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The Butler
One quiet voice can ignite a revolution.
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.
Where to watch The Butler
The Butler is streaming in the US on MovieSphere+.
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Cast
- Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines
- Oprah Winfrey as Gloria Gaines
- David Oyelowo as Louis Gaines
- John Cusack as Richard Nixon
- Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan
- Cuba Gooding Jr. as Carter Wilson
- Mariah Carey as Hattie Pearl
- Terrence Howard as Howard
- Lenny Kravitz as James Holloway
- Aml Ameen as Cecil Gaines (15)
- Michael Rainey Jr. as Cecil Gaines (8)
- James Marsden as John F. Kennedy
Details
- Director
- Lee Daniels
- Released
- August 16, 2013
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures and Laura Ziskin Productions
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.3 / 10 from 3,086 votes
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