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 THE HOURS

2002 | Directed by Stephen Daldry

The film centers around three women: Virginia Woolf who is writing her novel `Mrs. Dalloway' in 1923, Laura Brown who is reading the novel in 1951, and Clarrisa Vaughn who is living the novel in 2001. The story takes place during one day of each of the three women's lives as they struggle with their own hardships, but they are all sharing a part of the lives and struggles of the other women as one is writing it, one is reading it, and one is living it, but it also goes beyond that because their

hardships are so similar. We all live our own lives, but sometimes our final hours don't mean as much to us as they do to other people.

CAST & CHARACTERS

Meryl Streep

Julianne Moore

Nicole Kidman

Ed Harris

Toni Collette

... Clarissa Vaughan

... Laura Brown

... Virginia Woolf

... Richard

... Kitty Barlowe


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TRIVIA FACTS

To make her look like Virginia Woolf, Nicole Kidman wore a false nose.

Gwyneth Paltrow was considered for the role of Laura Brown.

Much concern surrounded the portrayal of Laura Brown in the 2001 segment. Fearing that suitable makeup couldn't make 'Julianne Moore' look elderly, and due to scheduling conflicts, actress Betsy Blair was cast to play the role of Old Laura. Scenes were filmed with Meryl Streep. However, director Stephen Daldry was so dissatisfied with the outcome that Moore was brought in much later in "old" make-up, to re-shoot scenes with Streep.

Meryl Streep is actually mentioned in the original novel on which the film is based.

Leonard and Virginia's dramatic railway station scene was filmed at Loughbrough Station in Leicestershire over three days, over 100 miles from the train station depicted at Richmond. The genuine 1920s steam train came from the Isle of Wight and was taken by truck to Loughbrough.

Come Oscar nomination time, the film caused problems for makers Paramount and Miramax as they weren't sure whether to put Nicole Kidman forward as Best Supporting Actress (where she would have been in direct competition with her 2 co-stars, probably canceling each other out) or as Best Actress (even though from a screen running time perspective it is a supporting role). Meryl Streep is in the film for 42 minutes, Julianne Moore for 33 minutes and Kidman for 30. Obviously the decision to go for Best Actress was the right one.

Meryl Streep's segment was filmed first, then Julianne Moore's, and finally Nicole Kidman's.

RELATED LINKS

  • INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE
    Additional Information on the cast and crew

  • SIMPLYSTREEP.COM
    Fansite on actress Meryl Streep

  • NKIDMAN.COM
    Fansite on actress Nicole Kidman

  • WANTING-MOORE.NET
    Fansite on actress Julianne Moore

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