The Butler

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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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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