Directed by:
Lee DanielsCinematography:
Andrew DunnComposer:
Rodrigo LeãoCast:
Forest Whitaker, David Banner, Michael Rainey Jr., LaJessie Smith, Mariah Carey, Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Redgrave, Aml Ameen, Clarence Williams III (more)VOD (1)
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For three decades, Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker) served as the chief butler for eight consecutive US presidents, including Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Working intimately with these world leaders at the White House, from his unique vantage point Cecil Gaines witnessed radical transformations in American history through the civil rights movement to Vietnam and the Cold War - and how those changes affected his life and family. Based on a true story, Lee Daniels directs a stellar ensemble cast who between them have garnered 18 Academy Award nominations. (Hopscotch Films)
(more)Cast
James DuMont
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Seabiscuit (2003)
Robin Williams
USA
Best movies:
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Awakenings (1990)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
John Cusack
USA
Best movies:
Stand by Me (1986)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Yaya DaCosta
USA
Best movies:
In Time (2011)
The Nice Guys (2016)
TRON: Legacy (2010)
Jesse Williams
USA
Best movies:
The Butler (2013)
Brooklyn's Finest (2009)
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
James Marsden
USA
Best movies:
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road (2002)
The Notebook (2004)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Minka Kelly
USA
Best movies:
(500) Days of Summer (2009)
Kingdom (2007)
The Butler (2013)
Stephen Rider
Best movies:
Harley and the Davidsons (2016) (series)
The Great Debaters (2007)
The Butler (2013)
Danny Strong
USA
Best movies:
Seabiscuit (2003)
Pleasantville (1998)
Dangerous Minds (1995)
Elijah Kelley
USA
Best movies:
The Butler (2013)
Take the Lead (2006)
A Lesson Before Dying (1999) (TV movie)
Liev Schreiber
USA
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Spotlight (2015)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Dana Gourrier
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
The Butler (2013)
Nelsan Ellis
USA
Best movies:
The Help (2011)
The Express (2008)
Secretariat (2010)
Pernell Walker
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
Vinyl (2016) (series)
The Butler (2013)
Alex Manette
USA
Best movies:
Disconnect (2012)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
Never Forever (2007)
Mo McRae
USA
Best movies:
Den of Thieves (2018)
Wild (2014)
The Butler (2013)
Alan Rickman
UK
Best movies:
Die Hard (1988)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Love Actually (2003)
Jane Fonda
USA
Best movies:
On Golden Pond (1981)
Coming Home (1978)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
John L. Armijo
USA
Best movies:
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Now You See Me (2013)
21 Jump Street (2012)
Jon Arthur
USA
Best movies:
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Escape Plan (2013)