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Aug 8, 2013 · Lee Daniels' The Butler Trailer. 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 ...
The Butler. The Butler (full title Lee Daniels' The Butler) [4] [5] is a 2013 American historical drama film directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels and with a screenplay by Danny Strong. [6] It is inspired by Wil Haygood 's Washington Post article "A Butler Well Served by This Election".
- $177.3 million
- August 16, 2013
- $30 million
- Rodrigo Leão
Aug 15, 2013 · The butler’s backstory The film opens with young Cecil in Macon, Georgia, in the 1920s, working in a cotton field alongside his father. His mother (Mariah Carey) is raped by a white plantation ...
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The Butler , based on the story of long-time White House butler Eugene Allen, hits theaters Friday. ... is the basis for Lee Daniels’ The Butler, ... TRUE. Cecil leaves his position at the White ...
Lee Daniels’ The Butler, which opens Friday, is loosely based on the life of Eugene Allen, a butler at the White House for 34 years and through eight administrations.So loosely based, in fact ...
Aug 5, 2022 · Filmmaker Lee Daniels has a knack for bringing to life remarkable stories that are at once both gritty and inspirational. From ‘Shadowboxer’ to ‘Precious’ to ‘The Paperboy’ – he has demonstrated his astounding knowledge of filmmaking while creating stories that are inherently human. Daniels’ 2013 feature, ‘The Butler’, revolves around Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker), who ...
Dec 5, 2023 · Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013) navigates through the pivotal events and societal changes in the United States. It follows the life of Cecil Gaines, who is a butler in the White House, and he ...
