David Hare Articles

Vanessa Redgrave The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate the career of Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave, one of the most distinguished performers of the second half of the 20th century, with its "first-ever European tribute to an actor." The Redgrave salute will take place on Sunday, November 13, in London. Hosted by two-time Oscar nominee David Hare (The Hours, The Reader), the [...]

Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in Stephen Daldry's The Hours THE HOURS Review: Part I Now, throughout her career Meryl Streep has created countless great portrayals of all types of women, so I have come to expect continuous excellence from her. Nicole Kidman, however, is a different matter. True, she displayed a solid comic talent in Gus Van Sant's quirky To Die For back in [...]

THE HOURS (2002) Direction: Stephen Daldry Cast: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Ed Harris, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Stephen Dillane, John C. Reilly, Miranda Richardson, Eileen Atkins Screenplay: David Hare; from Michael Cunningham's novel Oscar Movies Recommended Nicole Kidman, The Hours Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer-winning The Hours uses Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway (working title: "The Hours") as the link [...]

2009 USC Scripter Awards 2009 Scripter Award nominations: Jan. 6, 2009 2009 Scripter Award winners: Jan. 30, 2009 ("*" denotes the winner)   Dev Patel, Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire   Screenwriter Eric Roth, who shares story credit with Robin Swicord, for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald Screenwriters Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art [...]