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BEHIND THE SCENES * NEW YORK PREMIERE SUBJECT:  Though
Kubrick was living in California and New York in the early 60s, Lolita
was shot at ABPC studios in England partly because of anticipated censorship
problems and mainly because of being able to raise financing there. Despite the scandalous reputation of Vladimir Nabokov's novel, parents across America offered up their daughters for the part, but Kubrick chose Sue Lyon after seeing her on The Loretta Young Show.
"At the time I made it, it was almost impossible to get the film played. Even after it was finished, it laid around for six months." -- 6
Nabokov turned down Kubrick's offer to adapt his novel to the screen but changed his mind after having a dream wherein he was reading the screenplay. His 400 page script was far too long and even his shortened version proved unsatisfactory. In the end, Kubrick and producer James Harris rewrote the script, leaving, by Nabokov's estimate, only about 20% of his work.
TRIVIAL TIDBITS:
CREDITS: -6--The Cinema of Stanley Kubrick by Norman Kagan, expanded edition, 1991, Continuum |
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The
controversial nature of the material proved problematic even after
production, as Kubrick noted: 
The
main change from the novel was in moving the final confrontation between
Humbert and Quilty to the beginning of the film and having the events
leading up to it told as a flashback. Kubrick determined that while this
sacrificed a great ending, it helped maintain interest throughout the film,
as interest in the novel sagged halfway through once Humbert was successful
in getting Lolita into bed.