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Fun Facts Why You Have to See The Help Movie

July 28, 2011 by Momstart 50 Comments

I saw a very early screening of the help and I highly recommend that you get your mom groups/girlfriends together to see this movie. It’s spectacularly heart wrenching and the must see movie of August. I even have a list of fun facts about The Help that will get you into the mood to see the movie when it opens August 10th.

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The film is based on the phenomenal New York Times best-selling book by Kathryn Stockett. With 3 million copies in print, “The Help” remained on the NYT best-seller list for 103 weeks, six of which were at No. 1.

Produced by Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, and directed and written for the screen by Tate Taylor, “The Help” is a deeply moving, poignant film about the ability to create change.

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Tate Taylor directed and wrote the screenplay for “The Help.” Both he and the author of the novel, Kathryn Stockett, were childhood friends and grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, where the book is based.

“The Help” boasts an illustrious cast, including Academy Award® nominee Viola Davis, Allison Janney, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Oscar® winner Sissy Spacek and Academy Award® nominee Cicely Tyson.

 

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    Growing up in Jackson, Miss., in the 1970s, both director Tate Taylor and author Kathryn Stockett had maids (whom both refer to as their “co-mothers”) who cared for them while their mothers worked. Taylor’s “co-mother,” Carol Lee, has a small part in the film.

    The film was shot on location in and around Greenwood, Miss., and the citizens of Greenwood willingly pitched in to find period props for the film by digging around in their attics and basements, and many played extras in “The Help” as well. Even producer Brunson Green’s grandmother’s dress wound up in wardrobe.

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      Octavia Spencer, who plays Minny in the film, is a longtime friend of director Tate Taylor, having met him when they both worked on a film. The two eventually became roommates in LA for four years. In addition, producer Brunson Green (also from Jackson, Miss.) is also a longtime friend of both Taylor and Spencer and the three used to hang out together, occasionally with Kathryn Stockett, author of “The Help.”

      While growing up in Jackson, Miss., Tate Taylor, Kathryn Stockett and Brunson Green would regularly be treated to milkshakes and grilled cheese sandwiches at Brent’s Pharmacy soda fountain. The production was able to recreate the real Brent’s Pharmacy as it was back when they were children.

      Local chefs were brought in to make sure foods used in the scenes, from fried chicken to congealed salads, were regionally correct and also correct for the times, and a conscious effort was made to make it all look homemade—not fancy or store-bought—to add to the authenticity of the film.

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      Cast members spent a whole day in a ballroom learning how to do period dances, including the bunny hop—taught by Sissy Spacek.

      A dialect coach, hired to make sure everyone’s southern accent was perfect, flew into Jackson, Miss., to record accents for the actors. Even the real southerners in the cast were coached in the proper way of speaking specifically for the Mississippi Delta. Allison Janney picked Producer Brunson Green’s mother’s accent to emulate for her character, Charlotte. In 1963, Mrs. Green was the same age as the character Skeeter, played by Emma Stone.

      The mothers of Tate Taylor, Kathryn Stockett and Brunson Green all have appearances in “The Help.”

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      Due to the intense summer heat in Mississippi, the filmmakers adjusted the schedule to shoot only indoors in the middle of the day. Exteriors were shot in the early morning and late afternoon.

      Director Tate Taylor grew up visiting Greenwood, Miss., as a child and would later spend nights in the home used for the interior of Skeeter Phelan’s house. Taylor was college buddies with the homeowner’s son.

      The Mayflower Café, a Jackson, Miss. landmark, where Stuart and Skeeter eat oysters in the movie, is one of Director Tate Taylor’s favorite restaurants. It is the place where Taylor ate his first raw oyster as a child.

      The movie theater that Skeeter observes in the beginning of THE HELP while getting gas was the theater Director Tate Taylor went to as a child. It closed down in the 1980s and was brought back to life by the production crew. The gas station is a yoga studio today, but was transformed back into a gas station for the shoot.

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      Comments

      1. Britt says

        July 28, 2011 at 3:23 pm

        I love Minny, but my favorite would have to be Skeeter!! Thanks for the giveaway!

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      2. Nancy says

        July 28, 2011 at 8:10 pm

        My favorite character is Skeeter.

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      3. JW says

        July 29, 2011 at 2:07 am

        Emma Stone’s character Skeeter will probably be my favorite.

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      4. marie koole says

        August 2, 2011 at 8:05 pm

        love Minny…..

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      5. EMMA L HORTON says

        August 3, 2011 at 7:00 am

        I HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE YET…SO I DON’T HAVE A FAVORITE

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      6. Ruth says

        August 6, 2011 at 8:17 pm

        My favorite character is Aibileen…She’s the hero of the book, but she’s quiet and thoughtful and introverted.

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      7. Christine says

        August 7, 2011 at 5:29 pm

        Skeeter

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      8. Miranda Ward says

        August 8, 2011 at 3:59 pm

        skeeter!

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      9. david basile says

        August 9, 2011 at 3:10 pm

        we could figure that out if we win we have not seen it yet

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      10. Byrd says

        August 14, 2011 at 12:05 pm

        Hey look, white women’s favorite character is the white woman.

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      11. Marsha Hembrick says

        August 14, 2011 at 12:50 pm

        I can’t decide between Minny or Skeeter. They are both fabulous.

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      12. Marsha Hembrick says

        August 14, 2011 at 12:51 pm

        http://twitter.com/#!/jelybene/status/102844758807937024 **tweeted**

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      13. Marsha Hembrick says

        August 14, 2011 at 12:52 pm

        Liked on facebook.

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      14. Ani says

        August 14, 2011 at 7:17 pm

        I love Minny.

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      15. Sue Bump says

        August 14, 2011 at 7:42 pm

        The Help has not come to my local Theatre yet, but I am lookin forward to seeing it. The Characters in the trailers look like they are having fun devulging things about others.

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      16. DarcyO says

        August 14, 2011 at 7:50 pm

        Skeeter’s my favorite.

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      17. Brittany says

        August 14, 2011 at 9:25 pm

        They were all truly amazing but Minny was my favorite:)

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      18. Kimberly McGhee says

        August 14, 2011 at 10:00 pm

        Aibileen is my favorite

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      19. corrie says

        August 14, 2011 at 10:03 pm

        I am not sure yet, i havent read the book or seen the movie. But i so plan on seeing the movie.

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      20. Stephanie Boone says

        August 15, 2011 at 9:09 am

        Skeeter is such a vivid character!

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      21. jason says

        August 15, 2011 at 9:37 am

        skeeter is my favorite

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      22. tomato says

        August 15, 2011 at 9:53 am

        We like Minny.

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      23. Sarahiee says

        August 15, 2011 at 5:47 pm

        I love Minny and Skeeter!!

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      24. Kayce Crews says

        August 15, 2011 at 8:55 pm

        I haven’t seen the movie yet.

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      25. Kayce Crews says

        August 15, 2011 at 8:58 pm

        tweet http://twitter.com/#!/yadgirl/status/103329621172420608

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      26. Sand says

        August 15, 2011 at 9:13 pm

        Aibileen is my favorite character!

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      27. Lily Kwan says

        August 15, 2011 at 11:22 pm

        My favorite character is Skeeter.

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