The Hours

The Hours is a 2002 drama film, directed by Stephen Daldry. The film stars Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Ed Harris. The screenplay is based on thenovel by Michael Cunningham.

The film focuses on three women of different generations, whose lives are connected by the novel Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. The film received mostly rave reviews and was nominated for nine Oscars .



Content
[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == With the exception of the opening sequence and final scene, what the suicide of Virginia Woolf in 1941 show, plays the story is set on a single day in three different years: in 1923, as Woolf just with her story started, 1951, in which housewife Laura Brown thanks to Woolf's novel escapes to her daily routine, and in 2001, as Clarissa Vaughan leads a life that is highly reminiscent of that of the main character of Woolf's novel.
 * 2 Cast
 * Background 3
 * 3.1 Film Music
 * 3.2 reception
 * 4 awards and nominations
 * 5 external links

1923: Woolf has known several nervous breakdowns . She suffers from depression, feeling a prisoner in her house and is intimidated by her husband Leonard. After a visit from her sister Vanessa (where Woolf feared both crave as), flight them to the train station to take the train to London. Leonard comes to get her back, and her confession on continuous worry that Virginia will one day commit suicide. Virginia confirms that fear, but believes that they should be able to decide themselves about her life, so also when its may end.

1951: Laura is married to then. The two already have a son named Richie and are expecting their second child. Laura is a full-time housewife. The family seems to the outside world to embody the American Dream, but Laura is deeply unhappy. When one day her neighbor Kitty comes over to ask if Laura can fit on her dog, Laura realizes her true feelings and Coast Kitty full on the mouth. Both women let themselves go away.Afterwards put Laura Richie at the neighbors and leaves with the promise that they will be back soon. She goes to a hotel where they are considering suicide. She takes some pills in and reads Mrs. Dalloway. After this, she falls asleep and wakes up to see them off of her after his suicide plans. She returns home.

2001: Clarissa is concerned about her friend Richard, an Aids-suffering poet who is about to get a price for his work. They plant a party for him. Clarissa is themselves Lesbian and has been living 10 years together with Sally Lester, but during her college years, she had a relationship with Richard. Richard confesses that he is considering suicide for years and only has remained alive for Clarissa. The price means nothing for him. After her even once having spoken, he jumps out the window. That evening is Laura, Richards mother, to Clarissa's apartment, and it turns out that Richard to a trauma that contracted when they suffered that particular day in 1953 dumped him over the garden fence and almost committed suicide. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Background[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Film Music<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The music of The Hours was composed by Philip Glass. The album includes the following songs: ===Reception<span class="mw-editsection" len="343" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Hours premiered on Christmas Day 2002 in New York City and Los Angeles. The world premiere was in January 2003.
 * 1923
 * Nicole Kidman - Virginia Woolf
 * Stephen Dillane - Leonard Woolf
 * Miranda Richardson - Vanessa Bell
 * Lyndsey Marshal -Lottie Hope
 * Linda Bassett -Nelly Boxall
 * 1951
 * Julianne Moore -Laura Brown
 * John C. Reilly -Dan Brown
 * Jack Rovello – Richie Brown
 * Toni Collette -Kitty
 * Margo Martindale -Mrs. Latch
 * 2001
 * Meryl Streep -Clarissa Vaughan
 * Ed Harris -Richard "Richie" Brown
 * Allison Janney -Sally Lester
 * Claire Danes -Julia Vaughan
 * Jeff Daniels -Louis Waters

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film grossed $ 108.846.072 worldwide on a budget of $ 25 million, against. Reviews from critics were positive. On Rotten Tomatoes the film an 81% of reviewers gave good rating.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" len="168" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1]  On Metacritic, the film was 81 out of 100 points.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="168" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2]  Stephen Holden of the New York Times called the film a faithful film adaptation of the book.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" len="168" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [3] ==Awards and nominations<span class="mw-editsection" len="344" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Hours won a total of 34 Awards, and was nominated for other awards even 71.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" len="168" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]

<p lang="en" len="93" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film was nominated for 9 Academy Awards, including those for best actress was won:

<p lang="en" len="38" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Notable prizes won are:
 * Best film
 * Best Director (Stephen Daldry)
 * Best screenplay (David Hare)
 * Best actress (Nicole Kidman) – won
 * Best Supporting Actress (Julianne Moore)
 * Best supporting actor (Ed Harris)
 * Best montage
 * Best costumes
 * Best music


 * The BAFTA Award for best actress (Nicole Kidman)
 * The BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music-.
 * The Golden Globe for best film
 * The Golden Globe for best actress (Nicole Kidman)
 * The Sierra Award for best actress (Nicole Kidman)