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Loosely based on the real life of Eugene Allen, who worked in the White House for decades, the film stars Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, an African American who is a witness of notable political and social events of the 20th century during his 34-year tenure serving as a White House butler.
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Eugene Charles Allen (July 14, 1919 – March 31, 2010) [2]...
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Aug 8, 2013 · Was the real Cecil Gaines born on a plantation like in The Butler movie? Yes. The true story behind Eugene Allen verifies that he was born on a plantation in Virginia (not Georgia).
Eugene Charles Allen (July 14, 1919 – March 31, 2010) [2] was an American waiter and butler who worked for the US government at the White House for 34 years until he retired as the head butler in 1986. [3] Allen's life was the inspiration for the 2013 film The Butler. [4] Life.
Daniels’ film replaces the real Eugene Allen with the fictional Cecil Gaines, using the unique perspective of a White House butler as a jumping-off point to explore questions of race in the ...
Aug 15, 2013 · In the movie, the White House calls Gaines after a white senior staffer witnesses Cecil in action at the D.C. hotel—a point Cecil, in voiceover, emphasizes proudly.
Aug 16, 2013 · 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.
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Aug 16, 2013 · In The Butler, Whitaker’s Cecil Gaines is a slightly fictionalized version of Allen, one whose story—though very close to Allen’s own—plays better as the stylistic, sweeping melodrama the film...
