Title: The Hours
Original Title: The Hours
Year: 2002
Info
- Country: USA
- Length: 114 Minutes (1 hour 54 min)
- Budget: $25,000,000
- Genre: Drama
- Studios: Paramount Pictures Lauren Films
- Age rating: 12 (Suitable for 12 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: February 14 2003
- United States: January 24 2003
Plot
Three women, separated by a span of nearly 80 years, find themselves weathering similar crises, all linked by a single work of literature in this film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Michael Cunningham. In 1923, Virginia Woolf is attempting to start work on her novel Mrs. Dalloway, in which she chronicles one day in the life of a troubled woman. But Virginia has demons of her own, and she struggles to overcome the depression and suicidal impulses that have followed her throughout her life, as her husband Leonard ineffectually tries to help. In 1951, Laura Brown is a housewife living in suburban Los Angeles, where she looks after her son Richie and husband Dan. Laura is also an avid reader who is currently making her way through Mrs. Dalloway. The farther she gets into the novel, the more Laura discovers that it reflects a dissatisfaction she feels in her own life, and she finds herself pondering the notion of leaving her life behind. Finally, in 2000, Clarissa Vaughn is a literary editor who is caring for Richard Brown, a former boyfriend and noted author, who is slowly losing his fight with AIDS. Clarissa is trying to arrange a party to celebrate the fact that Richard has won a prestigious literary award, but is getting little help from Richard's ex-lover, Louis. As she labors to help Richard through another day, he wonders if his life is worth the unending struggle
Awards
- 2003 Academy Awards (Oscars): 9 1
Cast
Director:
Virginia Woolf
Laura Brown
Clarissa Vaughan
Vanessa Bell
Dan Brown
Kitty
Richard
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