'The Butler' [Trailer]: Oprah Winfrey, Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams, Terence Howard, And Mariah Carey All Star In The Highly Anticipated Film

By Mereb Gebremariam | May 08, 2013 04:43 PM EDT

Oprah Winfrey and Forest Whitaker star along a number of all-star cast in "The Butler", a movie based from 1952-1986 during a racially moved nation going through the civil rights movement along with political leader's assassinations all from the perspective of the White House butler.

The Butler, Cecil Gaines, grew up as a cotton picker on a plantation and later became a Butler with the opportunity to work in the White House serving eight Presidents. Throughout the movie we get a glimpse of the Gaines' childhood, and family struggle as he is caught in the middle of historical events such as: Freedom Riders, the Black Power movement, and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

 The cast includes:

The Butler costars John Cusack as Richard Nixon, Alan Rickman as Reagan, Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan, Liev Schreiber as Lyndon B. Johnson, Robin Williams as Eisenhower and James Marsden as John F. Kennedy.

Also, Cuba Gooding Jr. Lenny Kravitz, Melissa Leo, Vanessa Redgrave, Terence Howard, Mariah Carey, Minka Kelly and Alex Pettyfer.

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