The Hours
A brilliant but tormented Virginia Woolf navigates the fragile line between creativity and despair as a single day in 1923 intertwines with the events leading to her tragic death in 1941.
“The time to hide is over. The time to regret is gone. The time to live is now.”
Synopsis
The story follows three women as they seek more powerful and meaningful lives. Each woman lives in a different time and place, yet they are connected through their desires and anxieties. Their narratives intertwine and ultimately converge in an unexpected, transcendent moment of mutual understanding.
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Principal cast & crew: 32
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Peter BoyleShot by Seamus McgarveyScored by Philip GlassDesigned by Maria Djurkovic
Box Office
2002 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.4× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$108.8M
US & Canada: $41.7M — 38% of worldwide · International: $67.2M (62%)
Opening weekend: $339K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $716K — 2% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 11 theaters
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Also known as
- The Hours - Von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeitde
- Las horases
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Cast & Crew
32 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Meryl Streep
as Clarissa Vaughan
Nicole Kidman
as Virginia Woolf
Julianne Moore
as Laura Brown
Stephen Dillane
as Leonard Woolf
Miranda Richardson
as Vanessa Bell
George Loftus
as Quentin Bell
Charley Ramm
as Julian Bell
Sophie Wyburd
as Angelica Bell
Lyndsey Marshal
as Lottie Hope
Linda Bassett
as Nelly Boxall
Christian Coulson
as Ralph Partridge
Michael Culkin
as Doctor
Supporting cast
6Directors
1Writers
2Producers
4Other crew
7Parents Guide
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