The Help 2011

The Help 2011

Storyline

Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up -- to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly -- and unwillingly -- caught up in the changing times.

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cast
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Emma Stone ... Eugenia '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 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

Dana Ivey ... Gracie Higginbotham

Becky Fly ... Woman in Grocery
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

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Julie Ann Doan ... Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Jordan Sudduth ... Restaurant Gallant (uncredited)
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Genres:Drama
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The Help | trailer #1 US (2011)
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Details
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Country:USA | India | United Arab Emirates
Language:English
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Release Date
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Country Date
Canada 10 August 2011
USA 10 August 2011
UK 14 August 2011 (Empire Big Screen)
Australia 1 September 2011
France 2 September 2011 (Deauville American Film Festival)
Hungary 17 September 2011 (Jameson Cinefest International Film Festival)
Hong Kong 22 September 2011
Sweden 23 September 2011
Portugal 5 October 2011
Finland 7 October 2011
Germany 7 October 2011 (Hamburg Film Festival)
Norway 7 October 2011
Poland 7 October 2011
Brazil 14 October 2011 (Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival)
Lithuania 14 October 2011
Singapore 20 October 2011
France 26 October 2011
Ireland 26 October 2011
UK 26 October 2011
Spain 28 October 2011
Hungary 3 November 2011
Estonia 11 November 2011
Greece 24 November 2011
Germany 8 December 2011
Belgium 25 January 2012
Netherlands 26 January 2012
Italy 17 February 2012
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Box Office
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Budget
$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend
$26,044,590 (USA) (14 August 2011) (2,534 Screens)

Gross
$159,373,023 (USA) (2 October 2011)
$154,414,153 (USA) (25 September 2011)
$147,439,793 (USA) (18 September 2011)
$137,327,800 (USA) (11 September 2011)
$124,272,124 (USA) (4 September 2011)
$96,833,423 (USA) (28 August 2011)
$71,340,829 (USA) (21 August 2011)
$35,918,416 (USA) (14 August 2011)

Weekend Gross
$3,015,995 (USA) (2 October 2011) (2,505 Screens)
$4,370,051 (USA) (25 September 2011) (2,695 Screens)
$6,513,039 (USA) (18 September 2011) (3,014 Screens)
$8,926,142 (USA) (11 September 2011) (2,935 Screens)
$14,594,623 (USA) (4 September 2011) (2,843 Screens)
$14,536,118 (USA) (28 August 2011) (2,778 Screens)
$20,018,659 (USA) (21 August 2011) (2,690 Screens)
$26,044,590 (USA) (14 August 2011) (2,534 Screens