On a rainy day, Iris wanders out of the house, forcing a distraught John to begin what feels like a futile search. In this scene: Iris (Judi Dench), John (Jim Broadbent)
On a rainy day, Iris wanders out of the house, forcing a distraught John to begin what feels like a futile search. In this scene: Iris (Judi Dench), John (Jim Broadbent)
When John and Iris meet with Janet and her daughters at the beach, the family is finally confronted with the reality of Iris's illness. In this scene: Iris (Judi Dench), John (Jim Broadbent), Janet (Penelope Wilton)
Iris and John, wrapped up in their own world, discuss life and love while grocery shopping. In this scene: Iris (Judi Dench), John (Jim Broadbent)
As Iris lays out her collection of stones and shells from the beach, Janet finally begins to grasp the depth of her illness. In this scene: Iris (Judi Dench), John (Jim Broadbent), Janet (Penelope Wilton)
Celebrated English author Iris Murdoch first became known as a brilliant young scholar at Oxford whose boundless spirit dazzled those around her. Then, during her remarkable career as a novelist and philosopher, she continued to prove herself a woman ahead of her time. Even in later life, as age and illness robbed Iris of her remarkable gifts, nothing could diminish her immense influence or weaken the lifelong bond she shared with her devoted husband. Starring, in alphabetical order: Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent, Judi Dench, Kate Winslet
In the past, John and Iris awkwardly discuss love and sex in a cafe. Meanwhile, in the present, Iris's disease begins to make its mark, preventing her from writing. In this scene: Iris (Judi Dench), John (Jim Broadbent), Young Iris (Kate Winslet), Young John (Hugh Bonneville)
Iris's disease has reached a critical level, simultaneously frustrating and worrying John. In this scene: Iris (Judi Dench), John (Jim Broadbent)
At an esteemed dinner, Iris's speech on the importance of education has an unexpected ending. In this scene: Iris (Judi Dench), John (Jim Broadbent)
John wakes in the middle of the night to find Iris shuffling about singing "The Lark in the Clear Air," which he remembers her singing when they were young. In the scene: Young Iris (Kate Winslet), Young John (Hugh Bonneville), Iris (Judi Dench), John (Jim Broadbent)
Even though Iris can't even recall the name of the Prime Minister during a specialist's evaluation, she and John continue to be in denial about her worsening condition. In this scene: Iris (Judi Dench), John (Jim Broadbent)
Iris gives John a copy of her latest work, telling him she values his opinion, before making him an offer he can't refuse. In this scene: Iris (Kate Winslet), John (Hugh Bonneville)
The Hours chronicles a day in the life of three women, separated by a span of nearly 80 years, who find themselves weathering similar crises, all linked by a single work of literature. Virginia Woolf lives in a suburb of London in the 1920s as she struggles to begin writing her first great novel, Mrs. Dalloway. Laura Brown, a young wife and mother in post-World War II Los Angeles, is reading Mrs. Dalloway, and is so deeply affected by it that she begins to question the life she has chosen for herself. Finally, Clarissa Vaughan is a modern-day Mrs. Dalloway in contemporary New York, planning a party for her friend and former lover who is slowly losing his fight with AIDS. Starring, in alphabetical order: Allison Janney, Claire Danes, Ed Harris, Jeff Daniels, John C. Reilly, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Miranda Richardson, Nicole Kidman, Stephen Dillane, Toni Collette
