The Help (2011)

Director:

Tate Taylor

Writers (WGA):

Tate Taylor (screenplay)
Kathryn Stockett (novel)

Release Date:

10 August 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Change begins with a whisper.

Plot:

An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | 1960s | Mississippi | Friendship | Maid

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 46 wins & 68 nominations

Cast

Emma Stone	...	Skeeter Phelan
Viola Davis	...	Aibileen Clark
Bryce Dallas Howard	...	Hilly Holbrook
Octavia Spencer	...	Minny Jackson
Jessica Chastain	...	Celia Foote
Ahna O'Reilly	...	Elizabeth Leefolt
Allison Janney	...	Charlotte Phelan
Anna Camp	...	Jolene French
Eleanor Henry	...	Mae Mobley
Emma Henry	...	Mae Mobley
Chris Lowell	...	Stuart Whitworth
Cicely Tyson	...	Constantine Jefferson
Mike Vogel	...	Johnny Foote
Sissy Spacek	...	Missus Walters
Brian Kerwin	...	Robert Phelan
Wes Chatham	...	Carlton Phelan
Aunjanue Ellis	...	Yule Mae Davis
Ted Welch	...	William Holbrook
Shane McRae	...	Raleigh Leefolt
Roslyn Ruff	...	Pascagoula
Tarra Riggs	...	Gretchen
Leslie Jordan	...	Mr. Blackly
Mary Steenburgen	...	Elain Stein
Tiffany Brouwer	...	Rebecca
Carol Lee	...	Pearly
Carol Sutton	...	Cora
Millicent Bolton	...	Callie
Ashley Johnson	...	Mary Beth Caldwell
Ritchie Montgomery	...	Bus Driver
Don Brock	...	White Bus Passenger
Florence 'Flo' Roach	...	Maid #1
Nelsan Ellis	...	Henry The Waiter
David Oyelowo	...	Preacher Green
LaChanze	...	Rachel (as La Chanze)
Dana Ivey	...	Gracie Higginbotham
Becky Fly	...	Woman in Grocery Store
Sheerene Whitfield	...	Maid #2
Cleta Elaine Ellington	...	Donna The Receptionist (as Cleta E. Ellington)
Henry Carpenter	...	Jameso
John Taylor	...	Missus Walters' Date
Charles Cooper	...	Tire Winner @ Ballroom #1
Diana Cooper	...	Tire Winner @ Ballroom #
Coyt Bailey	...	Party Guest #3
Wade Cottonfield	...	Lead Singer of Band
Kelsey Scot	...	Sugar Jackson (as Kelsey Scott)
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
Stephanie Ward	...	Bridge Club (as Steffany Ward)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julie Ann Doan	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Jordan Sudduth	...	Restaurant Gallant (uncredited)

Directed by
Tate Taylor

Writing credits (WGA)
Tate Taylor		(screenplay)
Kathryn Stockett		(novel)

Produced by
Mohamed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei	....	executive producer (as Mohamed Mubarak Al Mazrouel)
Michael Barnathan	....	producer
Nate Berkus	....	executive producer
Jennifer Blum	....	executive producer
Chris Columbus	....	producer
Brunson Green	....	producer
L. Dean Jones Jr.	....	executive producer
Sonya Lunsford	....	co-producer
John Norris	....	executive producer
Mark Radcliffe	....	executive producer
Jeff Skoll	....	executive producer
Tate Taylor	....	executive producer
Derrick Washington	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Thomas Newman

Cinematography by
Stephen Goldblatt		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Hughes Winborne

Casting by
Kerry Barden
Paul Schnee

Production Design by
Mark Ricker

Art Direction by
Curt Beech

Set Decoration by
Rena DeAngelo

Costume Design by
Sharen Davis

Makeup Department
Gloria Belz	....	makeup artist
Melinda Dunn	....	additional hair stylist (as Lindy Dunn)
Camille Friend	....	hair department head
Vincent Gideon	....	hair stylist
Sandy Jo Johnston	....	additional makeup artist
Denise Paulson	....	key makeup artist (as Denise L. Paulson)
Jami Ross	....	additional makeup artist
Roxanne Wightman	....	key hair stylist
Brad Wilder	....	makeup department head
Linda Williams	....	additional makeup artist (as Linda Boykin-Williams)
Coni Andress	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Deborah Ball	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Natasha Ladek	....	wig maker (uncredited)
Beka Wilson	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Robert Bella	....	post-production supervisor
Mark Graziano	....	post-production executive
L. Dean Jones Jr.	....	unit production manager
Brian McNulty	....	post-production supervisor
Robin Sweet	....	unit production manager (as Robin Nelson Sweet)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Karen Davis	....	second assistant director
Donald Sparks	....	first assistant director (as Donald L. Sparks)
Tessa Lyn Stephenson	....	second second assistant director (as Tessa Stephenson)
Devon Parks	....	directing intern (uncredited)

Art Department
Sheila Bartlett	....	standby painter
Rick Bernos	....	scenic foreman
Troy Borisy	....	leadman
Campbell Brewer	....	swing gang (as Charles Campbell Brewer)
Tony Bridgers	....	construction foreman
Timothy Burgard	....	storyboard artist (as Tim Burgard)
Travis Clark	....	warehouse manager
Kenneth R. Cole	....	propmaker foreman
Darian Corley	....	property assistant
Henry Dando	....	greens foreman
Jeno Dellicolli	....	on-set dresser
Ken Deubel III	....	scenic foreman (as Ken Deubel)
Terry Deubel	....	paint foreman (as Terry A. Deubel)
Rachel A. Flores	....	assistant property master
Karen Frick	....	property assistant
Robert L. Girard	....	foreman
Dale Gordon	....	foreman
Michael Gowen	....	construction buyer (as Michael B. Gowen)
Frank Gray III	....	property assistant
Steve A. Hagberg	....	construction coordinator (as Steve Hagberg)
Todd Hatfield	....	scenic foreman
Adam Henderson	....	swing gang
Cindy Ichikawa	....	art department coordinator (as Cindy M. Ichikawa)
Katy Jensen	....	swing gang (as M. Katy Jensen)
Joie Todd Kerns	....	swing gang
Steven Ladish	....	leadman
Ellen Lampl	....	production illustrator
Bruce Lehay	....	swing gang
Matt Lindahl	....	swing gang
James Manley	....	labor foreman
Sergey Mazurov	....	foreman
Josh Moceri	....	swing gang (as Joseph Moceri)
Steven Reddington	....	swing gang
Spencer H. Register	....	swing gang (as Spencer Register)
Paul Sonski	....	set designer
Chris Ubick	....	property master
Randy Uhlig	....	foreman
Bobby L. Vaughn	....	tool foreman (as Bobby Vaughn)
Joe Voda	....	foreman
Stephanie Waldron	....	greens foreman
Dana White	....	set dresser
Chris Grantz	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Jerod Johnson	....	painter (uncredited)
Peggy Johnson	....	paint forman (uncredited)
Thomas V. Johnson	....	lead scenic (uncredited)
Arin Ladish	....	buyer (uncredited)
Eshom Nelms	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Albert Seiler	....	props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Ian Blackman	....	apprentice sound editor
Willie D. Burton	....	production sound mixer
Jenna Dalla Riva	....	foley recordist
Dennis Drummond	....	supervising sound editor
Kim Drummond	....	adr supervisor
Ann Ducommun	....	first assistant sound editor
David Giammarco	....	sound re-recording mixer
Laura Graham	....	adr editor
Jack Heeren	....	foley mixer
Scott A. Jennings	....	sound effects editor
Kimberly Jimenez	....	additional sound services
Goro Koyama	....	foley artist
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Scott Millan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Adam Mohundro	....	sound utility
Stephen Muir	....	foley recordist
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Will Riley	....	supervising foley editor (as William Riley)
Brian Smith	....	adr mixer
D. Chris Smith	....	sound editor
Gary A. Theard	....	boom operator (as Gary Theard)
Drew Webster	....	re-recording mix technician
Don White	....	foley mixer
Jesse Dodd	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Tracy Duncan	....	epk sound mixer (uncredited)
Sam Watson	....	boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Chris Allen	....	special effects technician
James Cheshire	....	special effects technician
Michael Frechette	....	special effects technician
Heath Hood	....	special effects technician
Michael Dean Kiesling	....	special effects technician
Richard Terry Tjelmeland	....	special effects supervisor (as Terry Tjelmeland)
Patrick Edward White	....	special effects technician (as Patrick White)
Kurt Wunder	....	special effects technician
Robert Cole	....	special effects (uncredited)
David Fletcher	....	special effects coordinator (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Christine Cobb	....	visual effects coordinator: Pixel Magic
Hal Cohen	....	visual effects project manager: EFilm
Rif Dagher	....	cg supervisor: Pixel Magic
Victor DiMichina	....	visual effects technical production supervisor: Pixel Magic
Patrick Flanagan	....	2d artist: Pixel Magic
Adam Folse	....	2d artist: Pixel Magic
Andrew Francis	....	digital colorist: Efilm
Erik Holman	....	2d artist: Pixel Magic
Montu Jariwala	....	environment artist
Steven Lloyd	....	2d artist: Pixel Magic (as Steve Lloyd)
John R. McConnell	....	2d artist: Pixel Magic (as John McConnell)
Ray McIntyre Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor: Pixel Magic
Stalin Saravanan	....	visual effects supervisor: Vensat (as Saravanan Stalin)
Ray Scalice	....	visual effects producer: Pixel Magic
Patrick Trahan	....	2d artist: Pixel Magic
Anthony Vingas	....	2d artist: Pixel Magic
Jordan Alphonso	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Daniel Brimer	....	visual effects producer: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals (uncredited)
Anthony D'Agostino	....	digital compositor: Pixel Magic (uncredited)
John Follmer	....	visual effects executive producer: VenSat America (uncredited)
Christopher Keith	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Raju	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)
David Ridlen	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)
Diganta Saha	....	systems administrator: Prologue (uncredited)
Doug Spilatro	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Makana Sylva	....	compositor: Pixel Magic (uncredited)
Venkat Karunakar Uday	....	visual effects artist: Vensat Tech (uncredited)
Justin van der Lek	....	visual effects lead: Digital Domain (uncredited)

Stunts
Robin Lynn Bonaccorsi	....	stunt double: Hilly (as Robin Bonaccorsi)
Jwaundace Candece	....	stunt double: Aibileen
Rocky Capella	....	stunt coordinator
Rex Reddick	....	stunt cop

Camera and Electrical Department
Blake Alcantara	....	camera loader
Will Arnot	....	Steadicam operator
Will Arnot	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Khris Bennett	....	grip
Erik Bernstein	....	rigging gaffer
Hans Bjerno	....	aerial director of photography
Peter Budd	....	grip
Colin J. Campbell	....	chief lighting technician (as Colin Campbell)
Rob Chidester	....	grip
Andreas Crawford	....	dolly grip (as Andy Crawford)
Howard Fox	....	electrician
Drew Frazier	....	electrician
Scott Friedland	....	rigging best boy grip
Craig Garfield	....	grip
Jim Gordon	....	grip (as James T. Gordon)
Larry Huston	....	first assistant camera
William Jackson	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Chris Johnson	....	electrician (as Christopher C. Johnson)
Josh Malloy	....	grip
John Oliveri	....	second assistant camera
Patrick Redmond	....	aerial camera technician: Wescam
Dale Robinette	....	still photographer
Charles Saldana	....	key grip (as Charles Saldana III)
T. Daniel Scaringi	....	key rigging grip (as T. D. Scaringi)
Bryce Shields	....	video assist
Sean Smith	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Shawn Torge	....	electrician
Doug Wall	....	best boy grip (as Douglas L. Wall)
Christopher Crowther	....	best boy rigging electric (uncredited)
Robert Duke	....	grip (uncredited)
Christopher Greenwood	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
Gary Johnson	....	electrician (uncredited)
Joshua Miller	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Rich Delia	....	casting assistant: LA (as Richard Delia)
Allison Estrin	....	casting associate
Leslee Feldman	....	casting executive
Michael Fredlund	....	casting assistant: NY
Kim Petrosky	....	location casting
Jennifer Presser	....	local casting associate
Corey Sorenson	....	casting associate (uncredited)
Trey Wilson	....	extras casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Wendy Chuck	....	assistant costume designer
Megan Coates	....	key set costumer
Jim Alan Cook	....	background costumer
Alexandra Eagle	....	set costumer
Kathleen Farris	....	stitcher
Gina Flanagan	....	costume illustrator
Dana Kay Hart	....	costume supervisor (as Dana Hart)
Suzie Kipp	....	costumer
Marylou Lim	....	costumer
Beth Morgan	....	assistant costume designer
Amy Patterson	....	costumer
Scheris Shephard	....	costumer
Jodie Stern	....	key costumer: L.A.
Julie Yrjanson	....	head cutter
Sona Amroyan	....	seamstress (uncredited)
Dorothy Bulac	....	cutter/fitter: female (uncredited)
Roger J. Forker	....	costumer (uncredited)
Allison Harvey	....	costume assistant (uncredited)
Jessica Lee	....	wardrobe assistant (uncredited)
Fran Murphy	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Charles Bunnag	....	associate colorist
Adam Cole	....	post-production coordinator
Michael Dillon	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Ben Estrada	....	colorist: dailies, Cinemascan
Juan Flores	....	color timing assistant
Bruce Fowler	....	account manager assistant
Andrew Francis	....	associate colorist
Shaun Paul Gordon	....	post-production coordinator (as Shaun Gordon)
Dominic Haxton	....	post-production assistant
Saj Jayasinghe	....	lab account manager
Peter Lam	....	apprentice editor
Ken Lebre	....	dailies producer: Cinemascan
Curtis Lindersmith	....	digital intermediate editor
Heather Mullen	....	first assistant editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Jacqueline Rosado	....	digital intermediate producer
Steven J. Scott	....	supervising digital colorist

Music Department
Bill Bernstein	....	music editor
George Budd	....	music consultant: Right Music
Rick Cox	....	musician: instrumental soloist
George Doering	....	music audio coordinator
George Doering	....	musician: instrumental soloist
Tori Fillat	....	music coordinator
Michael Fisher	....	musician: instrumental soloist (as Mike Fisher)
Jennifer Hawks	....	music supervisor
Chris Hogenson	....	music coordinator (as Christopher Hogenson)
Steve Kujala	....	musician: instrumental soloist
Tim Lauber	....	assistant music engineer
Ernest Lee	....	music digital coordinator
Larry Mah	....	digital score recordist
Leslie Morris	....	music contractor
Sid Page	....	musician: instrumental soloist
J.A.C. Redford	....	orchestrator
Julie Sessing	....	music clearance
Andrew Silver	....	music editor
Armin Steiner	....	orchestra recordist
Steve Tavaglione	....	musician: instrumental soloist
Thomas Vicari	....	music scoring mixer
Thomas Vicari	....	music scoring recordist (as Tommy Vicari)
Aaron Walk	....	assistant music engineer
Michael Zainer	....	assistant music editor (as Mike Zainer)
Celeste Chada	....	music licensing (uncredited)
Tim Rodier	....	music preparation (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Ray Nevin	....	local transportation captain
Michael Sean Ryan	....	picture car captain
Gary Shephard	....	picture cars
Gary Shephard	....	transportation captain
Larry Shephard	....	transportation coordinator
Marcia Shephard	....	dot compliance
Ryan Allen	....	driver (uncredited)
Daniel Davis	....	transportation captain (uncredited)

Other crew
Charlsey Adkins	....	assistant to producers
Monique Allen	....	production assistant
Russell Allen	....	production coordinator
Coyt Bailey	....	pilot
Nancy Banks	....	acting coach
Mary Bean	....	production assistant
D. Cole Berry	....	production assistant (as Cole Berry)
Jenny Bond	....	first aid
Ed Borgerding	....	representative: ImageNation Abu Dhabi
Adam Bradley	....	assistant: Steve Molen
Megan Broderman	....	production assistant
Dash Brown	....	production assistant
Stefan Brunner	....	representative: ImageNation Abu Dhabi
Joseph Neal Buckley	....	production assistant
Unjoo Lee Byars	....	titles producer
Avent Clark	....	production assistant
Randall Clark	....	production assistant
Marilyn Corwin	....	choreographer (as Marilyn Scaringi)
Josh Crump	....	production assistant
Kennedy Davey	....	assistant to producers
Bryan Davis	....	assistant production coordinator
Eileen M. Dennis	....	first assistant accountant (as Eileen Dennis)
Maria DeVane	....	post-production accountant
Elizabeth Devere	....	assistant to producers
Jim Economos	....	production safety executive
Lee Ann Fleming	....	food stylist
Martha Foose	....	food stylist
Laura Foote	....	stand-in
Joe Fragale	....	camera production assistant (as Joseph Fragale)
René González	....	projectionist (as Rene Gonzalez)
Amye Gousset	....	stand-in
Felisha N. Grice	....	production assistant
David Guilbeau	....	craft service
Cate Hardman	....	script supervisor
Henry Hobson	....	title designer
Wendy Hoffman	....	adr loop group (as Wendy Hoffmann)
Sylvester Hoover Jr.	....	location liaison
Mary Hoover	....	food stylist
Sylvester Hoover	....	location liaison
George Inmon	....	assistant: Mr. Taylor
Monie Jones	....	stand-in
Ashley Kravitz	....	production clearances: Cleared By Ashley
Ashley Lambert	....	adr loop group
Stevie Lazo	....	production accountant (as Stevie Jean Lazo)
Al LeBrun	....	adr voice
Dirk Q. Long	....	chef (as Dirk Long)
Stephen Mapel	....	location manager
Cory C. Myler	....	travel coordinator (as Cory Myler)
Elizabeth Overstreet	....	first aid
Viki Parker-Crays	....	second accounting assistant
Sara Patterson	....	production assistant
Joshua Ravetch	....	production resources
Carmen L. Rodrigues	....	production assistant
MaryNeff Seabergh	....	production assistant (as Mary Neff Seabergh)
Les Shanks	....	location assistant
Deborah Simmrin	....	unit publicist
Blair Skinner	....	accounting clerk
Sarah Beth Solop	....	stand-in: Ahna O'Reilly (as Sarah Beth Tew)
Corey Sorenson	....	acting coach: Mae Mobley
Kelli Stainback	....	stand-in
Shelly Strong	....	production executive
Jim Swidarski	....	payroll accountant
Grace Swoope	....	production assistant
Alexis Tippin	....	second assistant accountant
Jodi Tripi	....	stock footage researcher: EFilm
Jim Turner	....	production controller
Lisa Van Wye	....	first aid
Nadia Venesse	....	dialect coach
Lex Williams	....	assistant location manager
Kenny Yates	....	assistant: Mr. Taylor
Ava DuVernay	....	unit publicity (uncredited)
Manija Emran	....	end titles designer (uncredited)
Kelly Helstrom	....	film production consultant (uncredited)
Kendrick Hudson	....	location scout (uncredited)
Hunter Jones	....	catering assistant (uncredited)
Steven R. Molen	....	head of production (uncredited)
Hilary Momberger	....	script timing (uncredited)
J.P. Pettinato	....	consultant to co-producer (uncredited)
Shehawnee Prescod	....	publicist (uncredited)
Steven Reddington	....	stand-in: Mike Vogel (uncredited)
Derek A. Schwebel	....	craft service assistant (uncredited)
Tracy Scott	....	script supervisor: Los Angeles (uncredited)
Joy Trahan	....	craft service (uncredited)
Daniela Tully	....	vp of development and production: Imagenation Abu Dhabi (uncredited)
Lex Williams	....	location scout (uncredited)

Thanks
Bill Crump	....	the producers wish to thank

Production Companies

• DreamWorks SKG (presents) (as DreamWorks Pictures)
• Reliance Entertainment (presents)
• Participant Media (in association with)
• Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ (in association with) (as Imagenation Abu Dhabi)
• 1492 Pictures
• Harbinger Pictures

Distributors

• Touchstone Pictures (2011) (worldwide) (all media) (presents)
• Feelgood Entertainment (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Forum Cinemas (2011) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Forum Hungary (2011) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2012) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Italia (2012) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Wonder Works Films (2012) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Intercontinental Video (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Intercontinental Video (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Showtime (2012) (USA) (TV) (cable)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012) (Greece) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2011) (Portugal) (all media)

Special Effects

• Pixel Magic (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Liquid Soul Media  marketing and promotion
• 360 Communication Rentals  walkies and cell phones
• Audio Head Post  adr recording facility
• BCG  publicity: France (uncredited)
• Capitol Records  music recording facility
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera car
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Cleared By Ashley  production clearances
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Footsteps Post-Production Sound Inc.  foley recording facility
• Geffen Records  soundtrack
• Got Films  camera equipment provided by (world premier)
• Helen Uffner Vintage Clothing  vintage clothing rentals
• Hollywood Trucks  entertainment transportation
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Momentous Insurance Brokerage  insurance
• Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, The  orchestra recording facility
• Prologue Films  main and end titles
• Reprise Music Services  music preparation
• Road Rebel  production travel
• Scarlet Letters  end crawl
• Silver Screen Supply  production supplies
• Sony Pictures Studios  adr recording facility
• The Village  music mixing facility
• Titra Film Paris  subtitles: original version with french subtitles
• Todd-AO Studios (West)  re-recording facility (as Todd-AO West)
• Tomkats Catering  catering
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment
• Varèse Sarabande  score album

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic material

Runtime:

USA:146 min

Country:

USA | India | United Arab Emirates

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | Datasat

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #46717) | Ireland:12A | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Australia:M | UK:12A | Portugal:M/12 | Malaysia:PG-13 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | India:U/A | Netherlands:12 | Germany:o.Al. | Japan:G | Argentina:13 | Brazil:12 | Sweden:7 | Peru:PT | France:U

Filming Locations:

Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA

Company:

DreamWorks SKG

Trivia:

The painting above Celia's fireplace was found in the basement of a hospital, while the two armchairs from that scene were found in a second-hand store.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Features a Model 1205 Electrolux cannister vacuum cleaner, the first rectangular cannister, which wasn't available until about 1970.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Aibileen Clark:I was born 1911, Chicksaw County, Piedmont Plantation.
Woman:And did you know as a girl growing up that one day you'd be a maid?
Aibileen Clark:Yes ma'am, I did.
Woman:And you knew that because...
Aibileen Clark:My mama was a maid. My grandmama was a house slave.
Woman:[whispering as she writes down] "house slave..." Did you ever dream of being something else?
Aibileen Clark:[nods yes]
Woman:What does it feel like to raise a white child when your own child's at home being looked after by somebody else?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Emma Stone/Coldplay (#37.6)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Sherry

It was AMAZING!

I saw a preview of this film a few weeks ago in Philadelphia. I am huge fan of the book and could not wait to see the movie. I was not disappointed. I LOVED this movie. I have not seen anything more moving or more real in such a long time.

The movie stays very close to the book. The book has a bit more details, but all the parts of the book that make it so great were in the movie. There was not a thing missed in the screenplay.

The characters come alive on the screen. There is no stretch of imagination. The casting is perfect.

Go see this, you will not be disappointed!