His mother, Lee (Robinson), is an interior designer. [7][8] In addition to Whitaker, the film's all-star cast also features Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Alex Pettyfer, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, David Oyelowo, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, Robin Williams, Minka Kelly, Mariah Carey, and Clarence Williams III. Share. Web. [39], Todd McCarthy praised the film saying, "Even with all contrivances and obvious point-making and familiar historical signposting, Daniels' The Butler is always engaging, often entertaining and certainly never dull. 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. Send. The Butler (2013) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In 1926, at the age of seven, Gaines is raised on a cotton plantation in Macon, Georgia. Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson are depicted in archival footage. "[45] Several critics compared the film's historical anecdotes and sentimentality to Forrest Gump. $55,787,676. His father, Richard Pettyfer, is a fellow actor. Browse more character quotes from The Butler … The site's consensus says, "Gut-wrenching and emotionally affecting, Lee Daniels' The Butler overcomes an uneven narrative thanks to strong performances from an all-star cast. Though tension between father and son over civil rights issues fuels most of the drama in the film, [Eugene Allen's son] Charles Allen was not the radical political activist that Gaines's son is in the movie. Realizing his son's actions are heroic, Cecil joins Louis at a protest against South African apartheid; they are arrested and jailed together. Now, while we perceive the butler or the maid to be subservient, in many ways they are subversive, without even knowing it. Films about presidents of the United States, Films based on newspaper and magazine articles, United States presidential succession in fiction, Articles with dead external links from June 2018, Articles with permanently dead external links, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Debra Denson, Beverly Jo Pryor, Candace Neal, Mariah Carey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, David Oyelowo, Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber, Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams, and Oprah Winfrey, This page was last edited on 14 April 2021, at 05:02. [21][22], Melissa Leo and Orlando Eric Street were cast as First Lady Mamie Eisenhower and Barack Obama, respectively, but did not appear in the finished film. A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House’s head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made. He shoots and kills him in cold blooded fashion. Quotes.net. Cecil Gaines (15) Clarence Williams III. Louis is arrested again. Le Majordome (Lee Daniels' The Butler) est un film historique américain écrit, produit et réalisé par Lee Daniels, sorti en 2013. Tweet +1. It’s fair to say it has epic ambitions. Weinstein Co. 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