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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.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 2013-08-16
- video_camera_front Companies Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Laura Ziskin Productions, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Pam Williams Productions, Windy Hill Pictures
- timer Runtime: 132 Mins
- star Rating: 7.3 / 10
- favorite Likes: 2880 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt1327773
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smart_display Cast

Forest Whitaker
Cecil Gaines

Oprah Winfrey
Gloria Gaines

David Oyelowo
Louis Gaines

John Cusack
Richard Nixon

Jane Fonda
Nancy Reagan

Cuba Gooding Jr.
Carter Wilson

Mariah Carey
Hattie Pearl

Terrence Howard
Howard

Lenny Kravitz
James Holloway

Aml Ameen
Cecil Gaines (15)

Michael Rainey Jr.
Cecil Gaines (8)

James Marsden
John F. Kennedy

Alex Pettyfer
Thomas Westfall

Vanessa Redgrave
Annabeth Westfall

Alan Rickman
Ronald Reagan

Liev Schreiber
Lyndon B. Johnson

Robin Williams
Dwight Eisenhower

Yaya DaCosta
Carol Hammie

David Banner
Earl Gaines

Colman Domingo
Freddie Fallows

Nelsan Ellis
Martin Luther King Jr.

Nealla Gordon
Senator Kassebaum

Elijah Kelley
Charlie Gaines (15-18)

Minka Kelly
Jackie Kennedy

Adriane Lenox
Gina

Mo McRae
Eldridge Huggins

Pernell Walker
Lorraine

Jesse Williams
Rev. James Lawson

Clarence Williams III
Maynard

LaJessie Smith
Abraham

John P. Fertitta
Mr. Jenkins

Jim Gleason
R.D. Warner

Isaac White
Charlie Gaines (10)

Joe Chrest
White Usher

Tyson Ford
Elroy

James DuMont
Sherman Adams

Robert Aberdeen
Herbert Brownell

Olivia Washington
Olivia

Margaret M. Owens
Woolworth Diner Patron #1

Eric Ducote
Woolworth Diner Patron #2

Chloe Barach
Caroline Kennedy

Danny Strong
Freedom Bus Journalist

Clara Hopkins Daniels
Freedom Bus Rider

Dana Gourrier
Helen Holloway

Shirley Pugh
Malcolm X Goer

Bill Newman
Pastor

Colin Walker
John Ehrlichman

Alex Manette
Bob Haldeman

Rusty Robertson
Senator Robertson

Stephen Rider
Admiral Rochon

Tarra Riggs
Sophie Wilson (uncredited)

Xosha Roquemore
Foxy (uncredited)
groups Crew

Buddy Patrick
Producer

Lee Daniels
Director

Lee Daniels
Producer

Cassian Elwes
Producer

Laura Ziskin
Producer

Danny Strong
Writer

Joe Klotz
Editor

Rodrigo Leão
Original Music Composer

Andrew Dunn
Director of Photography

Tim Galvin
Production Design

Sebastián Silva
Second Unit Director

Ruth E. Carter
Costume Design

Leah Daniels-Butler
Casting

Billy Hopkins
Casting

Danny Epper
Stunts

Lori Agostino
Art Direction

Kimberly Murphy
Set Decoration Buyer

Wendy Talley
Costume Supervisor

Jason Baldwin Stewart
Art Direction

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

David Keith Broome
Greensman

John Lindsay
Greensman

Michelle C. Harmon
Set Designer

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

Robert L. Stevenson
Hairstylist

Gus Coto
Leadman

Kristopher Weaver
Lighting Technician

Annette Farnsworth
Set Costumer

Jeffery J. Tufano
Camera Operator

Robin Simmerly
Art Department Coordinator

Robert Hein
Supervising Sound Editor

Michael Arena
Greensman

Aniela Sidorska
Visual Effects Producer

Luis Lopez DeVictoria
Additional Camera

Ulysses Guidotti
First Assistant Editor

Michael Stumpf
Additional Camera

Elizabeth Himelstein
Dialect Coach

Robert Hein
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Grayson Austin
Camera Operator

Anne Marie Fox
Still Photographer

Victoria Wood
Wigmaker

Brian A. Waits
Set Designer

Steve Martemucci
Construction Foreman

Kat Spiess
First Assistant Editor

Daniel Cohen
Visual Effects Producer

Trey Shaneyfelt
Lighting Technician

Amy Sanderson
Script Supervisor

Randall S. Coe
Construction Coordinator

Charlotta Forssman
Visual Effects Editor

Ray McIntyre Jr.
Visual Effects Supervisor

Meredith Richardson
Stunts

Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer

Len Blavatnik
Executive Producer

Heather Gross
Foley Editor

David Wahnon
Dialogue Editor

Lisa C. Satriano
First Assistant Director

Ruth Hernandez
ADR Editor

Branka Mrkic
Supervising Dialogue Editor

Kevin Ladson
Property Master

Peter Dress
Second Assistant Director

Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer

Ari Daniel Pinchot
Producer

Debra Denson
Makeup Designer

Courtney Lether
Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Clinton Wayne
Prosthetic Designer

LeDiedra Richard-Baldwin
Makeup Artist

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

Andy Young
Grip

Zach Smithers
Additional Lighting Technician

Grayson Austin
Steadicam Operator

Dacoda Bartles
Grip

Raúl J. Marín
Rigging Grip

Justin LeBlanc
Electrician

Richard Lacy
First Assistant Camera

Tyler Garrett
Grip

Shawn Stone
Rigging Grip

Jeremy Wren
Grip

Jeremy Webre
Dolly Grip

Michael Charbonnet
First Assistant Camera

Justin Wright
Electrician

Ben Wachsmann
Rigging Grip

Jason Prowell
Generator Operator

Robert D Morrison Jr.
Dolly Grip

Tom Hutchinson
First Assistant Camera

Jerone A. Ordon Sr.
Grip

John Vinson
Rigging Grip

Kevin Fannon
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

Nicholas Ellerbee
Carpenter

Charlie Mann
Carpenter

Daniel E. Kiker
Painter

Camile Kelsey
Painter

Will Eastin
Graphic Designer

Sonda L. Rowland
Painter

Tony Ziegler
Set Dresser

Roger Johnson
Graphic Designer

Spencer J. Abadie
Painter

Stephen Finders
Props

Jonathan Jost
ADR Mixer

Tom Ryan
ADR Mixer

Michael Dares
Set Dresser

Stephen P. Durante
Set Dresser

Owl Martin Dwyer
Set Dresser

Sam Jacobs
Set Dresser

Jordan Lightner
Set Dresser

Krissopher Chevannes
ADR Mixer

Iggie Colomer
Set Dresser

Sian C. Sanzone
Painter

Ed Burcham
Set Dresser

Michael Miller
ADR Mixer

Chris Fielder
Assistant Sound Editor

Fredrick Cuevas
ADR Recordist

John Jay Martyn
ADR Recordist

Reagan Mendoza
ADR Recordist

Billy Theriot
ADR Mixer

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

Laura Faye Sirkin-Brown
Seamstress

Carmen Rodrigues Davis
Costume Coordinator

Barbara Marko
Costumer

Janet Marie Ross
Costumer

Mollie Middleditch
Costumer

Jennifer Kamrath
Principal Costumer

Patrick Paul Mullane
Matte Painter

Bruce Winant
ADR Voice Casting

Robin Batherson
Extras Casting Coordinator

Lesley D. Wickham
Ager/Dyer

Josie Works
Costume Assistant

Kasey C. Bazil
Costumer

Anne O'Brien
Assistant Editor

Christi Leftwich
Digital Intermediate Assistant

Austin Meyers
Compositing Supervisor

Mustapha Mimis
Key Set Costumer

Chloe Ji Yoon
Costume Illustrator

Misti Moreaux
Costumer

Rick Derby
Assistant Editor

Kacee Devoe
Casting Associate

Christopher Stoudt
Extras Casting

Melissa Reed
Truck Costumer

Paul A. Simmons Jr.
Key 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

Danny Cosmo
Stunts
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