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Category: DramaNotable as: DramaSub-Category: comedy-drama, female buddy film, drama filmRuntime: 130 - 146 minutesColor: colorLanguage: EnglishCountry: USA, United Arab Emirates, IndiaDirector: Tate TaylorScreenwriter: Tate TaylorBased on: The HelpMusic: Thomas NewmanCinematography: Stephen GoldblattStars: Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney, Mike Vogel, Sissy Spacek, Viola Davis, Chris Lowell, Octavia Spencer, Anna Camp Producer: Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan, Brunson GreenStudio: 1492 Pictures, DreamWorks, Touchstone Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Participant MediaAwards won: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Octavia Spencer)Award nominations: Academy Award for Best Actress (Viola Davis)
Academy Award for Best Picture (Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan)
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Chastain)
Award details: (details at IMDb)
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The Help is a 2011 American drama film directed and written by Tate Taylor, and adapted from Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel of the same name. Featuring an ensemble cast, the film is about a young white woman, Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, and her relationship with two black maids, Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson, during the Civil Rights era in 1963 Jackson, Mississippi. Skeeter is a journalist who decides to write a book from the point of view of the maids, exposing the racism they are faced with as they work for white families. The film stars Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain, Ahna O'Reilly, Chris Lowell, Sissy Spacek, Mike Vogel, Cicely Tyson, LaChanze, Allison Janney, and Anna Camp. Produced by DreamWorks Pictures and released by Touchstone Pictures, the film opened to positive reviews and became a commercial success with a worldwide box office gross of $216.6 million against its budget of $25 million. The Help received four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Actress for Davis, Best Supporting Actress for Chastain, and a win for Best Supporting Actress for Spencer.


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