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The Resource The help, Touchstone Pictures ; Dreamworks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment present ; in association with Participant Media and Imagenation Abu Dhabi ; a 1492 Pictures/Harbinger Pictures production ; produced by Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan ; written for the screen and directed by Tate Taylor

The help, Touchstone Pictures ; Dreamworks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment present ; in association with Participant Media and Imagenation Abu Dhabi ; a 1492 Pictures/Harbinger Pictures production ; produced by Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan ; written for the screen and directed by Tate Taylor

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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
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (146 min.)
Note
  • Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett
  • DVD release of the 2011 motion picture
  • Bonus features: deleted scenes with introductions by director Tate Taylor; Mary J. Blige's "The living proof" music video
  • Videorecording
Instance
Label
The help
Title
The help
Statement of responsibility
Touchstone Pictures ; Dreamworks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment present ; in association with Participant Media and Imagenation Abu Dhabi ; a 1492 Pictures/Harbinger Pictures production ; produced by Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan ; written for the screen and directed by Tate Taylor
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
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
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Music, Thomas Newman ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt
Language note
  • In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish, with optional subtitles in English for the hearing impaired, French or Spanish
  • Closed-captioned
  • Descriptive audio in English for the visually impaired
PerformerNote
Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogel, Sissy Spacek, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, Mary Steenburgen
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1988-
  • 1981-
  • 1977-
  • 1984-
  • 1955-
  • 1945-
  • 1965-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Taylor, Tate
  • Green, Brunson
  • Columbus, Chris
  • Barnathan, Michael
  • Stone, Emma
  • Howard, Bryce Dallas
  • Spencer, Octavia
  • Chastain, Jessica
  • Tyson, Cicely
  • Vogel, Mike
  • Spacek, Sissy
  • Janney, Allison
  • Lowell, Chris
  • O'Reilly, Ahna
  • Steenburgen, Mary
  • Newman, Thomas
  • Winborne, Hughes
  • Goldblatt, Stephen
  • Stockett, Kathryn
  • Davis, Viola
  • Touchstone Pictures
  • DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006)
  • Reliance Entertainment
  • Participant Media
  • Image Nation (Firm)
  • 1492 Pictures
  • Harbinger Pictures (Firm)
  • Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm)
  • Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
146
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Civil rights movements
  • African American women
  • Housekeepers
  • Jackson (Miss.)
  • African American women household employees
Technique
live action
Label
The help, Touchstone Pictures ; Dreamworks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment present ; in association with Participant Media and Imagenation Abu Dhabi ; a 1492 Pictures/Harbinger Pictures production ; produced by Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan ; written for the screen and directed by Tate Taylor
Instantiates
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett
  • DVD release of the 2011 motion picture
  • Bonus features: deleted scenes with introductions by director Tate Taylor; Mary J. Blige's "The living proof" music video
  • Videorecording
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (146 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
786936814309
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
  • metal
  • plastic
Publisher number
106897
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)748435864
  • ocn748435864
  • OCoLC
System details
DVD ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English, French and Spanish) and DVS 2.0 stereo. (English)
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The help, Touchstone Pictures ; Dreamworks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment present ; in association with Participant Media and Imagenation Abu Dhabi ; a 1492 Pictures/Harbinger Pictures production ; produced by Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan ; written for the screen and directed by Tate Taylor
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett
  • DVD release of the 2011 motion picture
  • Bonus features: deleted scenes with introductions by director Tate Taylor; Mary J. Blige's "The living proof" music video
  • Videorecording
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (146 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
786936814309
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
  • metal
  • plastic
Publisher number
106897
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)748435864
  • ocn748435864
  • OCoLC
System details
DVD ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English, French and Spanish) and DVS 2.0 stereo. (English)
Video recording format
DVD

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