| Description |
1 videodisc (146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD ; widescreen, Dolby digital 5.1, DVS 2.0 Dolby digital. |
| Language |
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles. |
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English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); audio descriptions for people with visual disabilities (DVS). |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett. |
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Special features: Mary J. Blige's The living proof music video ; deleted scenes. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Cast |
Bryce Dallas Howard, Cicely Tyson, Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Jessica Chastain, Mike Vogel, Octavia Spencer, Sissy Spacek. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material. CHV rating: PG; for mature theme, language may offend. |
| Summary |
Mississippi during the 1960s: 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. |
| Awards |
Academy Award, 2012: Best supporting actress (Octavia Spencer) |
| Subject |
Civil rights movements -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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African American women -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Housekeepers -- Mississippi -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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African American women household employees -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Jackson (Miss.) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Local Subject |
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS, 2012.
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| Genre |
DVD-Video discs.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Taylor, Tate.
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Stockett, Kathryn.
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Howard, Bryce Dallas, 1981-
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Davis, Viola, 1965-
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Tyson, Cicely.
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Stone, Emma, 1988-
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Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
786936814309 |
| Music No. |
106897 Touchstone Home Entertainment |
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8022063 Touchstone Home Entertainment |
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