| | Hours DVD (1 Customer Review)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Essential Cinema Movies, Based On A Novel Videos, Women, Short Stories, Reading | | Starring | Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, John C. Reilly, Eileen Atkins, Allison Janney, Claire Danes, Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Toni Collette | | Director | Stephen Daldry | | Composer | Philip Glass | | Director of Photography | Seamus McGarvey | | Executive Producer | Mark Huffam | | Producer | Scott Rudin, Robert Fox | | Screenwriter | David Hare | | Source Writer | Michael Cunningham |
The captivating story of three women from different eras whose lives are transformed by the timeless power of a masterful novel. Stars Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman. Over 4 hours of special features include commentary by Streep, Moore and Kidman, commentary by Director Stephen Daldry & novelist Michael Cunningham, 4 featurettes, more. Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham, THE HOURS employs Virginia Woolf's classic novel and central character, MRS. DALLOWAY, as its foundation and inspiration. Spanning three different eras, during one day, the film focuses on the parallel lives of three women joined in their depression, alienation, and search for love. Nicole Kidman, wearing a prosthetic nose, is virtually unrecognizable as the tortured writer Virginia Woolf whose ongoing battle with mental illness eventually led to her tragic suicide in 1941. The film begins with the moment of her suicide and flashes back on her life and work as she crafted her most memorable character, Clarissa Dalloway, in 1923. In 1950's California suburbia another woman, Laura Brown (Julianne Moore), struggles with alienation and depression. Trapped by her clinging young son and an adoring husband whom she does not love, the desperate woman tries to prepare for her husband's birthday but cannot stop reading MRS. DALLOWAY. Finally, in modern day Manhattan, Clarissa Vaughn (Meryl Streep), a lesbian who lives with her lover (Allison Janney) and her daughter (Claire Danes), struggles to prepare a party for her ex-husband (Ed Harris) who is dying of AIDS. Director Stephen Daltry uses beautiful overlapping editing to sew the women's interwoven stories seamlessly together. At the core of this profoundly moving film is the trio of award-winning actresses who grace the screen with their bold and awe-inspiring performances. Theatrical Release: DECEMBER 27, 2002 (NY/LA) Hours Reviews: "...Daldry's sense of period is elegantly realised and his theatrical background ensures a quality of performance..."
-- Simon Crook, Total Film "...THE HOURS is exquisitely written, graced with a gift for elusive emotions and an effortless ability to delineate lives....A splendid film..."
-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times "...Eloquent, somber....Deeply moving....Magnificently written and acted..."
-- Stephen Holden, New York Times "...Richly layered, deliberately paced, dealing with difficult emotions and life decisions, it feels like a moody wintry afternoon....The film is a powerful adaptation of a complex work of fiction..."
-- Claudia Puig, USA Today "...A most engaging, moving and provocative film....Moore and Streep are impeccable....It's the sheer conviction and power of her performance that makes you forget it's Nicole Kidman, movie star, up there..."
-- Glenn Kenny, Premiere "...Kidman's acting is superlative, full of passion and feeling....These three unimprovable actresses make THE HOURS a thing of beauty..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...Bathe -- soak, more like -- in the voluptuous sadnesses of Mss. Woolf, Brown, and Vaughan, delineated with such refinement by Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep..."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly "...The film deftly builds a sense of synchronicity and connectedness through parallel moments, gestures and plot points....THE HOURS is a beautiful meditation on the life force and redemptive power of literature..."
-- Sheri Linden, Box Office Hours | List Price | $9.98 (You save $2.93) | | Studio | Paramount Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2002 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  24073  | | CD Universe Part number | 5803401 | | Catalog number | 339904 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 24, 2003 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | mature thematic elements, some disturbing images, and brief language | | Running Time | 114 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen |
Hours DVD Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen -
1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Introduction: by the Filmmakers
Audio Commentary:
1. Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman - Stars
2. Stephen Daldry - Director, Michael Cunningham - Novelist
Featurette:
1. THREE WOMEN
2. THE MIND & TIMES OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
3. THE MUSIC OF 'THE HOURS'
4. THE LIVES OF MRS. DALLOWAY
Interactive Features:
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