First look at "The Help"
DreamWorks just sent over nine new looks at The Help, the filmed adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's #1 New York Times best-selling novel of the same name. Starring Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer and Emma Stone this seems as if it could be one of the major films to look forward to in the coming year.
The story is set in Jackson, Miss. in the early 1960s, and explores how the unspoken code of behavior governing Southern households is shattered when an aspiring writer (Stone) interviews Aibileen (Davis), a maid who speaks candidly about her experiences. The interview sets off shock waves that reverberate across the entire community. Bryce Dallas Howard plays Hilly Holbrook, the ringleader of a group of upper-class women who treat their black maids poorly and wind up becoming the subjects of Eugenia's book. Tate Taylor is directing from his own adaptation of the novel.
DreamWorks has already set an August 12, 2011 release date for the film, which I'm sure will have plenty of attention in my "The Contenders" section next year.
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