The Hours

2002
7.9
The Hours
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Title: The Hours

Original Title: The Hours

Year: 2002

Info

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:

Stephen Daldry Stephen Daldry

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Virginia Woolf

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore

Laura Brown

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Clarissa Vaughan

Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson

Vanessa Bell

John C. Reilly

John C. Reilly

Dan Brown

Ed Harris

Ed Harris

Richard

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