Check out poster for Lee Daniel’s The ButlerPosted by Wilson Morales
June 4, 2013
The Weinstein Company, AOL Moviefone and Huffington Post Entertainment have joined together to debut the first poster for Lee Daniels’ new historical drama The Butler, starring Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Liam Neeson, John Cusack, Alan Rickman, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams, James Marsden, Aml Ameen, Liev Schreiber and many more.
The Butler is inspired by Wil Haygood’s Washington Post article about an African-American man who served as a butler (Whitaker) to eight Presidents in the White House for over thirty years. From this unique vantage point, the film traces the dramatic changes that swept American society, from the civil rights movement to Vietnam and beyond, and how those changes affected this man’s life and family.
Robin Williams plays President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Melissa Leo as First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, James Marsden as President John F. Kennedy, Minka Kelly as First Lady Jackie Kennedy, Liev Schreiber as President Lyndon B. Johnson, John Cusack as President Richard M. Nixon, Alan Rickman as President Ronald Reagan, and Jane Fonda as First Lady Nancy Reagan. Also included are Cuba Gooding, Jr., Lenny Kravitz, Colman Domingo, and Terrence Howard.
