The Help (2011) - promo photos, interview with author Kathryn Stockett

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The Help (2011) - promo photos, interview with author Kathryn Stockett

Synopsis from Dreamworks:
Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, “The Help” stars Emma Stone as Skeeter, a southern society girl who 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. Academy Award nominee Viola Davis (“Eat Pray Love”) stars as Aibileen, Skeeter’s best friend’s housekeeper, who 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.

Based on best-selling novel The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Release date: August 12, 2011

Cast:
Emma Stone -Skeeter, Viola Davis -Aibileen, Octavia Spencer -Minnie, Bryce Dallas Howard -Hilly, Ahna O'Reilley -Elizabeth Leefolt, Jessica Chastain -Celia Foote, Allison Janney -Charlotte Phelan, Sissy Spacek -Missus Walters, Chris Lowell -Stuart Whitworth, Mike Vogel -Johnny Foote, Cicely Tyson -Costantine, Aunjanue Ellis -Yule May, Roslyn Ruff -Pascagoula