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The Butler

The only thing I ever knew was cotton. It was hard work

[first lines] Cecil Gaines:
The only thing I ever knew was cotton. It was hard work

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.294
Now he could see that I knew what I was talking about
Duration
7 seconds
Views
322
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:54
Uploaded
Nov 16, 2022
Genres
biography, drama
Production
Follow Through Productions,Salamander Pictures,Laura Ziskin Productions,Lee Daniels Entertainment,Pam Williams Productions,Windy Hill Pictures

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Movie Summary

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.

Actors

Forest Whitaker
Cecil Gaines
Forest Whitaker
I don't want to say anything negative - The Butler 00:13
I don't want to say anything negative
Hattie come on I need your help in the shed - The Butler 00:06
Hattie come on I need your help in the shed
Stop crying - The Butler 00:05
Stop crying
Something special is going on down here Dad - The Butler 00:11
Something special is going on down here Dad
They say this new white boy's smooth - The Butler 00:07
They say this new white boy's smooth
Cecil you hear me talking to you - The Butler 00:36
Cecil you hear me talking to you
I don't know what country I'm looking at - The Butler 00:04
I don't know what country I'm looking at
Stop calling him a nigga 'cause he ain't no nigga - The Butler 00:10
Stop calling him a nigga 'cause he ain't no nigga
I care about what goes on in this house - The Butler 00:04
I care about what goes on in this house
Negroes - The Butler 00:09
Negroes
Young brother the black domestic defy racial stereotypes - The Butler 00:35
Young brother the black domestic defy racial stereotypes
Shut up Nah we're we're more grass roots - The Butler 00:22
Shut up Nah we're we're more grass roots
Everything you are and everything you have is - The Butler 00:08
Everything you are and everything you have is
Now you take that trifling low class bitch - The Butler 00:14
Now you take that trifling low class bitch
Charlie don't do this Don't do this - The Butler 00:17
Charlie don't do this Don't do this
Vietnam took my boy - The Butler 00:08
Vietnam took my boy
Americans always turned - The Butler 00:24
Americans always turned
I mean really Shaquanda - The Butler 00:36
I mean really Shaquanda
You must look through their eyes - The Butler 00:25
You must look through their eyes
What wrong with that - The Butler 00:16
What wrong with that