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Loosely based on the real life of Eugene Allen, who worked in the White House for decades, the film stars Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, an African-American who is a witness of notable political and social events of the 20th century during his 34-year tenure serving as a White House butler.
Aug 8, 2013 · Lee Daniels directs Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey who portray husband and wife Cecil and Gloria Gaines. The movie is based on real-life White House butler Eugene Allen, who worked in the White House under eight presidents, coming of age during segregation and living to see a black man be elected to the White House.
Eugene Charles Allen (July 14, 1919 – March 31, 2010) [2] was an American waiter and butler who worked for the US government at the White House for 34 years until he retired as the head butler in 1986. [3] Allen's life was the inspiration for the 2013 film The Butler. [4]
Aug 16, 2013 · In the movie, Cecil Gaines grows up on a cotton field in Macon, Ga., where his family comes into conflict with the white farmers for whom they work. What befalls his parents on the cotton field...
Aug 15, 2013 · But the names have been changed: Allen and his wife, Helene, are called Cecil and Gloria Gaines. (They’re played by Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey.) At least one key character, Cecil’s...
Aug 16, 2013 · In The Butler, Whitaker’s Cecil Gaines is a slightly fictionalized version of Allen, one whose story—though very close to Allen’s own—plays better as the stylistic, sweeping melodrama the film...
Aug 16, 2013 · With Forest Whitaker, David Banner, Michael Rainey Jr., LaJessie Smith. 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.
