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The Hours is a 2002 Academy Award winning film drama about three women of different generations and times whose lives are interconnected by the novel Mrs. Dalloway, written by Virginia Woolf, all taking place within the span of one day. Nicole Kidman portrays renowned British author Woolf, Julianne Moore plays a troubled 1950s housewife who is reading the novel Mrs. Dalloway, and Meryl Streep plays a lesbian book editor in the 2000s who is coping with a friend dying from AIDS. Miranda Richardson plays Vanessa Bell. Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Ed Harris, Allison Janney and John C. Reilly also star.

The film's sceenplay was written by David Hare, based on the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award winning 1998 novel, The Hours, by Michael Cunningham. The film was directed by Stephen Daldry, with a soundtrack by Philip Glass.

One of the most acclaimed films of 2002, The Hours received a number of awards and nominations. While winning the 2003 Golden Globe Best Dramatic Film honor, the film was largely shut out of its nine Academy Award nominations. The film did, however, launch Kidman forward as one of Hollywood's most able dramatic actresses. Kidman won both the Golden Globe and the Oscar for Best Actress. Kidman's portrayal in the film, in which she wore a prosthetic nose, highlighted the Hollywood rumor that beautiful actresses can only receive the best dramatic roles once they diminish their physical attributes in a role, another example being Charlize Theron's Oscar in 2004.

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards:

Nominated: Best Picture
Win: Best Actress - Nicole Kidman
Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Ed Harris
Nominated: Best Supporting Actress - Julianne Moore
Nominated: Best Director - Stephen Daldry
Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay - David Hare
Nominated: Best Costume Design
Nominated: Best Editing
Nominated: Best Score

Art Directors Guild:

Nominated: Excellence in Production Design Award (Contemporary Films)

Berlin International Film Festival
:

Win: Silver Berlin Bear (Best Actress) - Nicole Kidman
, Meryl Streep
, and Julianne Moore
Win: Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost" - Stephen Daldry
Nominated: Golden Berlin Bear - Stephen Daldry

Boston Society of Film Critics:

Win: Best Supporting Actress - Toni Collette

British Academy Awards:

Win: Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music - Philip Glass
Win: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nicole Kidman
Nominated: Best Film
Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Meryl Streep
Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Julianne Moore
Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Ed Harris
Nominated: David Lean Award for Direction - Stephen Daldry
Nominated: Best Screenplay (Adapted) - David Hare
Nominated: Best Make Up/Hair
Nominated: Best Editing
Nominated: Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film

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