The
hours
moving image
Hollywood, CA
Paramount Home Entertainment
c2003
monographic
eng
1 videodisc(114 min), English subtitles. 4 3/4 in
In 1929, Virginia Woolf is starting to write her novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway,' unde the care of doctors and family. In 1951, Laura Brown is planning for her husband's birthday, but is preoccupied with reading Woolf's novel. In 2001, Clarrisa Vaughn is planning an award party for her friend, an author dying of AIDS. Taking place over one day, all three stories are interconnected with the novel: one is writing it, one is reading it, and one is living it.
Special features: Commnetary by Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Nicole Kidman; commnetary by director Stephen Daldry and novelist Michael Cunningham; 4 featurettes: "Three women," "The mind and times of Virginia Woolf", "The music of the hours", "The lives of Mrs. Dalloway".
MPAA rating: PG-13, for mature thematic elements, some disturbing images and brief language.
presented by Paramount Pictures and Miramax Films; produced by Scott Rudin, Robert Fox; screenplay by David Hare; directed by Stephen Daldry.
Based on the book by Michael Cunningham.
Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Allison Janney, John C. Reilly, Miranda Richardson.
Woolf, Virginia
1882-1941
Influence
Drama
Women
Drama
Man/woman relationships
Drama
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070125
20190501214407.0