Lee Daniels' The Butler Comments

  • Shawna 2021-12-17 08:01:08

    Black version of Forrest...

  • Jerad 2021-12-17 08:01:08

    A textbook-like history of the struggle for black civil rights in the masterpiece of the Olympic...

  • Makenzie 2021-12-17 08:01:08

    Near Martin Luther King Jr. Day, watch this movie and tell yourself not only that your own people are bitter, but also black people, in a beautiful country: the United...

Extended Reading
  • Major 2021-12-17 08:01:08

    "Quotes"

    "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. — Martin Luther King Jr."


    "When I got older, I knew I had to go before he killed me, too. Part of me was scared to leave. It was the only world I ever knew. My mama never spoke much after that. I knew she'd miss me, but I also...

  • Karlie 2022-03-28 09:01:04

    From Wiki for a Better Understanding

    Departures from the facts of Allen's life
    Regarding historical accuracy, Eliana Dockterman wrote in Time: "Allen was born on a Virginia plantation in 1919, not in Georgia.... In the movie, Cecil Gaines grows up on a cotton field in Macon, where his family comes into conflict with the white farmers...

Lee Daniels' The Butler quotes

  • Freddie Fallows: Are you political, Mr. Gaines?

    Cecil Gaines: No, sir.

    Freddie Fallows: Good. We have no tolerance for politics at the White House.

  • Richard Nixon: I don't want to say anything negative about that Kennedy boy. I'm sure he's a real nice fellow. But do you really want that spoiled rich son-of-a-bitch fuck to be your next president?