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Director Lee Daniels (PRECIOUS) teams up with Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Danny Strong to tell the remarkable story of White House butler Eugene Allen (played by Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker), who served eight U.S. presidents over the course of 30 years, and witnessed sweeping social change during his three decades of service at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Inspired by Wil Haygood's Washington Post article, the film features Robin Williams as Dwight D. Eisenhower, James Marsden as John F. Kennedy, Liev Schreiber as Lyndon B. Johnson, John Cusack as Richard M. Nixon, and Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan. Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Jane Fonda, David Oyelowo, Lenny Kravitz, Melissa Leo, and Vanessa Redgrave co-star.Product Identifiers
ProducerLee Daniels, Cassian Elwes
EAN5017239152450
eBay Product ID (ePID)9048554128
Product Key Features
ActorForest Whitaker, Lenny Kravitz, Terrence Howard, Liev Schreiber, Cuba Gooding Jr., Robin Williams, Mariah Carey, Jane Fonda, John Cusack, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Alan Rickman, Vanessa Redgrave, Alex Pettyfer
Film/TV TitleThe Butler
DirectorLee Daniels
LanguageEnglish
Run Time132 Mins
FormatBlu-ray
Release Year2014
FeaturesLee Daniels' THE BUTLER - An American Story (Featurette)\The Original Freedom Riders\'You And I Ain't Nothin' No More' - Performed by Gladys Knight and Lenny Kravitz\Deleted Scenes\Gag Reel
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate12A/12
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ReviewsThe New York Times - A brilliantly truthful film on a subject that is usually shrouded in wishful thinking, mythmongering and outright denial., Chicago Sun-Times - This is an important film presented as mainstream entertainment. ItÆs a great American story., Boston Globe - The Butler is a remarkable, even exhilarating movie not for its inherent Gump-itude but for the social portrait that gimmick allows.
Executive ProducerDanny Strong
ScreenwriterDanny Strong
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleThe Butler
EditorJoe Klotz
Consumer AdviceContains moderate violence, disturbing images & one use of strong language