The Hours (2002) Always The time to hide is over. The time to regret is gone. The time to live is now.
Nicole plays Virginia Woolf
The Hours tells the story of one day in the life of three women, all linked by Virginia Woolf's novel 'Mrs Dalloway'.
Laura Brown is a housewife living in the 1950's, who is in the middle of reading 'Mrs Dalloway'; Clarissa Vaughn is a
modern-day (2001) Mrs Dalloway, who is throwing a party for her friend dying of Aids; and Virginia Woolf (in 1923),
who is just starting to write her latest book - Mrs Dalloway.
Information Released: US- 27th December 2002 (limited), 24th January 2003 (wide); UK- February 14th 2003; Australia - 20th
February 2003 Directed by: Stephen Daldry Co-stars: Julianne Moore (Laura Brown), Meryl Streep (Clarissa Vaughan), Stephen Dillane (Leonard Woolf),
Miranda Richardson (Vanessa 'Nessa' Bell), George Loftus (Quentin Bell), Charley Ramm (Julian Bell),
Sophie Wyburd (Angelica Bell), Linda Bassett (Nelly Boxall), John C. Reilly (Dan Brown), Jack Rovello (Richie Brown),
Toni Collette (Kitty Barlowe), Ed Harris (Richard Brown) Genre: Drama
Filming: Nicole's scenes were filmed in London, England; Meryl Streep's in new York, USA; and Julianne Moore's
in Florida, USA. Budget: $25,000,000 Nicole's salary: $7,500,000 Box Office: Non-USA- $15,000,000; UK- £4,311,523; USA- $41,597,830. On it's opening weekend made $338,622
in the USA showing on 11 screens, and £616,573 in the UK showing on 209 screens Runtime: 114mins / 1hr 54mins
Trivia
[1] Nicole (who is left-handed) learned to write right-handed for this role.
[2] Nicole reportedly lived in an isolated cottage during the filming to get herself into the role better.
[3] Continuity Error - The whole scene in the train station between Virginia and Leonard takes between 5 to 10
minutes, but the clock behind Leonard only moves two minutes.
[4] The film was disqualified by the Academy for the Best Makeup Oscar because digital touch-ups were done on
close-ups of Nicole Kidman to make the nose seem seamless.
[5] "The Hours" was the original working title of Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway".
[6] In the beginning of the movie, every house is seen to be having flowers. Every house has a different color
of flowers: red, yellow and blue - Virginia Woolf's trademark.
[7] Nicole wore a false nose to make herself look like Virginia Woolf
Quotes
Stephen Daldry - "The producer and I were keen to get a contemporary voice, somebody who could be our Virginia Woolf,
someone who spoke directly and vibrantly to us now. I thought Nicole Kidman was a phenomenal character actress in The
Blue Room at the Donmar. She was sexy, difficult, dark, animal and witty and so it felt like this aspect of Nicole
would be a fantastic element to have as Virginia Woolf. The danger is you get some fusty old version of Virginia Woolf
that was lost in the midst of time, so it felt more appropriate to have her as dynamic as the writing still is today."
Stephen Daldry - "Virginia Woolf was dangerous, but there were a number of safe casting options we could have made to
satisfy those people who wanted an English sensibility, but we just wanted someone dangerous."
Reviews NYTimes.com:
"Directing her desperate, furious stare into the void, her eyes not really focusing, Ms. Kidman, in a performance of
astounding bravery, evokes the savage inner war waged by a brilliant mind against a system of faulty wiring that transmits
a searing, crazy static into her brain."
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The Hours tells the story of one day in the life of three women, all linked by Virginia Woolf's novel 'Mrs Dalloway'.
Laura Brown is a housewife living in the 1950's, who is in the middle of reading 'Mrs Dalloway'; Clarissa Vaughn is a
modern-day (2001) Mrs Dalloway, who is throwing a party for her friend dying of Aids; and Virginia Woolf (in 1923),
who is just starting to write her latest book - Mrs Dalloway.
