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This 2013 release that runs 132 minutes is everything that last years"Lincoln",a film also reviewed on this blog,promised but only partially delivered. Sadly so much of this story I vividly remember and enjoyed the many fine actors who help bring those characters back to life but make NO MISTAKE,this is Oprah Winfrey's film as she portrays Gloria Gaines,the wife of the title character Cecil Gaines,the Butler,for Lee Daniels is the films director, also well played by Forest Whitaker,who might also get a nomination. The events that are portrayed are a reminder,however painful,of the not so glorious past of this great nation and why as the Jewish say,we must never forget.While no holocaust,it was violently shameful.Trailer URL follows the picture and a IMDB summary is below.
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.
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi707045657/
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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