The Butler 2013 Movie

IMDB Rating 7.2  (109K)
As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society. More details

Directors

Lee Daniels

Cast

Forest WhitakerDavid BannerMichael Rainey Jr.LaJessie Smith

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biographydramabutlerpresidenthotelcivil rightsdomestic servantcivil rights movementu.s. presidentlocked in jailgrave side ceremony21 gun saluteflag draped coffinkilled in vietnamblack powerno opening creditsku klux klanlyndon b. johnson characterjacqueline kennedy characterronald reagan characterdwight d. eisenhower characterrichard m. nixon characterjohn f. kennedy characteru.s. historyshoebegins with quotationgifthungerjohn f. kennedy assassinationcakedogbiblecryingcookiepoker the card gameportraitthe white housepocket watchmartin luther king jr. assassinationbased on real personusa20th centurywater fountainbased on real peoplemanwomanwashington d.c.united states of americatie clipyear 2008buglerreference to j. edgar hooverthrowing son out of housereference to sidney poitierreference to john lewissewing machinebombingbloody sundayhouse negroconstipationreference to uncle tompresident sitting on a toiletjames brown imitationstate dinnerpartyhome aquariumburning a busfirst lady cryingpresidential speechclothes hangerarchival footagemolotov cocktaillying on the floorriding a busburning crosswoman carrying a babyyear 1961segregationscaldeddrink thrown in facespitting in facegold flatwaresetting a tablereference to mahatma gandhilunch counteroil paintingstartleddirty jokelouis xiii cognacman wearing a tuxedohandshakeyear 1957waitermartinibandaging a woundcut handbreaking a store windowstealing foodcaught in the raintear on cheekseeing father murderedmurdering a slaveraping a slavecameracotton fieldmacon georgiayear 1926racial violenceracial tensionrace relationsprogressivismrace baitingrevisionist historybechdel test failedno title at beginningmultiple time frameswhite glovestuxedotwo word titlevoice over narrationdeath of wifeapartheidreference to malcolm xfreedom busprisonselma alabamabirmingham alabamanashville tennesseedrinking problembreaking and enteringcotton plantationrapen wordmilitary funeralvietnam war2008 presidential electionreference to barack obamastudent activistestranged sonfuneralfreedom riderprotestprejudiceriotsit inblack panther partyinjusticeracism1980s1970sfather son relationshipmarriageafrican americanbased on newspaper articledeath of sondeath of fatherbased on true storyblack panthersactivismblack historyracial discriminationracial prejudice
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