Maps of Movies

The Hours (2002)

Where The Hours says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Three women, three decades, one book: but where did the film actually go to find them?

Scenes and places

Virginia Woolf's home in Richmond (1923)

Virginia feels trapped in her Richmond home, watched by her husband Leonard and unsettled by servants. She welcomes and dreads her sister Vanessa's afternoon visit, and her book is taking shape in the middle of it.

Set in Hogarth House, Richmond — The Richmond house where Virginia Woolf begins writing Mrs. Dalloway. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Woolf and her husband ran their publishing business from their Richmond home.

Laura Brown's suburban house (1951)

Pregnant with her second child, Laura spends the day at home with her son Richie, baking a cake for Dan's birthday. The first cake is a disaster, and the surface of the American Dream starts to show cracks.

Set in Laura Brown's tract home, Los Angeles suburb — A tract house in a Los Angeles suburb where Laura bakes a birthday cake for her husband Dan.

A fictional address in a typical postwar Los Angeles tract neighborhood.

Clarissa's New York day (2001)

Clarissa spends the day getting ready for a party in honor of her friend Richard, a poet who is about to receive a career award. She worries about his state of mind, and he calls her Mrs. Dalloway.

Set in Clarissa Vaughan's New York — New York, where Clarissa spends the day preparing a party for her friend Richard. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The coordinates are the city's, not a specific building.

The railway station near Richmond (1923)

After her sister leaves, Virginia flees to the station to wait for a train to central London. Leonard arrives to take her home, and the two argue about how she wants to live.

Set in Railway station near Richmond — The station where Virginia waits for a train to central London.

A railway station on the way from Richmond into London.

Laura's hotel room (1951)

Laura leaves Richie with a friend and checks into a hotel on her own. She takes Woolf's novel out of her purse and begins to read Mrs. Dalloway.

Set in A hotel room — The hotel where Laura goes alone after leaving her son with a friend.

A hotel in the film's 1951 Los Angeles.

Richard's loft (2001)

Clarissa visits Richard, who is living with AIDS and is about to receive an award that feels empty to him. They were lovers in college, and she is the reason he has stayed in touch with the world.

Set in Richard's apartment, New York — The apartment where Clarissa visits her friend Richard before the party.

Location listings name a loft building in Manhattan's Meatpacking District, from one tour company only.

Filmed at Pinewood Studios — Interior sets, additional shooting in January 2002 Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Virginia Woolf — The novelist who begins writing Mrs. Dalloway in 1923.
• Laura Brown — A 1951 Los Angeles housewife reading Mrs. Dalloway.
• Clarissa Vaughan — A New Yorker whose friend calls her Mrs. Dalloway.