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How Did They Ever Make A Movie Of Lolita?: Stanley Kubrick | The Plot Thickens (S7 E5) | TCM

Name: How Did They Ever Make A Movie Of Lolita?: Stanley Kubrick | The Plot Thickens (S7 E5) | TCM
Uploaded: 2026-10-22T07:00:17Z
Duration: 50 min 50 s

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Stanley adapts the most shocking book of its time, a purported love story between a middle-aged man and a 12 year-old girl named Lolita. To escape censors, Stanley shoots the movie in England. But it still ends up stirring plenty of controversy, which propels it to become a major hit.

00:00 -- A Terrific Love Story 06:00 -- The Nabokov Draft 09:31 -- Navigating Censors 13:58 -- Casting James Mason 16:25 -- Finding Lolita 20:31 -- Moving Overseas 23:20 -- Lolita's Entrance 26:41 -- Impressions of Peter Sellers 29:56 -- Shelley Winters Objects 32:12 -- The Kubricks On Vacation 33:21 -- A Movie Condemned 36:45 -- Sue Lyon's Destruction 39:03 -- Lolita Unleashed 42:51 -- Red Alert

STANLEY traces Stanley Kubrick’s journey from a curious Bronx teenager, first inspired by a camera gifted to him by his father, to a visionary director who redefined the art of filmmaking. Across his career, Kubrick pushed boundaries, challenged censorship, and pursued an uncompromising level of creative control that shaped landmark films including Lolita, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, and Eyes Wide Shut. The Plot Thickens is the award-winning documentary podcast from Turner Classic Movies, focusing on the movies and the people who made them.

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