The Hours (film)

The Hours is an Academy Award winning film 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 book editor in the 2000s who is arranging a party for a friend who is to receive an award for his collection of poems. He is also dying from AIDS. Miranda Richardson (as Woolf's older sister Vanessa Bell), Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Ed Harris, Allison Janney and John C. Reilly also star.

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Academy Award - Film - Generation - Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf - Nicole Kidman - British - Julianne Moore - 1950s - Meryl Streep - 2000s - Miranda Richardson - Vanessa Bell - Toni Collette - Claire Danes - Ed Harris - Allison Janney - John C. Reilly

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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, and was released December 18, 2002.

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David Hare - Pulitzer Prize - PEN/Faulkner Award - 1998 - The Hours - Michael Cunningham - Stephen Daldry - Philip Glass - December 18 - 2002

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One of the most acclaimed films of 2002, The Hours received a number of awards and nominations. Winning the 2003 Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture - Drama and Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (for Kidman). 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 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. Other actresses that won the Best Actress Academy Award for similar de-glamorized roles are Hillary Swank (twice), Halle Berry, and Charlize Theron for Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby, Monster's Ball, and Monster respectively.

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2002 - Academy Award - Hollywood's - Oscar - Best Actress Academy Award - Hillary Swank - Halle Berry - Charlize Theron - Boys Don't Cry - Million Dollar Baby - Monster's Ball - Monster

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