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January 10, 2003

Three women cry Woolf

By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Entertainment Writer

"The Hours" stars Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore and Meryl Streep. But just as much a star behind the scenes is director Stephen Daldry, who seamlessly weaves the actress' stories, across three eras in three cities, into a cohesive narrative.

Part of the film's mystique is that no one thought it could be done. Adapting Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Hours" seemed a daunting task; the 1998 novel, about three woman with ties to Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway," was too internal, too difficult to depict on screen.


 
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