Hours, The

Spanning across various time periods in the 20th Century, a drama which revolves around three very different women: two of whom have been profoundly affected by the works of Virginia Woolf; the other woman is Woolf, herself. All three are battling with issues of freedom, responsibility and identity.

As the story unfolds, they are negotiating their way through different depressive states: Virginia Woolf is struggling to write her novel "Mrs. Dalloway" in 1923, as she recovers from depression; Laura Brown is a depressed and pregnant L.A. housewife who reads Woolf''s novel in 1951, as she plans her husband''s birthday party; and, the exasperated Clarissa Vaughn is a book editor in modern-day New York, who is planning a farewell party for her AIDS-inflicted former lover, Richard--a famous author who had nicknamed her Mrs. Dalloway.

Directed by
Stephen Daldry

Cast
Meryl Streep - Clarissa Vaughan
Nicole Kidman - Virginia Woolf
Julianne Moore - Laura Brown
Ed Harris - Richard Brown
Claire Danes - Julia Vaughan
Toni Collette - Kitty
Allison Janney - Sally Lester
Eileen Atkins - Barbara
Jeff Daniels - Louis Waters
Stephen Dillane - Leonard Woolf
John C Reilly - Dan Brown

Production Co.
Scott Rudin Productions

Produced by
Mark Huffam
Scott Rudin
Robert Fox

Studio
Paramount Pictures

Writer
Michael Cunningham
David Hare

Music
Philip Glass