TY - ADVS AU - Rudin,Scott AU - Fox,Robert AU - Hare,David AU - Daldry,Stephen AU - Streep,Meryl AU - Moore,Julianne AU - Kidman,Nicole AU - Harris,Ed AU - Collette,Toni AU - Danes,Claire AU - Daniels,Jeff AU - Dillane,Stephen AU - Janney,Allison AU - Reilly,John C. AU - Richardson,Miranda AU - McGarvey,Seamus AU - Boyle,Peter AU - Glass,Philip AU - Roth,Ann AU - Djurkovic,Maria AU - Cunningham,Michael ED - Paramount Pictures Corporation. ED - Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm) TI - The hours SN - 0792187121 AV - CM DVD 00481 U1 - 791.43/72 22 PY - 2003///], c2002 CY - [Hollywood, Calif.] PB - Paramount Home Entertainment KW - Woolf, Virginia, KW - Women KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Drama KW - California KW - Los Angeles KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - lcsh N1 - Based on the book by Michael Cunningham; Special features: Commentary by Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Nicole Kidman; commentary by directorStephen Daldry and novelist Michael Cunningham; introduction by the filmmakers; 4 featurettes: "Three women", "The mind and times of Virginia Woolf", "The music of The hours", "The Lives of Mrs. Dalloway"; theatrical trailer; Director of photography, Seamus McGarvey ; editor, Peter Boyle ; music, Philip Glass ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; production designer, Maria Djurkovic; Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Stephen Dillane, Allison Janney, John C. Reilly, Miranda Richardson; MPAA rating: PG-13, for mature thematic elements, some disturbing images and brief language N2 - In 1929, Virginia Woolf is starting to write her novel, 'Mrs. Dalloway, ' under the care of doctors and family. In 1951, Laura Brown is planning for her husband's birthday, but is preoccupied with reading Woolf's novel. In 2001, Clarrisa Vaughn is planning an award party for her friend, an author dying of AIDS. Taking place over one day, all three stories are interconnected with the novel: one is writing it, one is reading it, and one is living it ER -