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The Help (10-Aug-2011)
Director: Tate Taylor Writer: Tate Taylor From novel: The Help by Kathryn Stockett Music by: Thomas Newman Producers: Brunson Green; Chris Columbus; Michael Barnathan Keywords: Drama, Racism, Scatological Film adaptation of the 2009 novel of the same name follows an aspiring white journalist and her relationship with two black maids amidst the heat of the Civil Rights Era.
ABSTRACT
Emma Stone stars in this racially-charged drama about "Skeeter" Phelan, an aspiring writer who returns to her family's plantation upon graduating from Ole Miss, only to find that her family's old housekeeper has evidently departed in the time since she first left. Moving on from this unexpected change in circumstances, she endeavors to embark on a career as a colorblind newspaper columnist and novelist, encountering hostility from blacks and racism from fellow whites that she must seek to negate and overcome along the way. Won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Octavia Spencer); nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress (Emma Stone).
CAST | Jessica Chastain | ... Celia Foote | | Viola Davis | ... Aibileen Clark | | Bryce Dallas Howard | ... Hilly Holbrook | | Allison Janney | ... Charlotte Phelan | | Chris Lowell | ... Stuart Whitworth | | Ahna O'Reilly | ... Elizabeth Leefolt | | Sissy Spacek | ... Missus Walters | | Octavia Spencer | ... Minny Jackson | | Mary Steenburgen | ... Elain Stein | | Emma Stone | ... Skeeter Phelan | | Cicely Tyson | ... Constantine Jefferson | | Mike Vogel | ... Johnny Foote | | | Anna Camp | ... Jolene French | | La Chanze | ... Rachel | | Wes Chatham | ... Carlton Phelan | | Aunjanue Ellis | ... Yule Mae Davis | | Nelsan Ellis | ... Henry The Waiter | | Dana Ivey | ... Gracie Higginbotham | | Ashley Johnson | ... Mary Beth Caldwell | | Leslie Jordan | ... Mr. Blackly | | Brian Kerwin | ... Robert Phelan | | Shane McRae | ... Raleigh Leefolt | | David Oyelowo | ... Preacher Green | | Roslyn Ruff | ... Pascagoula | | | Eleanor Henry | ... Mae Mobley | | Emma Henry | ... Mae Mobley | | Ted Welch | ... William Holbrook | | Tarra Riggs | ... Gretchen | | Tiffany Brouwer | ... Rebecca | | Carol Lee | ... Pearly | | Carol Sutton | ... Cora | | Millicent Bolton | ... Callie | | Ritchie Montgomery | ... Bus Driver | | Don Brock | ... White Bus Passenger | | Florence "Flo" Roach | ... Maid #1 | | Becky Fly | ... Woman in Grocery Store | | Sheerene Whitfield | ... Maid #2 | | Cleta E. Ellington | ... Donna The Receptionist | | Henry Carpenter | ... Jameso | | John Taylor | ... Missus Walters' Date | | Charles Cooper | ... Tire Winner @ Ballroom #1 | | Diana Cooper | ... Tire Winner @ Ballroom #2 | | Coyt Bailey | ... Party Guest #3 | | Wade Cottonfield | ... Lead Singer of Band | | Kelsey Scott | ... Sugar Jackson | | Amy Beckwith | ... Bridge Club | | Sloane Fair | ... Bridge Club | | Anna Jennings | ... Bridge Club | | Lauren Miller | ... Bridge Club | | Elizabeth Smith | ... Bridge Club | | Mary Taylor Killebrew | ... Bridge Club | | Kathryn Ursy | ... Bridge Club | | Steffany Ward | ... Bridge Club |
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