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The Butler

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Calorie Rating: 185
Released: 2013-08-16
Running Time: 132 Minutes
Budget: 25000000
Revenue 177313795
Studios: Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Laura Ziskin Productions, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Pam Williams Productions, Windy Hill Pictures,


A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.

Director / Directors

Lee Daniels
Director
Sebastián Silva
Second Unit Director
Amy Sanderson
Script Supervisor

Lisa C. Satriano
First Assistant Director
Peter Dress
Second Assistant Director


Cast

Forest Whitaker
Character: Cecil Gaines
Oprah Winfrey
Character: Gloria Gaines
David Oyelowo
Character: Louis Gaines

John Cusack
Character: Richard Nixon
Jane Fonda
Character: Nancy Reagan
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Character: Carter Wilson

Mariah Carey
Character: Hattie Pearl
Terrence Howard
Character: Howard
Lenny Kravitz
Character: James Holloway

Aml Ameen
Character: Cecil Gaines (15)
Michael Rainey Jr.
Character: Cecil Gaines (8)
James Marsden
Character: John F. Kennedy

Alex Pettyfer
Character: Thomas Westfall
Vanessa Redgrave
Character: Annabeth Westfall
Alan Rickman
Character: Ronald Reagan

Liev Schreiber
Character: Lyndon B. Johnson
Robin Williams
Character: Dwight Eisenhower
Yaya DaCosta
Character: Carol Hammie

David Banner
Character: Earl Gaines
Colman Domingo
Character: Freddie Fallows
Nelsan Ellis
Character: Martin Luther King Jr.

Nealla Gordon
Character: Senator Kassebaum
Elijah Kelley
Character: Charlie Gaines (15-18)
Minka Kelly
Character: Jackie Kennedy

Adriane Lenox
Character: Gina
Mo McRae
Character: Eldridge Huggins
Pernell Walker
Character: Lorraine

Jesse Williams
Character: Rev. James Lawson
Clarence Williams III
Character: Maynard
LaJessie Smith
Character: Abraham

John P. Fertitta
Character: Mr. Jenkins
Jim Gleason
Character: R.D. Warner
Isaac White
Character: Charlie Gaines (10)

Joe Chrest
Character: White Usher
Tyson Ford
Character: Elroy
James DuMont
Character: Sherman Adams

Robert Aberdeen
Character: Herbert Brownell
Olivia Washington
Character: Olivia
Margaret M. Owens
Character: Woolworth Diner Patron #1

Eric Ducote
Character: Woolworth Diner Patron #2
Chloe Barach
Character: Caroline Kennedy
Danny Strong
Character: Freedom Bus Journalist

Clara Hopkins Daniels
Character: Freedom Bus Rider
Dana Gourrier
Character: Helen Holloway
Shirley Pugh
Character: Malcolm X Goer

Bill Newman
Character: Pastor
Colin Walker
Character: John Ehrlichman
Alex Manette
Character: Bob Haldeman

Rusty Robertson
Character: Senator Robertson
Stephen Rider
Character: Admiral Rochon
Tarra Riggs
Character: Sophie Wilson (uncredited)

Xosha Roquemore
Character: Foxy (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Lee Daniels
Producer


Rodrigo Leão
Original Music Composer
Andrew Dunn
Director of Photography
Tim Galvin
Production Design

Ruth E. Carter
Costume Design

Lori Agostino
Art Direction
Kimberly Murphy
Set Decoration Buyer

Wendy Talley
Costume Supervisor
Debra Denson
Makeup Department Head

Diane Lederman
Set Decoration
Erik Polczwartek
Art Direction
Deanna Simmons
Set Decoration Buyer

Beverly Jo Pryor
Makeup Department Head
Dana Kay Hart
Costume Supervisor

John Lindsay
Greensman
Jen Wall
Production Supervisor

Debby VanPoucke
Sound Designer
Jeff Galpin
Stunt Coordinator
Mickey Lambert
Location Manager

Virginia McCollam
Location Manager
Sarah Forrest
Set Designer
Ted Markovic
Visual Effects Producer

Michael Barry
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Luke DiTommaso
Visual Effects Supervisor
Ben Schor
Music Editor

Gus Coto
Leadman
Kristopher Weaver
Lighting Technician

Jeffery J. Tufano
Camera Operator
Robin Simmerly
Art Department Coordinator

Robert Hein
Supervising Sound Editor
Aniela Sidorska
Visual Effects Producer

Luis Lopez DeVictoria
Additional Camera
Ulysses Guidotti
First Assistant Editor
Michael Stumpf
Additional Camera

Robert Hein
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Grayson Austin
Camera Operator

Anne Marie Fox
Still Photographer
Brian A. Waits
Set Designer

Steve Martemucci
Construction Foreman
Kat Spiess
First Assistant Editor
Daniel Cohen
Visual Effects Producer

Trey Shaneyfelt
Lighting Technician
Randall S. Coe
Construction Coordinator
Charlotta Forssman
Visual Effects Editor

Ray McIntyre Jr.
Visual Effects Supervisor
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer

Len Blavatnik
Executive Producer
Heather Gross
Foley Editor
David Wahnon
Dialogue Editor

Ruth Hernandez
ADR Editor
Branka Mrkic
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Kevin Ladson
Property Master

Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Debra Denson
Makeup Designer

Courtney Lether
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Clinton Wayne
Prosthetic Designer

Kellie Robinson
Makeup Artist
Daina Daigle
Assistant Hairstylist
Marcos Gonzales
Additional Hairstylist

Matthew W. Mungle
Prosthetic Designer
Jonah Levy
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Yolanda Sheridan
Key Makeup Artist

Candace Neal
Hair Department Head
Sherri Hamilton
Hairstylist
Dana Boisseau
Hairstylist

Bradley Martin
Additional Lighting Technician
Damon Meledones
Digital Imaging Technician
Hilton Garrett
Best Boy Grip

Jordan Whaley
Additional Lighting Technician
Francis James
Second Unit Director of Photography
Hans Bjerno
Aerial Director of Photography

King Lanaux
Key Rigging Grip
Len Levine
Chief Lighting Technician
Jonathan Robinson
Second Assistant Camera

Pete Chiaramonte
Lighting Technician
Zach Smithers
Additional Lighting Technician

Grayson Austin
Steadicam Operator
Raúl J. Marín
Rigging Grip

Justin LeBlanc
Electrician
Richard Lacy
First Assistant Camera

Shawn Stone
Rigging Grip
Jeremy Webre
Dolly Grip

Michael Charbonnet
First Assistant Camera
Justin Wright
Electrician
Ben Wachsmann
Rigging Grip

Jason Prowell
Generator Operator
Tom Hutchinson
First Assistant Camera

John Vinson
Rigging Grip

Carter Lee Garrett
Lighting Technician
Sidney Brisco
Lighting Technician
Creig Symons
Rigging Grip

Gerald Autin
Rigging Grip
Aeron McKeough
Second Assistant Camera
Josh Crouchet
Art Department Assistant

David Warburton
Assistant Property Master
Charlie Mann
Carpenter

Will Eastin
Graphic Designer

Tony Ziegler
Set Dresser
Roger Johnson
Graphic Designer


Tom Ryan
ADR Mixer
Michael Dares
Set Dresser

Sam Jacobs
Set Dresser
Jordan Lightner
Set Dresser

Iggie Colomer
Set Dresser

Ed Burcham
Set Dresser
Chris Fielder
Assistant Sound Editor

Fredrick Cuevas
ADR Recordist
John Jay Martyn
ADR Recordist
Reagan Mendoza
ADR Recordist

Cariella Smith
Foley Artist
Jay Meagher
Sound Mixer

Alexa Zimmerman
Assistant Sound Editor
Glenfield Payne
Sound Effects Editor
Robert Fernandez
Sound Editor

Avi Laniado
Sound Engineer
Marko Costanzo
Foley Artist
Matthew Haasch
Foley Supervisor

Dann Fink
ADR Voice Casting
Dan Izen
Production Sound Mixer
Michael Piotrowski
Boom Operator

James Eck Rippie
Boom Operator
Steven Huerstel
Utility Sound
Mark Scott Friedman
Compositing Supervisor

Ashley Ingram
Casting Associate
Carmen Rodrigues Davis
Costume Coordinator


Jennifer Kamrath
Principal Costumer
Bruce Winant
ADR Voice Casting

Robin Batherson
Extras Casting Coordinator
Josie Works
Costume Assistant

Anne O'Brien
Assistant Editor
Christi Leftwich
Digital Intermediate Assistant

Austin Meyers
Compositing Supervisor
Mustapha Mimis
Key Set Costumer
Chloe Ji Yoon
Costume Illustrator

Rick Derby
Assistant Editor
Kacee Devoe
Casting Associate

Christopher Stoudt
Extras Casting
Melissa Reed
Truck Costumer

Janet Marie Ross
Set Costumer
Patrick Rossi
Digital Intermediate
Suzana Peric
Music Editor

Lynn Fainchtein
Music Supervisor
Tim Stipan
Digital Intermediate Colorist
Eric Leverenz
Online Editor

Jeff Galpin
Animal Wrangler
Jake Whitney
Special Effects Technician
Randall Balsmeyer
Title Designer

Richie Roefaro
Editorial Staff
Jason Frannino
Animal Wrangler
Edward Joubert
Special Effects Technician

Ryan Rolandelli
Digital Intermediate Assistant
Kevin Vale
Digital Intermediate Producer
Steve Bartek
Music Arranger

Eric Horwitz
Digital Intermediate
David K. Nami
Special Effects Coordinator
Davida Chanel Smith
Producer's Assistant

Chantel Passantino
Second Assistant Accountant
Thom Jones
Dialect Coach
Carl Lawson
Production Secretary

Mike Revell
Production Accountant
Danielle Loosemore
Second Assistant Accountant
Ryan Gomez
First Assistant Accountant

Lauren Von Huene
Production Coordinator
Ashley Renee Saunders
Travel Coordinator