The Help
(DVD) 

DVD release of the 2011 motion picture.

Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett.

Bonus features: Deleted scenes with introductions by director Tate Taylor; Mary J. Blige's "The living proof" music video.

Music, Thomas Newman ; editor, Hughes Winborne ; director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt.

Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogel, Sissy Spacek, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, Mary Steenburgen.

In 1960s Mississippi, 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.

MPAA rating: PG-13, for thematic material.

DVD, NTSC ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English, French and Spanish) and DVS 2.0 stereo. (English).

In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish, with optional subtitles in English for the hearing impaired, French or Spanish; closed-captioned; descriptive audio in English for the visually impaired.

Academy Awards, 2012: Best supporting actress (Spencer)

Golden Globes, 2012: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (Spencer)

BAFTA Awards, 2012: Best supporting actress (Spencer)

Screen Actors Guild Awards, 2012: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Davis); Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Spencer); Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.