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