The Help (movie)
The Help is a 2011 period drama movie based on Kathryn Stockett's novel and directed by Tate Taylor.
| The Help | |
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| Directed by | Tate Taylor |
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| Screenplay by | Tate Taylor |
| Based on | The Help by Kathryn Stockett |
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| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Cinematography | Stephen Goldblatt |
| Edited by | Hughes Winborne |
Production company | DreamWorks Pictures[1] Reliance Entertainment[1] Participant Media[1] Image Nation[1] 1492 Pictures[1] Harbinger Pictures[1] |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[b](Worldwide) Reliance Entertainment[3] (India) |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million[5] |
| Box office | $221.8 million[5] |
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.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Debruge, Peter (August 7, 2011). "The Help: Review". Variety. https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/the-help-1117945766/. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ↑ Eller, Claudia (February 10, 2009). "DreamWorks gets Disney cash in distribution deal". Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-feb-10-fi-dreamworks10-story.html. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ↑ (Press release) DreamWorks Studios Announces 10 Additional Strategic International Partnerships Through Its Agreement with Mister Smith Entertainment. DreamWorks Studios. February 5, 2013. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130205006659/en/DreamWorks-Studios-Announces-10-Additional-Strategic-International. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Help (2011) (in en). British Film Institute. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The HelpBox Office Mojo. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
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