Director: Lee Daniels

Writer(s): Danny Strong, Wil Haygood

Starring: Forest Whitaker, David Banner, Michael Rainey Jr., LaJessie Smith, Mariah Carey, Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Redgrave, Aml Ameen, Clarence Williams III, John P. Fertitta, Jim Gleason, Oprah Winfrey, Isaac White, David Oyelowo, Joe Chrest, Colman Domingo, Adriane Lenox, Terrence Howard, Tyson Ford, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lenny Kravitz, Pernell Walker, James DuMont, Robert Aberdeen, Robin Williams, John Cusack, Olivia Washington, Yaya DaCosta, Jesse Williams, Margaret M. Owens, Eric Ducote, James Marsden, Minka Kelly, Chloe Barach, Danny Strong, Clara Hopkins Daniels, Elijah Kelley, Liev Schreiber, Dana Gourrier, Shirley Pugh, Bill Newman, Nelsan Ellis, Colin Walker, Alex Manette, Mo McRae, Alan Rickman, Jane Fonda, Rusty Robertson, Nealla Gordon, Stephen Rider, Andre Allemand, John L. Armijo, Jon Arthur, Rex Baker, Jessica Benitez, Patton Brantley, Joshua Braud, Eugene Brezany, Warren Burger, Blake Burt, Carroll Burt, Jonathan Aaron Butler, Tom Cain, Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, Edward J. Clare, JJ Coker, Markeith Coleman, Ross P. Cook, Duane Cothren, Haylie Creppel, Walter Cronkite, Steven J. Daniels, Robert Deon, Donna Duplantier, Alexander Eldimiati, Jazzy Ellis, Guy Fernandez, Gerald Ford, Rebecca Lee Fox, Redd Foxx, Justin Gant, Ray Gaspard, Tyler Gibbs, Ron Glass, Douglas M. Griffin, Brandon Guttuso, Russell M. Haeuser, Gene Kevin Hames Jr., A. Michelle Harleston, Sadarias Harrell, Rodney Hebert, Bria Hobgood, Alaine Huntington, Rahsaana Ison, Jesse Jackson, David Jensen, Mark Joyce, Martin Luther King Jr., Gladys Knight, Alex Ladove, Elton LeBlanc, Wanda Leigh, Hal Linden, Sam Malone, John R Mangus, Starlette Miariaunii, Mike R. Moreau, Barack Obama, Mary Katherine Oglesby, Monicah Owino, Darryl Perrilloux, Jeffrey Poitier, Renato Powell, Philippe Radelet, Tarra Riggs, Xosha Roquemore, Aaron Saxton, Carl Singleton, Chaz Smith, Kay Smith, Jim Sojka, Andrew j Spinks, Marco St. John, Jason Stanly, Valerie Strecker, Craig Tate, Shirley Tregre, Joseph Uzzell, Bob Walker, Mike Wallace, Dean J. West, Michael Whitener, Demond Wilson, Jake Wynnefc-Wilson

Synopsis: As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man’s life, family, and American society.

Release Date: August 20, 2013 (USA) | Length: 132 min | Genre: Biography, Drama | MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for some violence and disturbing images, language, sexual material, thematic elements and smoking.