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The Hours

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USA / UK, 2002, 114 min

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THE HOURS tells the story of three very different individuals who share the feeling that they have been living their lives for someone else. Virginia Woolf (Kidman) lives in a suburb of London in the 1920's as she struggles to begin writing her first great novel, Mrs. Dalloway, while also attempting to overcome the mental illness that threatens to engulf her. Laura Brown (Moore), a young wife and mother in post-World War II Los Angeles, is just starting to read Mrs. Dalloway, and is so deeply affected by it that she begins to question the life she has chosen for herself. Then, in contemporary New York City, Clarissa Vaughan (Streep) is a modern-day mirror image of Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway as she plans what may be the final party for her friend and former lover, Richard (Harris), who is dying of AIDS. (official distributor synopsis)

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Awards

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Academy Awards

  • 2003 - Nicole Kidman (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
  • 2003 - Best Motion Picture of the Year
  • 2003 - Stephen Daldry (Best Achievement in Directing)
  • 2003 - Ed Harris (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)
  • 2003 - Julianne Moore (Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role)
  • 2003 - David Hare (Best Adapted Screenplay)
  • 2003 - Best Achievement in Film Editing
  • 2003 - Philip Glass (Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score))
  • 2003 - Best Achievement in Costume Design