The Butler

One quiet voice can ignite a revolution.

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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 alcoholism and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.

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Creators

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Lee Daniels

director

Danny Strong

writer

Cast

Forest Whitaker actor Oprah Winfrey actor David Oyelowo actor John Cusack actor Jane Fonda actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. actor Mariah Carey actor Terrence Howard actor Lenny Kravitz actor Aml Ameen actor Michael Rainey Jr. actor James Marsden actor Alex Pettyfer actor Vanessa Redgrave actor Alan Rickman actor Liev Schreiber actor Robin Williams actor Yaya DaCosta actor David Banner actor Colman Domingo actor