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An adaptation of the novel by Michael Cunningham, this is the story of three women living in different time periods of the Twentieth Century all linked by a work of literature. In 1923 Virginia Woolf starts to write her novel 'Mrs Dalloway' whilst struggling to cope with depression and mental illness. In 1951 Laura Brown, a dissatisfied housewife contemplates her own life after reading 'Mrs Dalloway'. In 2000 editor, Clarissa Vaughan, struggles to look after her ex-lover, Richard Brown, who is losing his battle with Aids. Richard nicknames her 'Mrs Dalloway'.

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ProducerRobert Fox, Scott Rudin

EAN5056453200455

eBay Product ID (ePID)12048548033

Product Key Features

ActorToni Collette, Alison Janney, Jeff Daniels, Claire Danes, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Ed Harris, John C. Reilly, Stephen Dillane

Film/TV TitleThe Hours

DirectorStephen Daldry

FormatDVD

Release Year2021

LanguageEnglish

GenreDrama, General

Run Time110 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate12A/12

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerPhilip Glass

ReviewsPremiere - ...A most engaging, moving and provocative film....Moore and Streep are impeccable....It's the sheer conviction and power of her performance that makes you forget it's Nicole Kidman, movie star, up there..., Rolling Stone - ...Kidman's acting is superlative, full of passion and feeling....These three unimprovable actresses make THE HOURS a thing of beauty..., USA Today - ...Richly layered, deliberately paced, dealing with difficult emotions and life decisions, it feels like a moody wintry afternoon....The film is a powerful adaptation of a complex work of fiction..., Total Film - ...Daldry's sense of period is elegantly realised and his theatrical background ensures a quality of performance..., Box Office - ...The film deftly builds a sense of synchronicity and connectedness through parallel moments, gestures and plot points....THE HOURS is a beautiful meditation on the life force and redemptive power of literature..., Los Angeles Times - ...THE HOURS is exquisitely written, graced with a gift for elusive emotions and an effortless ability to delineate lives....A splendid film..., Entertainment Weekly - ...Bathe -- soak, more like -- in the voluptuous sadnesses of Mss. Woolf, Brown, and Vaughan, delineated with such refinement by Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep..., New York Times - ...Eloquent, somber....Deeply moving....Magnificently written and acted...

Additional InformationBased on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham, THE HOURS employs Virginia Woolf's classic novel and central character, MRS. DALLOWAY, as its foundation and inspiration. Spanning three different eras, during one day, the film focuses on the parallel lives of three women joined in their depression, alienation, and search for love. Nicole Kidman, wearing a prosthetic nose, is virtually unrecognizable as the tortured writer Virginia Woolf whose ongoing battle with mental illness eventually led to her tragic suicide in 1941. The film begins with the moment of her suicide and flashes back on her life and work as she crafted her most memorable character, Clarissa Dalloway, in 1923. In 1950's California suburbia another woman, Laura Brown (Julianne Moore), struggles with alienation and depression. Trapped by her clinging young son and an adoring husband whom she does not love, the desperate woman tries to prepare for her husband's birthday but cannot stop reading MRS. DALLOWAY. Finally, in modern day Manhattan, Clarissa Vaughn (Meryl Streep), a lesbian who lives with her lover (Allison Janney) and her daughter (Claire Danes), struggles to prepare a party for her ex-husband (Ed Harris) who is dying of AIDS. Director Stephen Daltry uses beautiful overlapping editing to sew the women's interwoven stories seamlessly together. At the core of this profoundly moving film is the trio of award-winning actresses who grace the screen with their bold and awe-inspiring performances.

Executive ProducerMark Huffam

AwardsBest Actress 2003 - Nicole Kidman, Best Actress In A Leading Role 2003 - Nicole Kidman

ScreenwriterDavid Hare

AuthorMichael Cunningham

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleThe Hours

Director of PhotographySeamus McGarvey