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The Help is a 2011 American comedy drama film directed and written by Tate Taylor. Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett, the movie stars Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, and Jessica Chastain. The narrative is set in Mississippi and explores themes of racial segregation and exploitation. Production involved companies including 1492 Pictures, DreamWorks, Touchstone Pictures, and Reliance Entertainment, with Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan serving as producers.
The film has a runtime of 146 minutes and was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Netflix, and Disney+. It was released in the United States on August 9, 2011, with subsequent releases in September and December of that year. The production had a budget of 25,000,000 and generated a box office revenue of approximately 216,600,000. The Help received an average vote rating of 8.2 on TMDb and an 8.1 rating on IMDb.
Academically, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Actress. It received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The score was composed by Thomas Newman, with photography by Stephen Goldblatt and editing by Hughes Winborne. The film is recognized in the Academy Award Best Supporting Actress collection.
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Film · TMDB
8.2Aibileen 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.
Cast
- Emma Stone as Skeeter Phelan
- Viola Davis as Aibileen Clark
- Bryce Dallas Howard as Hilly Holbrook
- Octavia Spencer as Minny Jackson
- Jessica Chastain as Celia Foote
- Ahna O'Reilly as Elizabeth Leefolt
Themes
- based on novel or book
- mississippi river
- exploitation
- racial segregation
- racism
- writer
- maid
- moral courage
- ressentiment
- southern belle
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Help
- Director
- Tate Taylor
- Screenwriter
- Tate Taylor
- Cast member
- Wes Chatham
- Composer
- Thomas Newman
- Production company
- Participant
- Cinematographer
- Stephen Goldblatt
- Narrative location
- Mississippi
- Duration
- 146
- FilmAffinity ID
- 512560
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- dreamworksstudios.com/films/the-help
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- publication date
- 2011-08-09
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- title
- The Help
- distributed by
- Disney+
- film editor
- Hughes Winborne
- after a work by
- Kathryn Stockett
- Commons category
- The Help (film)
- capital cost
- 25000000
- box office
- 216639112
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 62/100
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Article · Deutsch
The Help ist die Verfilmung von Kathryn Stocketts gleichnamigem Roman (deutsch: Gute Geister) durch den Regisseur Tate Taylor im Jahr 2011. Das US-amerikanische Drama handelt davon, wie die junge, weiße Journalistin Eugenia „Skeeter“ Phelan in der Südstaatenstadt Jackson (Mississippi) während der Bürgerrechtsbewegung der frühen 1960er Jahre ein Buch über das Leben der schwarzen Haushälterinnen schreibt. In den Hauptrollen des Films sind Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard und Jessica Chastain zu sehen.
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