The Butler
- Released on
- Runtime
- 132 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Forest Whitaker
- Oprah Winfrey
- David Oyelowo
- John Cusack
- Jane Fonda
- Cuba Gooding Jr.
- Mariah Carey
- Terrence Howard
- Lenny Kravitz
- Aml Ameen
- Michael Rainey Jr.
- James Marsden
- Alex Pettyfer
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Alan Rickman
- Liev Schreiber
- Robin Williams
- Yaya DaCosta
- David Banner
- Colman Domingo
- Nelsan Ellis
- Nealla Gordon
- Elijah Kelley
- Minka Kelly
- Adriane Lenox
- Mo McRae
- Pernell Walker
- Jesse Williams
- Clarence Williams III
- LaJessie Smith
- John P. Fertitta
- Jim Gleason
- Isaac White
- Joe Chrest
- Tyson Ford
- James DuMont
- Robert Aberdeen
- Olivia Washington
- Margaret M. Owens
- Eric Ducote
- Chloe Barach
- Danny Strong
- Clara Hopkins Daniels
- Dana Gourrier
- Shirley Pugh
- Bill Newman
- Colin Walker
- Alex Manette
- Rusty Robertson
- Stephen Rider
- Tarra Riggs
- Xosha Roquemore
Director
- Lee Daniels
Producers
- Lee Daniels
- Cassian Elwes
- Buddy Patrick
- Laura Ziskin
- Ari Daniel Pinchot
