This listing is for The Hours Special Collectors Edition DVD.  

Actors: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Miranda Richardson

Director: Stephen Daldry

Producers: Ian MacNeil, Marieke Spencer, Mark Huffam, Michael Alden, Robert Fox

Writers: David Hare, Michael Cunningham

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

MPAA rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)

Media Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC

Run time: 1 hour and 54 minutes

Release date: June 24, 2003

Subtitles: English

Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.0)

Studio: Paramount

Number of discs: 1

The story of three women in different times, related only by a parallel in their personal lives. One, present day, throwing a party for a writer friend suffering from AIDS. Another living in 1949 Los Angeles, suffering as a young wife and mother. The last, Virgini a Woolf, writing "Mrs. Dalloway" and contemplating suicide. Based on Michael Cunningham's Puli tzer Prize-winning novel.

It's hard to imagine anyone wanting more than what's on this lovely, single disc. There are four newly produced segments: a talk with composer Philip Glass, a featurette on the three main actresses, a must-see 10-minute feature on the writer of the novel (Michael Cunningham) and the screenplay (David Hare), and a crisp half-hour history of Virginia Wolfe with many anecdotes from various scholars. There are two commentaries. Highly recommended is Cunningham with director Stephen Daldry as they go through the movie with a good sense of appreciation for each person's craft. Cunningham is quite charming in revealing the story's origins while Daldry makes even the smallest task of filmmaking interesting. Daldry's so detailed he apologizes for such seemingly trivial bits as filming the opening sequence at a different time of year than it actually happened. The main three actresses speak separately on the other commentary track, and even though fans will enjoy their insights, the energy is very low; perhaps they should have recorded the track together. Streep's deep laughs at her little jokes are very smile-inducing.

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