The Help
Change begins with a whisper.
The Help (2011)
Timing:
2:26 (146 min)
8.198/10
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8.247/10
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8.1/10
527000
527000
Country
Production
Genre
Drama
Budget
$25 000 000
Revenue
$216 639 112
Director
Actors
Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Ahna O'Reilly, Allison Janney, Anna Camp, Eleanor Henry, Emma Henry
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan, Brunson Green, Mark Radcliffe, Jeff Skoll, Tate Taylor, Mohamed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei, John Norris, Jennifer Blum, Nate Berkus
Operator
Stephen Goldblatt
Composer
Artist
Audition
Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee
Editing
Hughes Winborne
All team (63)
All team (63)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Kathryn Stockett's debut novel "The Help" (2009). By the time the film was released, over 5 million copies of the novel had been sold in two and a half years.
- Before "The Help" was published, the novel was rejected by at least 60 literary agents.
- The author's childhood friend, director Tate Taylor, acquired the rights to the novel even before the book was published.
- The bookstore in the film, Avent & Clark, was named after producer's assistant Aven Clark.
- The film topped the daily American box office chart for 25 days in a row.
- Octavia Spencer served as the basis for the character of Minny in Kathryn Stockett's novel, as she was a childhood friend of the author. She also narrated the audiobook version, released simultaneously with the print edition in 2009.
- The paintings hanging above Celia's fireplace were found in the basement of a local hospital. The two chairs from the same scene were taken from a used furniture store.
- Melissa Molinaaro auditioned for the role of Celia.
- The film is based on Kathryn Stockett’s debut novel “The Help” (2009). At the time of the film's release, over 5 million copies of the novel had been sold in two and a half years.
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