The Help Page #10

Synopsis: The Help is a 2011 American period drama film written and directed by Tate Taylor and adapted from Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast, including Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Octavia Spencer and Emma Stone.
Genre: Drama
Year:
2011
6,692 Views


MISSUS WALTERS:

You're making it a lot hotter

flapping your arm like that.

Minny stops and begins squirming with discomfort. Missus

Walters notices her looking out to the garage bathroom.

Lightning strikes. Leaves blow across the yard. Hilly plops

down in a chair with a candle.

HILLY:

That should do it. Minny, go get

me and Momma some iced tea.

Minny hesitates. She gulps.

MINNY:

Uh...Miss Hilly?

HILLY:

Yes.

MINNY:

Never mind.

As Minny turns, Missus Walters calls out to her.

35.

MISSUS WALTERS:

You go on ahead and use the guest

bath, Minny. It's okay.

HILLY:

Oh, for crying out loud. It's just

a little rain. She can go get an

umbrella up in William's Study!

MISSUS WALTERS:

I believe she was working for me

before you dragged us both here.

Minny looks outside just as wind slams an aluminum lawn chair

against the garage bathroom.

Boom! Another crash of thunder. Large hail stones begin

falling in the yard.

MINNY:

I'm gone get your tea.

INT. HOLBROOK HOUSE - BATHROOM - SECONDS LATER

Minny sneaks into the guest bath with a candle and shuts the

door. She carefully lowers the seat and sits. Relief

spreads across her face.

There's a knock on the door. She freezes.

HILLY (O.C.)

Minny?

Minny panics, staying completely quiet.

INT. HOLBROOK HOUSE (INTERCUT) - HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

Hilly leans into the bathroom door.

HILLY:

MINNYYYY, are you in there?

MINNY:

Yes, ma'am...

HILLY:

Are you sitting down?

Minny gets up quickly and flushes the toilet. Hilly beats on

the door.

HILLY (CONT'D)

GET OFF OF MY TOILET!!!

Outside the house, an eerie, groaning sound, much like a

freight train, intensifies.

The top of a huge tree snaps off and falls against the house,

shattering a window.

36.

Minny crouches down and covers her head. A draft sucks the

candle's flame toward the bottom of the door.

INT. LEEFOLT HOME - MAE MOBLEY'S ROOM - MOMENTS LATER

Aibileen sits with Mae Mobley against an interior wall,

holding a mattress on top of them and humming in her ear.

AIBILEEN (V.O.)

On top a Minny losin' her tenth

job, eighteen people died in

Jackson that day. Ten white.

Eight black.

EXT. PHELAN PLANTATION - SAME TIME

Skeeter stands in her backyard facing Jackson. Cool winds

head toward the dark, swirling horizon.

In the distance, lightning strikes.

EXT. FOOTE ESTATE - FRONT PORCH - SAME TIME

Celia leans on the porch railing, gazing helplessly as the

relentless hail storm pummels her two rosebushes.

AIBILEEN (V.O.)

God don't pay no mind to color or

class once he sets a tornado loose.

Within seconds, the rose blossoms are gone.

INT/EXT. BATHROOM/BACKYARD (INTERCUT) - THREE MONTHS LATER

Aibileen uses the newly completed bathroom Hilly has built in

the garage. The walls consist of unpainted plywood with a

small window hugging the ceiling.

Beads of sweat glisten on Aibileen's forehead under a single

bulb hanging above.

AIBILEEN (V.O.)

Soon after, that bitter seed inside

of me had sprout and was growing

fast...

Well into her second pregnancy, Elizabeth exits the house

with Mae Mobley at her side. She wears an awful, homemade

maternity dress.

ELIZABETH:

Hurry, Aibileen. Mae Mobley's up,

and I'm off to the doctor.

Aibileen reaches behind and flushes the toilet. Mae Mobley

gets excited and points to the garage bathroom.

37.

MAE MOBLEY:

Aibee bafroom, Momma!

Mae Mobley walks toward the bathroom and calls out.

MAE MOBLEY (CONT'D)

Aibee?

Elizabeth grabs her and forces her down on the back step.

ELIZABETH:

No!

AIBILEEN:

Be right there, Baby Girl.

Aibileen pulls up her panty-hose.

EXT. BUS STOP - LATER THAT AFTERNOON

Aibileen waits with YULE MAY, 45, as well as other maids and

black males at a bus stop. Yule May is tall, pretty and

graceful. Her hair is pulled tightly into a bun.

Skeeter walks down the sidewalk toward them. She and

Aibileen catch eyes. Skeeter waves.

Yule May inches away from Aibileen. One BLACK MAN in

particular looks with concern as Skeeter walks up.

SKEETER:

Afternoon, Aibileen.

Aibileen nods nervously, looking at the other domestics.

SKEETER (CONT'D)

Can I talk to you?

A bus pulls up.

AIBILEEN:

You got some "Miss Myrna" questions

for me?

SKEETER:

No.

Yule May and others board. Skeeter grabs Aibileen's arm.

SKEETER (CONT'D)

Please.

Aibileen signals to Yule May to go on ahead without her.

AIBILEEN:

Yes, ma'am.

The bus pulls away.

38.

SKEETER:

Please let me interview you. I

know it's scary, but I really

believe this has to be done. We'll

be careful.

AIBILEEN:

This already ain't careful, Miss

Skeeter. You not knowing that is

what scares me most. I'm sorry.

Skeeter hands Aibileen a piece of paper with her phone number

written on it. Aibileen turns and walks off down the

sidewalk.

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Tate Taylor

Tate Taylor (born June 3, 1969) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for directing The Help (2011), Get on Up (2014) and The Girl on the Train (2016). more…

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