movie was not a 'remake' of Kubrick's film. Rather, we were out to...
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