The Butler (2013)

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2013 · PG-13 · 2h 12m

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Other grades: 71.0 (1 viewer)
20132h 12mPG-13
Countries:United States
Languages:EN
Keywords: 1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s2008 presidential election2008 u.s. presidential election20th century21 gun saluteShow moreActivismAfrican americanAfrican american historyApartheidBased on newspaper articleBased on real personBased on true storyBegins with quotationBiographical dramaBiographyBirmingham alabamaBlack historyBlack panther partyBlack powerBreaking and enteringButlerCakeCivil rightsCivil rights movementCookieCotton plantationDeath of fatherDeath of sonDeath of wifeDomestic servantDrinking problemDwight d eisenhowerDwight d. eisenhower characterEisenhowerEstranged sonFather son conflictFather son relationshipFlag draped coffinFreedom busFreedom riderFuneralGrave side ceremonyHistorical dramaHotelHungerInjusticeJackie kennedyJacqueline kennedyJacqueline kennedy characterJimmy carterJohn f. kennedyJohn f. kennedy assassinationJohn f. kennedy characterKennedy assassinationKilled in vietnamKu klux klanLyndon b. johnson characterLyndon johnsonMan wears a tuxedoMarriageMartin luther kingMartin luther king jr. assassinationMilitary funeralN wordNashville tennesseeNews footagePrejudicePresidentPresidential speechPrisonProtestRacial discriminationRacial prejudiceRacial segregationRacial tensionRacismRapeRape of a slaveReference to barack obamaReference to j. edgar hooverReference to john lewisReference to malcolm xReference to sidney poitierRichard m. nixon characterRichard nixonRiotRonald reaganRonald reagan characterSelma alabamaShoeSit inSlave ownerSlaveryStudent activistThe freedom ridersThe white houseTie clipTwo word titleU.s. historyU.s. presidentUnited states of americaUsa presidentVietnam warVoice over narrationWashington d.c.White houseYear 2008
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 her addictions and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.
Follow Through Productions
Follow Through Productions
Laura Ziskin Productions
Laura Ziskin Productions
Lee Daniels Entertainment
Lee Daniels Entertainment
Pam Williams Productions
Pam Williams Productions
Salamander Pictures
Salamander Pictures
Windy Hill Pictures
Windy Hill Pictures
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