The Hours is a 2002 Academy Award winning film drama about three women of different generations and times whose lives are interconnected by the novel Mrs. Dalloway, written by Virginia Woolf, all taking place within the span of one day. Nicole Kidman portrays renowned British author Woolf, Julianne Moore plays a troubled 1950s housewife who is reading the novel Mrs. Dalloway, and Meryl Streep plays a lesbian book editor in the 2000s who is coping with a friend dying from AIDS. Miranda Richardson , Vanessa Bell. Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Ed Harris, Allison Janney and John C. Reilly also star.
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| Directed by | Stephen Daldry |
| Written by | Virginia Woolf (novel), David Hare (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Mark Huffam |
| Starring | Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Ed Harris |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates | December 27, 2002 |
Running time | 114 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25,000,000 (estimated) |
The film's sceenplay was written by David Hare, based on the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award winning 1998 novel, The Hours, by Michael Cunningham. The film was directed by Stephen Daldry, with a soundtrack by Philip Glass.
One of the most acclaimed films of 2002, The Hours received a number of awards and nominations. While winning the 2003 Golden Globe Best Dramatic Film honor, the film was largely shut out of its 9 Academy Award nominations. The film did, however, launch Kidman forward as one of Hollywood's most able dramatic actresses. Kidman won both the Golden Globe and the Oscar for Best Actress. Kidman's portrayal in the film, in which she wore a prosthetic nose, highlighted the Hollywood rumor that beautiful actresses can only receive the best dramatic roles once they diminish their physical attributes in a role, another example being Charlize Theron's Oscar in 2004.
Awards and nominations
- Nominated: Best Picture
- Win: Best Actress - Nicole Kidman
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Ed Harris
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actress - Julianne Moore
- Nominated: Best Director - Stephen Daldry
- Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay - David Hare
- Nominated: Best Costume Design
- Nominated: Best Editing
- Nominated: Best Score
- Nominated: Excellence in Production Design Award (Contemporary Films)
Berlin International Film Festival:
- Win: Silver Berlin Bear (Best Actress) - Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, and Julianne Moore
- Win: Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost" - Stephen Daldry
- Nominated: Golden Berlin Bear - Stephen Daldry
- Win: Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music - Philip Glass
- Win: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nicole Kidman
- Nominated: Best Film
- Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Meryl Streep
- Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Julianne Moore
- Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Ed Harris
- Nominated: David Lean Award for Direction - Stephen Daldry
- Nominated: Best Screenplay (Adapted) - David Hare
- Nominated: Best Make Up/Hair
- Nominated: Best Editing
- Nominated: Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
Broadcast Film Critics Association:
- Nominated: Best Picture
- Nominated: Best Actress - Nicole Kidman
- Nominated: Best Acting Ensemble
- Nominated: Best Composer - Philip Glass
- Nominated: Best Director - Stephen Daldry
- Win: Best Picture, Drama
- Win: Best Actress, Drama - Nicole Kidman
- Nominated: Best Actress, Drama - Meryl Streep
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Ed Harris
- Nominated: Best Director - Stephen Daldry
- Nominated: Best Original Score - Philip Glass
- Nominated: Best Screenplay - David Hare
Los Angeles Film Critics Association:
- Win: Best Actress - Julianne Moore
- Win: Best Picture
- Nominated: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Nicole Kidman
- Nominated: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Ed Harris
- Nominated: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Julianne Moore
- Nominated: Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture
- Win: Best Adapted Screenplay - David Hare
Quotes
- You cannot find peace by avoiding life.
- A woman's whole life, in a single day, just one day, and then that day, her whole life.
- What does it mean to regret when you have no choice? It's what you can bear.
