Lee Daniels' The Butler
(2013)
The Butler
One quiet voice can ignite a revolution
Stars: Forest Whitaker, David Banner, Michael Rainey Jr., LaJessie Smith, Mariah Carey
Director: Lee Daniels
Writer: Danny Strong, Wil Haygood
Language: English
Studio: Follow Through Productions
Duration: 132
Rated: PG-13
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 her addictions and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.
Forest Whitaker | Cecil Gaines |
David Banner | Earl Gaines |
Michael Rainey Jr. | Cecil Gaines (8) |
LaJessie Smith | Abraham |
Mariah Carey | Hattie Pearl |
Alex Pettyfer | Thomas Westfall |
Vanessa Redgrave | Annabeth Westfall |
Aml Ameen | Cecil Gaines (15) |
Clarence Williams III | Maynard |
John P. Fertitta | Mr. Jenkins (as John Fertitta) |
Jim Gleason | R.D. Warner |
Oprah Winfrey | Gloria Gaines |
Isaac White | Charlie Gaines (10) |
David Oyelowo | Louis Gaines |
Joe Chrest | White Usher |
Colman Domingo | Freddie Fallows |
Adriane Lenox | Gina |
Terrence Howard | Howard |
Tyson Ford | Elroy |
Cuba Gooding Jr. | Carter Wilson |
Lenny Kravitz | James Holloway |
Pernell Walker | Lorraine |
James DuMont | Sherman Adams |
Robert Aberdeen | Herbert Brownell |
Robin Williams | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
John Cusack | Richard Nixon |
Olivia Washington | Olivia |
Yaya DaCosta | Carol Hammie (as Yaya Alafia) |
Yaya Alafia | Carol Hammie |
Jesse Williams | James Lawson |
Margaret M. Owens | Woolworth Diner Patron #1 |
Eric Ducote | Woolworth Diner Patron #2 |
James Marsden | John F. Kennedy |
Minka Kelly | Jacqueline Kennedy |
Chloe Barach | Caroline Kennedy |
Danny Strong | Freedom Bus Journalist |
Clara Hopkins Daniels | Freedom Bus Rider |
Elijah Kelley | Charlie Gaines (15-18) |
Liev Schreiber | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Dana Gourrier | Helen Holloway |
Shirley Pugh | Malcolm X Goer |
Bill Newman | Pastor |
Nelsan Ellis | Martin Luther King Jr. |
Colin Walker | John Ehrlichman |
Alex Manette | Bob Haldeman |
Mo McRae | Eldridge Huggins |
Alan Rickman | Ronald Reagan |
Jane Fonda | Nancy Reagan |
Rusty Robertson | Senator Robertson |
Nealla Gordon | Senator Kassebaum |
Stephen Rider | Admiral Rochon |
Rodrigo Leão | Composer |
Patton Brantley | Handsome Hotel Guest |
Andrew Dunn | Cinematographer |
Jimmy Carter | Himself (archive footage) |
Brian A. Kates | Editor |
Alex Eldimiati | JBJ aid |
Joe Klotz | Editor |
Jazzy Ellis | College Student |
Tim Galvin | Production Designer |
Gerald Ford | Himself (archive footage) |
Gerry Robert Byrne | post-production supervisor |
Douglas M. Griffin | White Mob Leader |
Adam Merims | Unit Production Manager |
Alex Ladove | Protester |
Jen Wall | Production Supervisor |
Mark E. Brown | additional second assistant director (as Mark Brown) / second second assistant director: second unit (as Mark Brown) |
Peter Dress | second assistant director |
Renee Marsella | key second assistant director: second unit |
Anastacia C. Nemec | second second assistant director |
Lisa C. Satriano | first assistant director |
Diane Lederman | Set Decorator |
Nick Satriano | first assistant director: second unit |
Ruth E. Carter | Custome Designer |
Sebastián Silva | second unit director |
Dana Boisseau | hair stylist |
Kelly Capoccia | Lab technician |
Daina Daigle | assistant hair stylist |
Debra Denson | makeup department head / makeup designer |
Marcos Gonzales | additional hairstylist |
Lee Grimes | prosthetic makeup artist |
Courtney Lether | prosthetics makeup artist |
Jonah Levy | special makeup effects artist |
Michael Shawn McCracken | prosthetic key sculptor |
Matthew W. Mungle | prosthetic makeup design and application |
Candace Neal | hair department head |
Douglas Noe | key prosthetic artist |
Koji Ohmura | prosthetic key sculptor |
Beverly Jo Pryor | makeup department head |
LeDiedra Richard-Baldwin | Makeup Artist |
Kellie Robinson | Makeup Artist |
Yolanda Sheridan | key makeup artist |
Robert L. Stevenson | head hairstylist |
Aimee Stuit | prosthetics makeup assistant |
Clinton Wayne | prosthetic makeup designer |
Victoria Wood | wig maker |
Mark Brown | additional second assistant director / second second assistant director: second unit |
Spencer J. Abadie | painter |
Michael Arena | greensman |
David Keith Broome | lead greensman |
Genre: Biography, Drama
Media: DVD
Sound: Dolby Digital
IMDb: 1327773