Nicole Kidman	Virginia Woolf
Julianne Moore	Laura Brown
Meryl Streep	Clarissa Vaughn
Stephen Dillane	Leonard Woolf
John C. Reilly	Dan Brown
Miranda Richardson	Vanessa Bell
Linda Bassett	Nelly Boxall
Toni Collette	Kitty
Jack Rovello	Ritchie Brown
Ed Harris	Richard Brown

Director	Stephen Daldry
Producer	Scott Rudin Robert Fox
Writer	David Hare Michael Cunningham
Cinematography	Seamus McGarvey
Musician	Philip Glass Richard Strauss Phillip Glass

"The Hours" is centered on the book "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf and its effects on three very different women in very different time periods. In 1923, Woolf (Nicole Kidman) is just beginning to write the book when she receives a visit from her sister, Vanessa. This visit brings up a lot of confusing thoughts for Woolf regarding her happiness and her fragile emotional state eventually leads her to commit suicide. In 1951, Laura Brown (Julianne Moore) is a pearls-and-pumps stay-at-home mother with a young son and a baby on the way. While reading "Mrs. Dalloway", Laura is planning a birthday party for her husband and doubting her abilities as a mother. This may be the life she dreamed of, but is it the life that is going to make her happy? In present-day New York, Clarissa Vaughn (Meryl Streep) is also planning a party, this time for a friend who is receiving an award for his poetry. Although she is a lesbian in a relationship, Clarissa begins questioning whether she has feelings for this friend and if she is living the life that would bring her ultimate joy.

Edition Details Audience Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance) Country USA Language English Distributor Paramount Edition Special Collector's Edition Barcode 097363399049 Region Region 1; Region 2 Release Date 6/24/2003 Packaging Keep Case Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.85:1) Subtitles English; Danish; English (Closed Captioned) Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital Stereo [French] Dolby Digital 5.0 [English] Dolby Digital Surround [English] Layers Single Side, Dual Layer No. of Disks/Tapes 1 Features Commentary by Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Nicole Kidman Commentary by Director Stephen Daldry & Novelist Michael Cunningham Introduction by the Filmmakers Theatrical Trailer 4 Featurettes: Three Woman The Mind And Times Of Virginia Woolf The Music Of The Hours The Lives Of Mrs. Dalloway

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