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Powerhouse performances and a literate, emotionally rich script mark this Best Picture nominee. It's an Oscar-nominated adaptation of Michael Cunningham's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about three troubled women who are deeply dissatisfied with their lives: Virginia Woolf (Best Actress Nicole Kidman), a '50s housewife (Julianne Moore) and a modern-day book editor (Meryl Streep). Ed Harris, Miranda Richardson.