Release Date

16 Aug, 2013

Runtime

02:12: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

One quiet voice can ignite a revolution.

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.

Original Title

The Butler

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Actors

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

Crew

Lee Daniels

Lee Daniels

Cassian Elwes

Buddy Patrick

Laura Ziskin

Andrew Dunn

Danny Strong

Rodrigo Leão

Joe Klotz

Tim Galvin

Sebastián Silva

Leah Daniels-Butler

Billy Hopkins

Ruth E. Carter