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The hours [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 339904 | Paramount Home EntertainmentPublication details: [Hollywood, Calif.] : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2003], c2002.Edition: Special collector's ed.; widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0792187121
  • 9780792187127
Uniform titles:
  • Hours (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PS3553.U484 H68 2003
Contents:
Three women -- The mind and times of Virginia Woolf -- The music of the hours -- The lives of Mrs. Dalloway.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Seamus McGarvey ; editor, Peter Boyle ; music, Philip Glass ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; production designer, Maria Djurkovic.
  • Academy Awards, 2003: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Nicole Kidman) -- Golden Globe, 2003: Best Motion Picture--Drama; Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture--Drama (Nicole Kidman)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Stephen Dillane, Allison Janney, John C. Reilly, Miranda Richardson.Summary: In 1929, Virginia Woolf is starting to write her novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway, ' under the care of doctors and family. In 1951, Laura Brown is planning for her husband's birthday, but is preoccupied with reading Woolf's novel. In 2001, Clarrisa Vaughn is planning an award party for her friend, an author dying of AIDS. Taking place over one day, all three stories are interconnected with the novel: one is writing it, one is reading it, and one is living it.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
VID VID Chamberlin Free Public Library Video DVD HOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000539738

Based on the book by Michael Cunningham.

Special features: Commentary by Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Nicole Kidman; commentary by directorStephen Daldry and novelist Michael Cunningham; introduction by the filmmakers; 4 featurettes: "Three women", "The mind and times of Virginia Woolf", "The music of The hours", "The Lives of Mrs. Dalloway"; theatrical trailer.

Three women -- The mind and times of Virginia Woolf -- The music of the hours -- The lives of Mrs. Dalloway.

Director of photography, Seamus McGarvey ; editor, Peter Boyle ; music, Philip Glass ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; production designer, Maria Djurkovic.

Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Stephen Dillane, Allison Janney, John C. Reilly, Miranda Richardson.

In 1929, Virginia Woolf is starting to write her novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway, ' under the care of doctors and family. In 1951, Laura Brown is planning for her husband's birthday, but is preoccupied with reading Woolf's novel. In 2001, Clarrisa Vaughn is planning an award party for her friend, an author dying of AIDS. Taking place over one day, all three stories are interconnected with the novel: one is writing it, one is reading it, and one is living it.

MPAA rating: PG-13, for mature thematic elements, some disturbing images and brief language.

DVD, Hi-fi stereo. Dolby surround.

Closed-captioned.

Academy Awards, 2003: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Nicole Kidman) -- Golden Globe, 2003: Best Motion Picture--Drama; Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture--Drama (Nicole Kidman)

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