The Help (movie)

The Help
The Help
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Directed by	Tate Taylor
Screenplay by	Tate Taylor
Based on	The Help; by Kathryn Stockett
Produced by	Chris Columbus; Michael Barnathan; Brunson Green;
Starring	Jessica Chastain; Viola Davis; Bryce Dallas Howard; Allison Janney; Octavia Spencer; Emma Stone;
Cinematography	Stephen Goldblatt
Edited by	Hughes Winborne
Music by	Thomas Newman
Production; companies	DreamWorks Pictures; Reliance Entertainment; Participant Media; Image Nation; 1492 Pictures; Harbinger Pictures
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios; Motion Pictures(Worldwide); Reliance Entertainment (India)
Release dates	July 30, 2011 (Madison, Mississippi); August 10, 2011 (United States);
Running time	146 minutes
Countries	United States; India; United Arab Emirates;
Language	English
Budget	$25 million
Box office	$221.8 million

The Help is a 2011 period drama movie based on Kathryn Stockett's novel and directed by Tate Taylor.

It stars Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard and Jessica Chastain.

Plot

The young Skeeter (Emma Stone) returns to her hometown. She has finished her study at the University of Mississippi and now she wants to be a novelist. She begins to interview African-American women who are housemaids working for white people. She writes a book about the lives of the housemaids. First of all, the housemaids are against an interview. However, after an incident, many housemaids tell about their lives. Each shift begins with a whisper, but the voices get louder and many people have many things to tell.

Awards

The Help won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Octavia Spencer in the category best actress in a supporting role. Viola Davis was nominated for an Oscar in the category best actress in a leading role.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Debruge, Peter (August 7, 2011). "The Help: Review". Variety. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
↑ Eller, Claudia (February 10, 2009). "DreamWorks gets Disney cash in distribution deal". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
↑ "DreamWorks Studios Announces 10 Additional Strategic International Partnerships Through Its Agreement with Mister Smith Entertainment" (Press release). DreamWorks Studios. Business Wire. February 5, 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
1 2 "The Help (2011)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
1 2 "The Help". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

↑ Listed as a 20th Century Studios film on Disney+ via Hulu.
↑ Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through the Touchstone Pictures banner.

[VarReview-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Debruge, Peter (August 7, 2011). "The Help: Review". Variety. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[lat-3] Eller, Claudia (February 10, 2009). "DreamWorks gets Disney cash in distribution deal". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 14, 2024.

[5] "DreamWorks Studios Announces 10 Additional Strategic International Partnerships Through Its Agreement with Mister Smith Entertainment" (Press release). DreamWorks Studios. Business Wire. February 5, 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

[bfi-6] 1 2 "The Help (2011)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2018.

[Box_Office_Mojo-7] 1 2 "The Help". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

[2] Listed as a 20th Century Studios film on Disney+ via Hulu.

[Disney-4] Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through the Touchstone Pictures banner.