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The Hours (2002)

Directed by Stephen Daldry · Cinematography by Seamus McGarvey

PG-13110 min65 frames

Drama

The time to hide is over. The time to regret is gone. The time to live is now.

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The Hours (2002) movie still: closeup — A woman stands in a dimly lit indoor space with dark, indistinct surroundings. She looks toward the camera…The Hours (2002) movie still: medium — A 1950s style medicine cabinet is open against a plain green wall. A woman with short wavy hair gazes at her…The Hours (2002) movie still: medium — A shallow, flowing river lined with dark, out-of-focus trees in the background. A woman stands waist-deep in…The Hours (2002) movie still: closeup — A close-up shot of handwritten text on a light gray piece of paper. The ink forms legible cursive script…The Hours (2002) movie still: closeup — A dark, dimly lit environment surrounds a man with weathered, flaky, textured skin. He rests his face on his…The Hours (2002) movie still: wide — A hotel room with vertical striped wallpaper, a large bed, and vanity furniture. A young woman sits alone on…The Hours (2002) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit indoor study features soft, diffused daylight filtering from the background. A woman holds a…The Hours (2002) movie still: medium — A 1950s-style kitchen features tan wooden cabinets and a vintage white range stove. Two women sit at a table…The Hours (2002) movie still: fullbody — A top-down view of a woman lying on a bed in a flooded room. Dark, turbulent ocean water surges on both…The Hours (2002) movie still: medium — Two women stand face-to-face within the frame of an open wooden door. A green garden is visible through the…The Hours (2002) movie still: wide — A dimly lit room contains multiple round tables draped in pale white tablecloths. Two women sit across from one…The Hours (2002) movie still: wide — An outdoor brick railway platform features green wooden doors and iron roofing support beams. A man and a woman…The Hours (2002) movie still: closeup — A woman lies flat in bed against white linens with lace trim at night. She is positioned frontally with her…The Hours (2002) movie still: fullbody — A narrow grassy path winds beneath a tall, dense archway of blooming rose bushes. A person wearing a brown…The Hours (2002) movie still: medium — A group sits on a park bench surrounded by lush greenery and stone sculptures. A teenager sits beside a woman…The Hours (2002) movie still: closeup — A silver-framed photograph shows a man against a wall with shingle siding. The portrait is held or placed…
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What is The Hours about?

The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.

The Hours is a 2002 psychological period drama film directed by Stephen Daldry from a screenplay by David Hare, based on the 1998 novel by Michael Cunningham. It stars Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep as three women whose lives are connected by Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel Mrs Dalloway. In 2001 New York, Clarissa Vaughan (Streep) prepares an award party for her AIDS-stricken friend and poet, Richard. In 1951 California, Laura Brown (Moore) is a pregnant housewife in an unhappy marriage. In 1920s England, Virginia Woolf (Kidman) battles with depression while writing Mrs Dalloway. Supporting roles are played by John C. Reilly, Stephen Dillane, Jeff Daniels, Miranda Richardson, Allison Janney, Toni Collette, Claire Danes, and Eileen Atkins.

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What does the cinematography of The Hours look like?

Across 64 sampled frames, The Hours builds its coverage from close-ups (41% of the sample), with medium shots (28%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey keeps 48% of it in soft, low-key light. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 67% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Hours?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Hours (2002) are #322f2b, #54504a, #161413, #8a7a70, #d5d1c8, #a89a8b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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