Episode 076 - Lolita (1962)

Published: June 11, 2020, 8 a.m.

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Welcome to Reel Britannia-a very British podcast about very British movies ...with just a hint of professionalism.

In the latest episode, Scott is joined by Steven and Antony from the Glass Onion: On John Lennon\\xa0 podcast to chat about Kubrick, Mason and Sellers and a movie based on a very controversial novel

Join us we take a look at Stanley Kubrick\\u2019s \\u2018 Lolita\\u2019 starring Sue Lyon, James Mason, Shelley Winters and Peter Sellers. Is it a British movie?...You decide.

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With a screenplay penned by the author himself, Stanley Kubrick brings Vladimir Nabokov\'s controversial tale of forbidden love to the screen. Humbert Humbert (James Mason) is a European professor who relocates to an American suburb, renting a room from lonely widow Charlotte Haze (Shelley Winters).\\xa0Humbert marries Charlotte, but only to nurture his obsession with her comely teenage daughter, Lolita (Sue Lyon). After Charlotte\'s sudden death, Humbert has Lolita all to himself -- or does he?

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Scott, Steven and Antony

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