Song featured in trailer for THE HELP

I'm not the only one wanting to know which song was used in the trailer for THE HELP!



It's called "Change the World" sung by Taylor Dayne.



Written by Stacy & David Wilde - official site





The entire song has just been posted on Youtube...

It's not on the official soundtrack but can be purchased on Itunes (USA only)

"The Help" opens with a bang!

The Help has joined the elite club of only 15 movies that have received an A+ rating from moviegoers on CinemaScore. Scanning the other movies on that list, I'm pleased to see most of them are movies that I have loved!

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Here's a short video where cast members (Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Bryce Dallas Howard) answer questions from fans.

Cast members answer questions

Re-post: Katie Couric has an hour-long video feature on The Help including an extensive interview with author Kathryn Stockett. I've been meaning to watch it and hadn't found the time since finishing the book until now. Part of the interview brought tears to my eyes as I'm already sentimental about the book, its topic and how it is shedding light on the ugliness of racism.

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This movie has not been without controversy. Some African Americans have been urging people to boycott the film which I'm puzzled by since the book highlights the injustice that they endured back in the 1960s while most of the white characters in the books are shown in a negative light, highlighting their racism and ignorance. After reading the book, I am thankful that we've made progress with racism and equality and fervently hope that we will continue to erase the racism and injustice that still exists today.

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Interviews for 'The Help'

This highly anticipated film will have wider release in theatres this week! Rope of Silicon has even suggested 5 Reasons that 'The Help' is an early contender for this year's Oscars!



Here's an interview from Comingsoon.net which features a cast that includes Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney and Sissy Spacek, as well as director Tate Taylor and the author Kathryn Stockett.



Synopsis: Set in Mississipi during the 1960's, The Help focuses on an oft-unsung side of the civil rights movement and the bond between African American maids and the children that they help raise. When an aspiring reporter (Stone) returns to her childhood home and doesn't like what she sees, she convinces a neighbor's maid, Aibileen (Davis), to help her put together a memoir that threatens to put the truth up against some societal boundaries - potentially at a significant cost.

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Anyone else like the song used on the trailer? Although I love the song written for the film written by Mary J. Blige, I'm so disappointed that Change the World is not on the soundtrack. You can listen to the songs here.





Like this quote by Minnie (played by Octavio Spencer):

“She’s got so many azalea bushes, her yard’s going to look like ‘Gone With the Wind’ come spring. I don’t like azaleas and I sure didn’t like that movie, the way they made slavery look like a big happy tea party. If I’d played Mammy, I’d of told Scarlett to stick those green draperies up her white little pooper. Make her own damn man-catching dress.”

The Help - behind the scenes and song from soundtrack

Cannot wait for this film!
The Help written by Kathryn Stockett was one of my favourite books of this past year. It made me laugh and made me cry!

Behind the scenes featurette

Mary J. Blige talks about the film and writing the song...

Listen to the song

Like the song played in the trailer for The Help? (sung by Taylor Dayne)
Listen to Change the World written by David and Stacy Wilde (click on songs)

More information on the movie (Meet the characters, etc...)

The Help (2011) - International Trailer

I'm eagerly anticipating this adaptation based on Kathryn Stockett's book and yet a bit worried that it won't match my expectations since I LOVED the book! Crossing my fingers!

The Help will be out this August.

Here's the extended international trailer:

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The Help - new trailer and images

The film adaptation of The Help, Kathryn Stockett's #1 bestselling novel will be released August 2011. (Favourite book that I read this past year!)

Starring Emma Stone as Skeeter, Viola Davis as Aibileen and Octavia Spencer as Minny—three very different, extraordinary women in Mississippi during the 1960s, who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project that breaks societal rules and puts them all at risk. From their improbable alliance a remarkable sisterhood emerges, 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 poignancy, humor and hope, “The Help” is a timeless and universal story about the ability to create change.

I've added new images of other cast members here

The Help (2011) - promo photos, interview with author Kathryn Stockett

Synopsis from Dreamworks:
Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, “The Help” stars Emma Stone as Skeeter, a southern society girl who 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. Academy Award nominee Viola Davis (“Eat Pray Love”) stars as Aibileen, Skeeter’s best friend’s housekeeper, who is the first to open up—to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter’s life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories—and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly—and unwillingly—caught up in the changing times.

Based on best-selling novel The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Release date: August 12, 2011

Cast:
Emma Stone -Skeeter, Viola Davis -Aibileen, Octavia Spencer -Minnie, Bryce Dallas Howard -Hilly, Ahna O'Reilley -Elizabeth Leefolt, Jessica Chastain -Celia Foote, Allison Janney -Charlotte Phelan, Sissy Spacek -Missus Walters, Chris Lowell -Stuart Whitworth, Mike Vogel -Johnny Foote, Cicely Tyson -Costantine, Aunjanue Ellis -Yule May, Roslyn Ruff -Pascagoula

Alison Janney and Emma Stone

Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis

Cicely Tyson and Lila Rogers

Sissy Spacek

Ahna O'Reilley, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anna Camp

Author Kathryn Stockett has a cameo appearance

Excerpt from Katie Couric interview...

Full Katie Couric interview

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Photos: Dreamworks