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THE HOURS |
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Year: 2002
Director: Stephen Daldry
Writers: Michael Cunningham, David Hare
Cast:
Meryl Streep .... Clarissa Vaughan
Nicole Kidman .... Virginia Woolf
Julianne Moore .... Laura Brown
Stephen Dillane .... Leonard Woolf
Miranda Richardson .... Vanessa Bell
Toni Collette .... Kitty
Ed Harris .... Richard Brown
Allison Janney .... Sally Lester
Claire Danes .... Julia Vaughan
Jeff Daniels .... Louis Waters
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At one of the "less-happy" times in her life five months after her divorce from Tom Cruise Nicole Kidman said, "You'd think the last thing I'd want to do was play a woman struggling with depression and madness who ultimately kills herself." But she decided to take on the role of tragic author Virginia Woolf in The Hours nonetheless, telling herself that such a project parallel stories of three women searching for meaning in their lives would likely go unnoticed.
She remembers: "I really thought, 'At least it's a small movie and if it doesn't work, nobody will see it'
I just didn't think this sort of movie would garner that kind of attention." Ten Oscar nominations later including nods for Nicole, director Stephen Daldry and Julianne Moore critics and moviegoers who praised the film proved the star wrong.
"One of the things that is so rewarding and exciting about this film, is it is about stuff that's important," explains co-star Julianne. "It's about our lives and who we love, and how we live
This is not a movie about spaceships."
The film, which also stars Meryl Streep, has proved to have wide appeal. The Hours is aimed at "intelligent women", says the movie's producer Scott Rudin, "and whoever else wants to go."
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