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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...

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Corporate Authors: Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm), DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006), Reliance Entertainment, Participant Media, Image Nation (Firm), 1492 Pictures, Harbinger Pictures (Firm)
Other Authors: Taylor, Tate, Green, Brunson, Columbus, Chris, Barnathan, Michael, Howard, Bryce Dallas, 1981-, Tyson, Cicely, Stone, Emma, 1988-, Chastain, Jessica, 1977-, Vogel, Mike, Spencer, Octavia, Davis, Viola, 1965-, Spacek, Sissy, Stockett, Kathryn
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Bluray/DVD: English (5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio), French (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound) dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles. English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); video descriptions for people with visual disabilities.
Published: Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Entertainment, 2011.
Edition:2-disc combo pack.
Subjects:
Civil rights movements > Drama.
African American women > Drama.
African American women household employees > Drama.
Housekeepers > Mississippi > Drama.
Jackson (Miss.) > Drama.
Friendship > Drama.
Social problem films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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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.
Item Description:Blu-ray disc and accompanying DVD videodisc both contain the feature film.
Release date: Dec. 6, 2011.
Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett.
Bonus features: deleted scenes ; making of ; In their own words; Mary J. Blige's "The living proof" music video.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (approximately 146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray, 1080p high definition; widescreen (1.85:1); 7.1 Dolby TrueHD, 5.1 Dolby digital; requires Blu-ray player.
DVD; region 1; NTSC/
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic material. CHV rating: PG; for mature theme, language may offend.
Production Credits:Cinematographer, Stephen Goldblatt ; composer (music score), Thomas Newman.