Movies / The Hours (2002)
Runtime: 110 min
Languages: English
Countries: Canada France Germany UK USA
Spanning across various time periods in the 20th Century, a drama which revolves around three very different women: two of whom have been profoundly affected by the works of Virginia Woolf; the other woman is Woolf, herself. All three are battling with issues of freedom, responsibility and identity. As the story unfolds, they are negotiating their way through different depressive states: Virginia Woolf is struggling to write her novel "Mrs. Dalloway" in 1923, as she recovers from depression; Laura Brown is a depressed and pregnant L.A. housewife who reads Woolf's novel in 1949, as she plans her husband's birthday party; and, the exasperated Clarissa Vaughn is a book editor in modern-day New York, who is planning a farewell party for her AIDS-inflicted former lover, Richard--a famous author who had nicknamed her Mrs. Dalloway.
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Stephen Daldry | ... |
Writers (2) | Credit |
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David Hare | (screenplay) |
Michael Cunningham | (novel) |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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Philip Glass | ... |
Editors (1) | Credit |
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Peter Boyle | ... |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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Seamus McGarvey | director of photography |
Actors (28) | Credit |
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Aaron Boyum | Young Richard Brown (uncredited) |
Allison Janney | Sally Lester |
Carmen De Lavallade | Clarissa's Neighbor |
Charley Ramm | Julian Bell |
Christian Coulson | Ralph Partridge |
Claire Danes | Julia Vaughan |
Colin Stinton | Hotel Clerk |
Daniel Brocklebank | Rodney |
Ed Harris | Richard Brown |
Eileen Atkins | Barbara in the Flower Shop |
George Loftus | Quentin Bell |
Jack Rovello | Richie |
Jeff Daniels | Louis Waters |
Johnathan Hodges | Mover (uncredited) |
John C. Reilly | Dan Brown |
Julianne Moore | Laura Brown |
Kate Super | Young Clarissa Vaughan (uncredited) |
Linda Bassett | Nelly Boxall |
Lyndsey Marshal | Lottie Hope (as Lyndsay Marshal) |
Margo Martindale | Mrs. Latch |
Meryl Streep | Clarissa Vaughan |
Michael Culkin | Doctor |
Michael Cunningham | Man outside shop (uncredited) |
Miranda Richardson | Vanessa Bell |
Nicole Kidman | Virginia Woolf |
Sophie Wyburd | Angelica Bell |
Stephen Dillane | Leonard Woolf |
Toni Collette | Kitty |