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The help Dreamworks Pictures ; Reliance Entertainment ; Participant Media ; Imagenation Abu Dhabi ; 1492 Pictures ; Harbinger Pictures ; produced by Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan ; written and directed by Tate Taylor. - Widescreen (1.85:1). - 1 DVD (approximately 146 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett. Originally released as a motion picture in 2011. Special features: Deleted scenes ; "The living proof" music video by Mary J. Blige.

Director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; music, Thomas Newman. Director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; music, Thomas Newman.

Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone.

Mississippi during the 1960s: Skeeter, a southern society girl, 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. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material. CHV rating: PG; for mature theme, language may offend.


DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1, Dolby digital 2.0 DVS (described video track)


English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing); video descriptions for people with visual disabilities.

786936814309

106897 Touchstone Home Entertainment


Stockett, Kathryn--Film and video adaptations.


Civil rights movements--Drama.
African American women--Drama.
Housekeepers--Mississippi--Drama.
African American women household employees--Drama.


Jackson (Miss.)--Drama.
Mississippi--Drama.


Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Films for people with visual disabilities.
French language materials--Bilingual.
Spanish language materials--Bilingual.
Materiales en español--Bilingüe.
Video (DVD)
Based on the book.

PN1997.2 / .H457 2011

791.43/72