| Edition |
[Blu-ray version]. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English, French and Spanish) and DVS 2.0 stereo. surround (English) |
| Note |
Requires Blu-ray player. |
| Cast |
Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogel, Sissy Spacek, Allison Janney. |
| Credits |
Music by, Thomas Newman ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material. |
| Summary |
In 1960s Mississippi, 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. |
| Note |
Bonus features: Deleted scenes; Making of The Help : from friendship to film; In their own words : a tribute; To the maids of Mississippi; Mary J. Blige's "The living proof" music video. |
| Language |
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; optional descriptive audio in English for the visually impaired. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Civil rights movements -- Drama.
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African American women -- Drama.
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Housekeepers -- Mississippi -- Drama.
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Jackson (Miss.) -- Drama.
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African American women household employees -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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| Added Author |
Taylor, Tate.
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Stockett, Kathryn.
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Green, Brunson.
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Columbus, Chris.
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Barnathan, Michael.
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Howard, Bryce Dallas, 1981-
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Tyson, Cicely.
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Stone, Emma, 1988-
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Chastain, Jessica, 1977-
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Vogel, Mike.
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Spencer, Octavia.
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Davis, Viola, 1965-
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Spacek, Sissy.
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Janney, Allison.
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Newman, Thomas, 1955-
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Winborne, Hughes.
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Goldblatt, Stephen, 1945-
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DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006)
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Reliance Entertainment.
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Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
786936820379 |
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786936817140 |
| Music No. |
10862600 Touchstone Home Entertainment |
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