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The Butler

One quiet voice can ignite a revolution.

  • Movie
  • 2013
  • PG-13
  • 2h 12m

Directed by Lee Daniels

7.3

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7.3 out of 10 from 3,105 votes

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Overview

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.

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Play trailer: The Butler Official Trailer #2 (2013) - Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams Movie HD

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Cast and crew

  • Forest Whitaker

    Forest WhitakerCecil Gaines

  • Oprah Winfrey

    Oprah WinfreyGloria Gaines

  • David Oyelowo

    David OyelowoLouis Gaines

  • John Cusack

    John CusackRichard Nixon

  • Jane Fonda

    Jane FondaNancy Reagan

  • Cuba Gooding Jr.

    Cuba Gooding Jr.Carter Wilson

  • Mariah Carey

    Mariah CareyHattie Pearl

  • Terrence Howard

    Terrence HowardHoward

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Lenny KravitzJames Holloway

  • Aml Ameen

    Aml AmeenCecil Gaines (15)

  • Michael Rainey Jr.

    Michael Rainey Jr.Cecil Gaines (8)

  • James Marsden

    James MarsdenJohn F. Kennedy

  • Alex Pettyfer

    Alex PettyferThomas Westfall

  • Vanessa Redgrave

    Vanessa RedgraveAnnabeth Westfall

  • Alan Rickman

    Alan RickmanRonald Reagan

  • Liev Schreiber

    Liev SchreiberLyndon B. Johnson

  • Robin Williams

    Robin WilliamsDwight H. Eisenhower

  • Yaya DaCosta

    Yaya DaCostaCarol Hammie

Director
Lee Daniels
Writer
Danny Strong
Music
Rodrigo Leão
Cinematography
Andrew Dunn