The Butler
2013
One quiet voice can ignite a revolution.
- Lee Daniels
- 2h 12m
- August 16, 2013 · United States of America
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 16, 2013
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Laura Ziskin Productions,Follow Through Productions,Salamander Pictures,Lee Daniels Entertainment,Pam Williams Productions,Windy Hill Pictures
- Cast
- Forest Whitaker,Oprah Winfrey,David Oyelowo,John Cusack,Jane Fonda,Cuba Gooding Jr.,Mariah Carey,Terrence Howard,Lenny Kravitz,Aml Ameenand 43 more
- Director
- Lee Daniels
- Writer
- Danny Strong
- Producer
- Laura Ziskin,Buddy Patrick,Lee Daniels,Cassian Elwes,Harvey Weinstein,Len Blavatnik,Bob Weinstein,Ari Daniel Pinchot
- Cinematography
- Andrew Dunn
- Music
- Rodrigo Leão
- Budget
- $25,000,000
- Revenue
- $177,313,795
- IMDb
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