The Butler

Theatrical - Wide 2013-08-16

Cast Forest Whitaker Oprah Winfrey John Cusack Alan Rickman Jane Fonda Melissa Leo James Marsden Minka Kelly Alex Pettyfer Lenny Kravitz Terrence Howard Cuba Gooding Jr. Vanessa Redgrave David Oyelowo
Directed by Lee Daniels
Written by Lee Daniels Danny Strong

Genres: Biography Drama

JoBlo's Rating

6/10

Synopsis

Tells the true story of Eugene Allen and his 34 years at the White House. Allen worked for eight presidents, starting with Harry Truman in 1952 and ending in 1986 with Ronald Reagan.

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Review: Lee Daniels’ The Butler

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: A butler serves during seven presidential administrations between 1957 and 1986 while his son engages in the Civil Rights movement down south. REVIEW: LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER could have been an awkward disaster; it has all the makings of...

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Posted 13 years ago

Every year there's at least a couple of movies that have the President of the United States (fictional and real) in them but this year you've got OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN with Aaron Eckhart, WHITE HOUSE DOWN with Jamie Foxx tomorrow...

Forest Whitaker leads an all-star cast in the first trailer for Lee Daniels’ The Butler

Posted 13 years ago

The talent along with the roles they are coupled with are enough to build interest for THE BUTLER. Lee Daniels’ next follows up his first two efforts: PRECIOUS and THE PAPERBOY. His third film seems to replicate PRECIOUS formula when...

Lee Daniels only gets one f*ck with The Butler’s PG-13 rating

Posted 13 years ago

Lee Daniels, director of such hard-R flicks as Precious and Paperboy, evidently felt a bit frustrated with keeping things PG-13 inhis upcoming film The Butler, which follows Forest Whitaker as a White House staffer through eight presidential administrations. That’s a...

Lee Daniels’ The Butler finds distribution courtesy of The Weinstein Company

Posted 14 years ago

THE BUTLER will assuredly get a wide release now that The Weinstein Company has picked up the US rights to the Lee Daniels film. The movie has all the makings of a prestige film and Oscar contender. If there is...

Oprah tweets two new photos from The Butler featuring Alan Rickman, Jane Fonda, and Lenny Kravitz

Posted 14 years ago

Lee Daniels’ THE BUTLER has been slowly sharing images of it’s star-studded cast as they transform into a range of political figures from American history. We previously saw Forrest Whitaker in character (see above) and now we get a look...

Here’s your first look at Forest Whitaker in Lee Daniels’ The Butler

Posted 14 years ago

We haven’t even had a chance to view THE PAPERBOY, and already director Lee Daniels is working on something else. Today we get our first image from THE BUTLER. It’s a gorgeous shot of Forest Whitaker as Eugene Allen, the...

Robin Williams joins The Butler as Dwight D. Eisenhower

Posted 14 years ago

Robin Williams already played one president in the form of Theodore Roosevelt (NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM) – why not play another in a more serious way with Dwight D. Eisenhower in THE BUTLER? The new movie from director Lee Daniels...