The Butler

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American film film historical drama film

The Butler is a 2013 historical drama film that follows an African-American butler who serves in the White House across several presidential administrations, exploring civil rights and social change in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
historical drama film ⓘ
basedOn A Butler Well Served by This Election ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Wil Haygood ⓘ
castMember Alan Rickman ⓘ
Cuba Gooding Jr. ⓘ
David Oyelowo ⓘ
Forest Whitaker ⓘ
James Marsden ⓘ
Jane Fonda ⓘ
John Cusack ⓘ
Lenny Kravitz ⓘ
Mariah Carey ⓘ
Minka Kelly ⓘ
Oprah Winfrey ⓘ
Robin Williams ⓘ
Terrence Howard ⓘ
Vanessa Redgrave ⓘ
cinematographyBy Andrew Dunn NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Lee Daniels ⓘ
distributor The Weinstein Company ⓘ
editedBy Joe Klotz NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre biographical drama film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
historical film ⓘ
inspiredBy Eugene Allen ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActor Forest Whitaker ⓘ
mainCharacter Cecil Gaines ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation butler ⓘ
musicBy Rodrigo Leão ⓘ
narrativeFocus African-American history ⓘ
civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ
originalTitle Lee Daniels' The Butler ⓘ
portraysUSPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
John F. Kennedy ⓘ
Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
Richard Nixon ⓘ
Ronald Reagan ⓘ
producer Cassian Elwes ⓘ
Lee Daniels ⓘ
Pam Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Lee Daniels Entertainment ⓘ
The Weinstein Company ⓘ
releaseDate 2013-08-16 ⓘ
releaseYear 2013 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 132 ⓘ
screenwriter Danny Strong ⓘ
setIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
White House ⓘ
theme civil rights ⓘ
racial inequality ⓘ
social change in the United States ⓘ
title The Butler self-link ⓘ

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David Oyelowo → notableWork → The Butler ⓘ
Forest Whitaker → notableWork → The Butler ⓘ
The Butler → title → The Butler self-link ⓘ