Movie·2011·2h 26m
The Help
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Country
United States of America
Language
English
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The Story
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.
Producer
Chris Columbus, Tate Taylor
Cinematography
Stephen Goldblatt
Music
Thomas Newman
Editor
Hughes Winborne
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Emma Stone
Skeeter Phelan
Viola Davis
Aibileen Clark
Bryce Dallas Howard
Hilly Holbrook
Octavia Spencer
Minny Jackson
Jessica Chastain
Celia Foote
Ahna O'Reilly
Elizabeth Leefolt
Allison Janney
Charlotte Phelan
Anna Camp
Jolene French
Eleanor Henry
Mae Mobley
Emma Henry
Mae Mobley
Chris Lowell
Stuart Whitworth
Cicely Tyson
Constantine Jefferson
Mike Vogel
Johnny Foote
Sissy Spacek
Missus Walters
Brian Kerwin
Robert Phelan
Wes Chatham
Carlton Phelan
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Yule Mae Davis
Ted Welch
William Holbrook
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Crew
Chris Columbus
Producer
Tate Taylor
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Michael Barnathan
Producer
Brunson Green
Producer
Stephen Goldblatt
Director of Photography
Mark Radcliffe
Executive Producer
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
Hughes Winborne
Editor
Jennifer Blum
Executive Producer
Jeff Skoll
Executive Producer
Mohamed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei
Executive Producer
John Norris
Executive Producer
L. Dean Jones Jr.
Executive Producer
Nate Berkus
Executive Producer
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