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Allen's life was the inspiration for the 2013 film The Butler. [4] Danny Strong's screenplay was inspired by the 2008 Washington Post article. [12] The film departs from the facts of Allen's life. The central character, "Cecil Gaines", is only loosely based on the real Allen.
Forest Whitaker portrays Cecil Gaines in The Butler. Forest Whitaker as Cecil Gaines, [6] the film's main character, who dedicates his life to becoming a professional domestic worker. Michael Rainey Jr. and Aml Ameen portray Cecil at ages 7 and 18, respectively. Gaines's private life. Oprah Winfrey as Gloria Gaines, [6] Cecil Gaines's wife.
Banner played Earl Gaines, Cecil Gaines' father, in the 2013 film The Butler. Banner plays Jay, a criminal who is interrogated, in the 2014 film Ride Along. David Banner was featured on a remix of Mexican American rapper Kap G's single "La Policia", which stirred hype throughout the media and the internet. [18]
Forest Whitaker – The Butler as Cecil Gaines; Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine as Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis. Sandra Bullock – Gravity as Dr. Ryan Stone; Judi Dench – Philomena as Philomena Lee; Meryl Streep – August: Osage County as Violet Weston; Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks as P. L. Travers; Outstanding Performance by a Male ...
George Tyssen Butler, a documentary filmmaker best known for co-directing the 1977 feature “Pumping Iron,” died on Oct. 21 of pneumonia at his home in New Hampshire. He was 78 years old.
The Admirable Crichton is a 1957 British south seas adventure comedy romance film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker and Sally Ann Howes. The film was based on J. M. Barrie 's 1902 stage comedy of the same name .
Newsom appoints Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist who rose to prominence in the labor movement, to fill the Senate vacancy left by Feinstein's death.
Interviewed exclusively for this book, Diana’s butler of many years, Paul Burrell, expounded on the alienation Diana felt. I think the royal family take the view that things happen. The queen knows.