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 ...
The Butler
PG-13 · 2013 ‧ Thriller/Drama ‧ 2h 12m
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After leaving the South as a young man and finding employment at an elite hotel in Washington, D.C., Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker) gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is hired as a butler at the White House. Over the course of three...
Release date: August 16, 2013 (USA)
Director: Lee Daniels
Distributed by: The Weinstein Company
Based on: "A Butler Well Served By This Election"; by Wil Haygood
Box office: $177.3 million
Edited by: Joe Klotz
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Movie Info. Synopsis After leaving the South as a young man and finding employment at an elite hotel in Washington, D.C., Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker) gets ...
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Posted: May 8, 2013
Posted: May 8, 2013