Continuity mistake: When Virginia has kissed Vanessa she leans her forehead against Vanessa's forehead. When it cuts their heads are away from each other.
The Hours (2002)
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
Starring: Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, John C. Reilly, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Dillane
Genres: Drama
Continuity mistake: In the beginning when Virginia comes down to talk with her husband she takes the kettle with her left hand while holding her right hand in her pocket. When it cuts she is suddenly holding a cup in her right hand. (00:08:55)
Continuity mistake: When Laura comes down and her son and husband are having breakfast, there is a cup on the table on the opposite side of where her son is sitting. When it cuts to her husband saying, "Morning honey" the cup is gone. (00:11:10)
Trivia: In the novel, Clarissa walks past a street where they are shooting a movie starring Meryl Streep. In the movie, Meryl Streep plays Clarissa.
Trivia: For her role as Virginia Woolf, Nicole Kidman (who is a natural lefty) taught herself to write right-handed.
Trivia: Nicole Kidman was the third performer to wear a fake nose in an Oscar-winning role. The first two were Jose Ferrer (Cyrano de Bergerac) and Lee Marvin (Cat Ballou).
Julia: You can't see that Louis Waters is weird?
Clarissa Vaughn: I can see that he's sad.
Julia: Well. All of your friends are sad.
Virginia Woolf: Im dying in this town.
Vanessa Bell: Your aunt is a very lucky woman Angelica. She has two lives. The life she is living, and the book she is writing.
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