The Butler (2013)

About This Movie

The Butler is a 2013 drama film directed by Lee Daniels. Its leading cast includes Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey and David Oyelowo. It runs for 2 hours 12 minutes.

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.

Synopsis from TMDB.

Trailer

The Butler Official Trailer #2 (2013) - Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams Movie HD · plays from YouTube

Cast

• Forest Whitaker Cecil Gaines
• Oprah Winfrey Gloria Gaines
• David Oyelowo Louis Gaines
• John Cusack Richard Nixon
• Jane Fonda Nancy Reagan
• Cuba Gooding Jr. Carter Wilson
• Mariah Carey Hattie Pearl
• Terrence Howard Howard
• Lenny Kravitz James Holloway
• Aml Ameen Cecil Gaines (15)
• Michael Rainey Jr. Cecil Gaines (8)
• James Marsden John F. Kennedy
• Alex Pettyfer Thomas Westfall
• Vanessa Redgrave Annabeth Westfall
• Alan Rickman Ronald Reagan
• Liev Schreiber Lyndon B. Johnson
• Robin Williams Dwight H. Eisenhower
• Yaya DaCosta Carol Hammie