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Trivia: "The Hours" was the original working title of Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway", upon which the stories are based.

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Factual error: When Laura (in 1951) picks up Mrs. Dalloway from the floor next to her bed, there are six novels in total. Two of the other books are Melbourne by Lord David Cecil and Under the Net by Dame Iris Murdoch, both published in 1954.

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Continuity mistake: Richard yells by the window, "Don't come near me!" and, holding the handle, points his cane at Clarissa. In the very next shot, he's holding the other end of the cane with the handle pointed at Clarissa.

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Trivia: In order to get appropriate facial reactions from little Jack Rovello (young Richie) at Dan's birthday dinner, director Stephen Daltry shot his closeups while telling him stories and fantasies and later edited in Dan's and Laura's shots to create a seamless sequence.

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Trivia: When the seating chart for Richard's party is shown, the name of "The Hours" author Michael Cunningham is in the middle.

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Revealing mistake: In the scene with Leonard and Virginia at the train station, an electronic display can briefly be seen hanging from the roof above Leonard's head.

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Continuity mistake: In the last scene between Laura and Dan, when Dan is lying on the bed and talking to Laura in the bathroom, we see a pack of cigarettes and a light on the night table. In some shots the lighter is next to the pack and in others it's on top.

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Continuity mistake: During most of the film (leading up to Clarissa's party), there are folding oak-colored wooden chairs arranged against the bookshelves in the foyer, ostensibly to be used at the party. However, during the scene where Laura Brown meets Clarissa and the apartment is arranged for the party, the only chairs utilized are non-folding white chairs (and the wooden chairs are gone).

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