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Mrs Dalloway
Mrs Dalloway
Directed by	Marleen Gorris
Screenplay by	Eileen Atkins
Based on	Mrs Dalloway; by Virginia Woolf
Produced by	Stephen Bayly
Starring	Vanessa Redgrave; Natascha McElhone; Rupert Graves; Michael Kitchen; Alan Cox; Lena Headey; Amelia Bullmore;
Cinematography	Sue Gibson
Edited by	Michiel Reichwein
Music by	Ilona Sekacz
Production; companies	First Look Pictures; Overseas Film Group; BBC Films; Newmarket Capital Group
Distributed by	Artificial Eye; First Look International
Release dates	4 September 1997 (San Sebastián Film Festival); 20 February 1998 (United States); 3 June 1998 (United Kingdom);
Running time	97 mins
Countries	United Kingdom; United States; Netherlands
Language	English
Box office	$4 million

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Mrs Dalloway is a 1997 British drama film, a co-production by the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Netherlands, directed by Marleen Gorris and starring Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone and Michael Kitchen.^[1]

Based on the 1925 novel by Virginia Woolf, and moving continually between the present and the past that is in the characters' heads, it covers a day in the life of Mrs Dalloway, wife of a prosperous politician in London.

Plot

On a beautiful morning in 1923, Clarissa Dalloway sets out from her large house in Westminster to choose the flowers for a party she is holding that evening. Her teenage daughter Elizabeth is unsympathetic, preferring the company of the evangelical Miss Kilman. A passionate old suitor, Peter Walsh, turns up and failing to disguise the turmoil he has created in his career and love life. For Clarissa this confirms her choice in preferring the unexciting but affectionate and dependable Richard Dalloway. At her party Sally arrives; once Clarissa's lesbian lover, she is now wife of a self-made millionaire and mother of five.

Intercut with Clarissa's present and past is the story of another couple. Septimus was a decorated officer in the First World War but is now collapsing under the strain of delayed shell-shock, in which he is paralysed by horrible flashbacks and consumed with guilt over the death of his closest comrade. His wife Rezia tries to get him psychiatric help but the doctors she consults are little use: when one commits him to a mental hospital, he jumps from a window to his death. The doctor turns up late at Clarissa's party, apologising because he had to attend to a patient's suicide. Clarissa stands by a window and ponders what it would mean to jump.

Cast

Vanessa Redgrave – Mrs Clarissa Dalloway
Natascha McElhone – Young Clarissa
Michael Kitchen – Peter Walsh
Alan Cox – Young Peter
Sarah Badel – Lady Rosseter
Lena Headey – Young Sally
John Standing – Richard Dalloway
Robert Portal – Young Richard
Oliver Ford Davies – Hugh Whitbread
Hal Cruttenden – Young Hugh
Rupert Graves – Septimus Warren Smith
Amelia Bullmore – Rezia Warren Smith
Margaret Tyzack – Lady Bruton
Robert Hardy – Sir William Bradshaw
Richenda Carey – Lady Bradshaw
Katie Carr – Elizabeth Dalloway
Selina Cadell – Miss Kilman
Amanda Drew – Lucy
Phyllis Calvert – Aunt Helena

Reception

The film grossed £200,892 ($0.3 million) in the United Kingdom^[2] and $3,309,421 in the United States and Canada.^[3] Mrs Dalloway received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 71% based on 34 reviews.^[4]

References

^ "Mrs Dalloway (1998)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017.
^ "British biz at the box office". Variety. 14 December 1998. p. 72.
^ Mrs Dalloway at Box Office Mojo
^ "Mrs. Dalloway". Rotten Tomatoes.

External links

Mrs Dalloway at IMDb
Mrs Dalloway at Rotten Tomatoes

[1] "Mrs Dalloway (1998)". BFI. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017.

[2] "British biz at the box office". Variety. 14 December 1998. p. 72.

[3] Mrs Dalloway at Box Office Mojo

[4] "Mrs. Dalloway". Rotten Tomatoes.

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+| distributor    = [[Curzon Film|Artificial Eye]]<br>[[First Look International]]
 | runtime        = 97 mins
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 | language       = English
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-| gross          = $3,309,421
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-'''''Mrs Dalloway''''' is a 1997 British [[drama film]], a co-production by the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Netherlands, directed by [[Marleen Gorris]] and stars [[Vanessa Redgrave]], [[Natascha McElhone]] and [[Michael Kitchen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7f863eca|title=Mrs Dalloway (1998)|website=BFI}}</ref>
+'''''Mrs Dalloway''''' is a 1997 British [[drama film]], a co-production by the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Netherlands, directed by [[Marleen Gorris]] and starring [[Vanessa Redgrave]], [[Natascha McElhone]] and [[Michael Kitchen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7f863eca |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021754/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7f863eca |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2017 |title=Mrs Dalloway (1998)|website=BFI}}</ref>
 Based on the [[Mrs Dalloway|1925 novel]] by [[Virginia Woolf]], and moving continually between the present and the past that is in the characters' heads, it covers a day in the life of Mrs Dalloway, wife of a prosperous politician in London.
 ==Plot==
-On a beautiful morning in 1923, Clarissa Dalloway sets out from her large house in Westminster to choose the flowers for a party she is holding that evening. Her teenage daughter Elizabeth is unsympathetic, preferring the company of the evangelical Miss Kilman. A passionate old suitor, Peter Walsh, turns up and does not disguise the mess he has made of his career and his love life. For Clarissa this confirms her choice in preferring the unexciting but affectionate and dependable Richard Dalloway. At her party Sally turns up, who was her closest friend, so close they kissed on the lips, but is now wife of a self-made millionaire and mother of five.
+On a beautiful morning in 1923, Clarissa Dalloway sets out from her large house in [[Westminster]] to choose the flowers for a party she is holding that evening. Her teenage daughter Elizabeth is unsympathetic, preferring the company of the evangelical Miss Kilman. A passionate old suitor, Peter Walsh, turns up and failing to disguise the turmoil he has created in his career and love life. For Clarissa this confirms her choice in preferring the unexciting but affectionate and dependable Richard Dalloway. At her party Sally arrives; once Clarissa's [[lesbian]] lover, she is now wife of a self-made millionaire and mother of five.
-Intercut with Clarissa's present and past is the story of another couple. Septimus was a decorated officer in the First World War but is now collapsing under the strain of delayed shell-shock, in which he is paralysed by horrible flashbacks and consumed with guilt over the death of his closest comrade. His wife Rezia tries to get him psychiatric help but the doctors she consults are little use: when one commits him to a mental hospital, he jumps from a window to his death. The doctor turns up late at Clarissa's party, apologising because he had to attend to a patient's suicide. Clarissa stands by a window and ponders what it would mean to jump.
+Intercut with Clarissa's present and past is the story of another couple. Septimus was a decorated officer in the [[First World War]] but is now collapsing under the strain of delayed shell-shock, in which he is paralysed by horrible flashbacks and consumed with guilt over the death of his closest comrade. His wife Rezia tries to get him psychiatric help but the doctors she consults are little use: when one commits him to a mental hospital, he jumps from a window to his death. The doctor turns up late at Clarissa's party, apologising because he had to attend to a patient's suicide. Clarissa stands by a window and ponders what it would mean to jump.
-==Partial cast==
+==Cast==
 * [[Vanessa Redgrave]] – Mrs Clarissa Dalloway
 * [[Natascha McElhone]] – Young Clarissa
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 * [[Lena Headey]] – Young Sally
 * [[John Standing]] – Richard Dalloway
-* Robert Portal – Young Richard
+* [[Robert Portal]] – Young Richard
 * [[Oliver Ford Davies]] – Hugh Whitbread
-* Hal Cruttenden – Young Hugh
+* [[Hal Cruttenden]] – Young Hugh
 * [[Rupert Graves]] – Septimus Warren Smith
 * [[Amelia Bullmore]] – Rezia Warren Smith
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 * [[Amanda Drew]] – Lucy
 * [[Phyllis Calvert]] – Aunt Helena
+==Reception==
+The film grossed £200,892 ($0.3 million) in the United Kingdom<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=14 December 1998|page=72|title=British biz at the box office}}</ref> and $3,309,421 in the United States and Canada.<ref>{{mojo title|id=mrsdalloway}}</ref> ''Mrs Dalloway'' received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film an approval rating of 71% based on 34 reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mrs. Dalloway |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mrs_dalloway |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |language=en}}</ref>
 ==References==
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+[[Category:Films based on works by Virginia Woolf]]
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-[[Category:British LGBT-related films]]
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v t e Virginia Woolf
Bibliography
Novels	The Voyage Out Night and Day Jacob's Room Mrs Dalloway film To the Lighthouse Orlando: A Biography film The Waves The Years Between the Acts
Short stories	"The Mark on the Wall" "Kew Gardens" Monday or Tuesday "The String Quartet" "The New Dress" "The Duchess and the Jeweller" A Haunted House and Other Short Stories "The Widow and the Parrot"
Drama	Freshwater
Biographies	Flush: A Biography Roger Fry: A Biography
Essays	"Modern Fiction" Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown On Being Ill A Room of One's Own The London Scene Three Guineas "A Letter to a Young Poet" Moments of Being "A Sketch of the Past"
Related	Bloomsbury Group Hogarth Press Monk's House Dreadnought hoax Leonard Woolf (husband) Julia Stephen (mother) Leslie Stephen (father) Vanessa Bell (sister) Thoby Stephen (brother) Adrian Stephen (brother) The Hours (novel) The Hours (film) The Hours (opera) From the Diary of Virginia Woolf (song cycle)