---
title: 'The Hours (2002)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Stephen Daldry'
released: '2002-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hours-2002'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274558/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Hours (2002)

2002 · 114 min · Drama · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The Hours is a 2002 psychological period drama film directed by Stephen Daldry from a screenplay by David Hare, based on the 1998 novel by Michael Cunningham. It stars Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep as three women whose lives are connected by Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel Mrs Dalloway. In 2001 New York, Clarissa Vaughan (Streep) prepares an award party for her AIDS-stricken friend and poet, Richard. In 1951 California, Laura Brown (Moore) is a pregnant housewife in an unhappy marriage. In 1920s England, Virginia Woolf (Kidman) battles with depression while writing Mrs Dalloway. Supporting roles are played by John C. Reilly, Stephen Dillane, Jeff Daniels, Miranda Richardson, Allison Janney, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, and Eileen Atkins.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Stephen Daldry](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-daldry)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Cunningham](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-cunningham), [David Hare](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hare)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philip Glass](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-glass)
- **Producer:** [Scott Rudin](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-rudin), [Robert Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-fox)
- **Director of Photography:** [Seamus McGarvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/seamus-mcgarvey)
- **Editor:** [Peter Boyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-boyle)

## Cast

- [Colin Stinton](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-stinton)
- [Stephen Dillane](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-dillane)
- [Linda Bassett](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-bassett)
- [Jeff Daniels](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-daniels)
- [Toni Collette](https://cinepixo.com/people/toni-collette)
- [Claire Danes](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-danes)
- [Miranda Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/miranda-richardson)
- [Jack Rovello](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-rovello)
- [Nicole Kidman](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicole-kidman)
- [Ed Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-harris)
- [Lyndsey Marshal](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyndsey-marshal)
- [Eileen Atkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/eileen-atkins)
- [Christian Coulson](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-coulson)
- [Allison Janney](https://cinepixo.com/people/allison-janney)
- [Margo Martindale](https://cinepixo.com/people/margo-martindale)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hours-2002
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