The Help
Release Date: August 12, 2011
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Tate Taylor
Screenwriter: Tate Taylor, based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett.
Cast: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Lowell, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney, David Oyelowo, Aunjanue Ellis, Cicely Tyson, and La Chanze.
Synopsis: Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, film stars Emma Stone as Skeeter, a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends’ lives-and a small Mississippi town-upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families.
Viola Davis stars as Aibileen, Skeeter’s best friend’s housekeeper, who is the first to open up-to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter’s life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories-and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly-and unwillingly-caught up in the changing times.
‘The Help’ Featurette
Clip #1 – The Interview
