The Help

Synopsis

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.

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Cast

Emma Stone

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

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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-Taylor

Yule Mae Davis

Ted Welch

William Holbrook

Shane McRae

Raleigh Leefolt

Roslyn Ruff

Pascagoula

Crew

Art

• Curt Beech Art Direction
• Mark Ricker Production Design
• Rena DeAngelo Set Decoration
• Kendrick Hudson Location Scout

Camera

• Stephen Goldblatt Director of Photography
• Will Arnot Camera Operator
• Dale Robinette Still Photographer
• Will Arnot Steadicam Operator
• Khris Bennett Grip

Costume & Make-Up

• Sharen Davis Costume Design
• Dana Kay Hart Costume Supervisor
• Camille Friend Hair Department Head
• Brad Wilder Makeup Department Head
• Natasha Ladek Wigmaker
• Gloria Belz Makeup Artist
• Mary Everett Hairstylist

Crew

• Rocky Capella Stunt Coordinator
• Mark Graziano Post-Production Manager
• Robin Bonaccorsi Stunts
• Jwaundace Candece Stunts
• Robert Bella Post Production Supervisor
• Rex Reddick Stunt Coordinator
• Brian McNulty Post Production Supervisor
• Robert Cole Special Effects

Directing

• Tate Taylor Director
• Cate Hardman Script Supervisor
• Donald Sparks Assistant Director
• Karen Davis Second Assistant Director

Editing

• Hughes Winborne Editor
• Curtis Lindersmith Digital Intermediate
• Jim Passon Color Timer

Lighting

• Erik Bernstein Rigging Gaffer
• Colin J. Campbell Lighting Technician
• Shawn Torge Electrician

Production

• Chris Columbus Producer
• Michael Barnathan Producer
• Brunson Green Producer
• Mark Radcliffe Executive Producer
• Kerry Barden Casting
• Jennifer Blum Executive Producer
• Sonya Lunsford Co-Producer
• Jeff Skoll Executive Producer
• Mohamed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei Executive Producer
• Paul Schnee Casting
• John Norris Executive Producer
• Tate Taylor Executive Producer

Sound

• Thomas Newman Original Music Composer
• Jennifer Hawks Music Supervisor
• Dennis Drummond Supervising Sound Editor
• Scott Millan Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Scott A. Jennings Sound Effects Editor
• Andrew Silver Music Editor
• Willie D. Burton Production Sound Mixer
• Bill Bernstein Music Editor
• David Giammarco Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Brian Smith ADR Mixer
• Thomas Newman Songs
• Mary J. Blige Songs

Writing

• Tate Taylor Screenplay
• Kathryn Stockett Novel
• Damon Thomas Lyricist

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