The Butler (2013)
One quiet voice can ignite a revolution.
- Released
- Runtime 2h 12m
- Director Lee Daniels
- Genres Drama
- Rating 7.3/10 (3,078 votes)
Synopsis
Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with alcoholism and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.
Cast
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Forest Whitaker
as Cecil Gaines
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Oprah Winfrey
as Gloria Gaines
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David Oyelowo
as Louis Gaines
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John Cusack
as Richard Nixon
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Jane Fonda
as Nancy Reagan
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Cuba Gooding Jr.
as Carter Wilson
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Mariah Carey
as Hattie Pearl
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Terrence Howard
as Howard
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Lenny Kravitz
as James Holloway
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Aml Ameen
as Cecil Gaines (15)
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Michael Rainey Jr.
as Cecil Gaines (8)
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James Marsden
as John F. Kennedy
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Alex Pettyfer
as Thomas Westfall
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Vanessa Redgrave
as Annabeth Westfall
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Alan Rickman
as Ronald Reagan
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Liev Schreiber
as Lyndon B. Johnson
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Robin Williams
as Dwight H. Eisenhower
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Yaya DaCosta
as Carol Hammie
Crew
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Lee Daniels
Director
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Andrew Dunn
Director of Photography
- Joe Klotz Editor
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Rodrigo Leão
Original Music Composer
- Buddy Patrick Producer
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Lee Daniels
Producer
- Cassian Elwes Producer
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Laura Ziskin
Producer
- Ari Daniel Pinchot Producer
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Danny Strong
Writer
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