The Help
The Help
Release: 2011-08-09
·Runtime: 146m
·★ 8.2
Drama
Aibileen 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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
1492 Pictures
Harbinger Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Tiffany Brouwer
as Rebecca
Jessica Chastain
as Celia Foote
Allison Janney
as Charlotte Phelan
Chris Lowell
as Stuart Whitworth
Mike Vogel
as Johnny Foote
Sissy Spacek
as Missus Walters
Bryce Dallas Howard
as Hilly Holbrook
Roslyn Ruff
as Pascagoula
Leslie Jordan
as Mr. Blackly
Ritchie Montgomery
as Bus Driver
Nelsan Ellis
as Henry The Waiter
Anna Camp
as Jolene French
Shane McRae
as Raleigh Leefolt
Emma Stone
as Skeeter Phelan
Ahna O'Reilly
as Elizabeth Leefolt
Cicely Tyson
as Constantine Jefferson
LaChanze
as Rachel
Ashley Johnson
as Mary Beth Caldwell
Brian Kerwin
as Robert Phelan
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
as Yule Mae Davis
Ted Welch
as William Holbrook
Wes Chatham
as Carlton Phelan
David Oyelowo
as Preacher Green
Dana Ivey
as Gracie Higginbotham
Lamar Lott
as Bus Rider (uncredited)
Viola Davis
as Aibileen Clark
Carol Sutton
as Cora
Octavia Spencer
as Minny Jackson
Tarra Riggs
as Gretchen
Mary Steenburgen
as Elaine Stein
Crew
Donald Sparks
Assistant Director
Tate Taylor
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Scott A. Jennings
Sound Effects Editor
Dale Robinette
Still Photographer
Jeff Skoll
Executive Producer
Chris Columbus
Producer
Rex Reddick
Stunt Coordinator
Brunson Green
Producer
Mark Radcliffe
Executive Producer
Michael Barnathan
Producer
Camille Friend
Hair Department Head
Sharen Davis
Costume Design
Hughes Winborne
Editor
Rena DeAngelo
Set Decoration
Robert Bella
Post Production Supervisor
John Norris
Executive Producer
Nate Berkus
Executive Producer
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
Robin Bonaccorsi
Stunts
Stephen Goldblatt
Director of Photography
Rocky Capella
Stunt Coordinator
Willie D. Burton
Production Sound Mixer
Jwaundace Candece
Stunts