The Help Opens August 10th
July 2nd 2011 14:57
The making of the The Help happened because of a childhood friendship. The friendship relates to the movies as much as the making of the movie.
Set in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960s, “The Help” chronicles the relationship between three different and extraordinary women who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project that breaks societal rules and puts them all at risk.
A remarkable sisterhood emerges from their improbable alliance, instilling all of them with the courage to transcend the lines that define them, and the realization that sometimes those lines are made to be crossed—even if it means bringing everyone in town face to face with the changing times.
Deeply moving, filled with humor, hope and heart, “The Help” is a timeless and universal story about the ability to create change.
As friendship is so vital to the story of “The Help,” so was friendship vital to how the film got made. Director/Screenwriter Tate Taylor and Kathryn Stockett, author of the book “The Help,” were childhood friends who grew up together in Jackson, Mississippi, in the 1970s.
It was only natural that Taylor would take the project to Producer Chris Columbus who had known him for some time. When Taylor asked him to read the manuscript, Columbus agreed. “I read the book and it was phenomenal,” Columbus recalls. “It was so complex and socially relevant for our time.”
Columbus was also impressed with Taylor’s screenplay and felt strongly that Taylor was the best choice to direct the project. As he explains, “Tate’s the only guy who could have directed this movie because he lived in this world; he grew up with these people. He understands every detail, every nuance. And that’s what you look for in a director.”
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