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The Butler (full title Lee Daniels' The Butler) [4] [5] is a 2013 American historical drama film directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels and with a screenplay by Danny Strong. [6] It is inspired by Wil Haygood's Washington Post article "A Butler Well Served by This Election".
The Butler: Directed by Lee Daniels. With Forest Whitaker, David Banner, Michael Rainey Jr., LaJessie Smith. As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.
After leaving the South as a young man and finding employment at an elite hotel in Washington, D.C., Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker) gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is hired as a butler...
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“Lee Daniel’s The Butler” is a WWBB movie about the centuries-old split between House Negroes (the middle class) and Field Negroes (the working class/underclass), and about the clarifying shocks and upheavals required to heal the rift.
Aug 9, 2013 · This fictionalized account of a Southern black man who worked as a White House butler under seven presidents from Eisenhower to Reagan is a very middle-of-the-road movie politically and...
Aug 9, 2013 · This sprawling, highly fictional biopic of longtime White House butler Eugene Allen is at once gratuitously sentimental and genuinely rousing. By Scott Foundas. The director of “Precious” and ...
As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.
Forest Whitaker leads an all-star cast as a White House butler who served eight presidents while the civil rights movement and other major events affect his life, family, and society.
Aug 16, 2013 · Overview. A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Watch Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Official Movie Site. Starring an all-star cast, Oprah Winfrey, Forest Whitaker, Terrence Howard, John Cusack. Available Now on Digital, Blu-Ray™ and DVD.
