The Butler (2013)
One quiet voice can ignite a revolution.
132 min
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.
- Release date
- August 5, 2013
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $25,000,000
- Box office
- $177,313,795
Trailer
Cast
- Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines
- Oprah Winfrey as Gloria Gaines
- John Cusack as Richard Nixon
- Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan
- David Banner as Earl Gaines
- Michael Rainey Jr. as Cecil Gaines (8)
- LaJessie Smith as Abraham
- Mariah Carey as Hattie Pearl
- Alex Pettyfer as Thomas Westfall
- Vanessa Redgrave as Annabeth Westfall
Crew
- Lee Daniels · Director
- Danny Strong · Writer
- Wil Haygood · Writer
- Lee Daniels · Producer
- Cassian Elwes · Producer
- Buddy Patrick · Producer
- Pamela Oas Williams · Producer
- Rodrigo Leão · Composer
- Andrew Dunn · Cinematographer
- Joe Klotz · Editor
- Leah Daniels Butler · Casting director
- Billy Hopkins · Casting director
- Tim Galvin · Production designer