Description |
1 videodisc (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2011. |
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Special features: Deleted scenes ; music video by Mary J. Blige. |
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Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; music, Thomas Newman. |
Cast |
Bryce Dallas Howard, Cicely Tyson, Emma Stone, Jessica Chastain, Mike Vogel, Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis, Sissy Spacek, Allison Janney. |
Summary |
Mississippi during the 1960s: 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. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material. CHV rating: PG; for mature theme, language may offend. |
System Details |
DVD ; widescreen presentation (1.85:1) ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English, French, and Spanish soundtracks), Dolby digital 2.0 (described video track) ; region 1. |
Source |
NAV 12/11 PPL |
Language |
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles ; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); video descriptions for people with visual disabilities. |
Subject |
Civil rights movements -- Drama.
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African American women -- Drama.
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Housekeepers -- Mississippi -- Drama.
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African American women household employees -- Drama.
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Jackson (Miss.) -- Drama.
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DVD-Video discs.
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Genre/Form |
Social problem films.
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Added Author |
Green, Brunson, 1967-
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Columbus, Chris, 1958-
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Barnathan, Michael.
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Taylor, Tate, 1969-
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Howard, Bryce Dallas, 1981-
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Tyson, Cicely, 1924-2021.
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Stone, Emma, 1988-
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Chastain, Jessica, 1977-
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Vogel, Mike, 1979-
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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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Goldblatt, Stephen, 1945-
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Winborne, Hughes.
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Newman, Thomas, 1955-
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Stockett, Kathryn.
Help.
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Dreamworks Pictures.
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Reliance Entertainment (Firm)
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Participant Media.
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Imagenation Abu Dhabi (Firm)
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1492 Pictures.
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Harbinger Pictures.
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Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Added Title |
Help (Motion picture : 2011)
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Standard No. |
786936814309 |
Music No. |
106897 Touchstone Home Entertainment |
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