Robin Williams is President Dwight D. Eisenhower in "The Butler"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK8gytvGf_Y

Oprah Winfrey acting??? I guess it would be something like this...

http://tw.gs/Vazca

Lenny kravitz and Alex p*ssyfer is in this?
Pass

WUTTA COLOSSAL CASTING CLUSTER f*ck

ALAN RICKMAN IS REAGAN
WILLIAMS IS IKE
MINKA IS NANCY

Interesting story, great cast
Just not for this movie

Cinema

You've not seen Spielberg's Color Purple then mate ?

Robin Williams ??!!???!

Thought this guy perving in a Photo lab now

#was

I would have prefered to see Robin Williams in a new stand-up comedy than this. Although, he's really excellent in the drama roles like no others and he has with the art of showing genuine emotions that even stones will cry.

He's incredibly gifted but I think he's wasting his time in his old age with this one.

*he has the art...

How about to have a petition for this god damned Edit function!?

No f*cking way. No. f*cking. Way.

Vietcong Jane as Nancy Reagan? Could they have found a more leftwing c*nt 'actress' to play a more rightwing first lady?

Are they just trying to create social division with this film? The black guy that directed that Harlem turd Precious? With Oprah Winfrey? A nearly all black cast on a film supposedly about a white President, entitled 'The Butler'?

I guess Daniels is trying to to say he was a 'house n*gger', serving whitey or something. Yeah, I know he was an actual butler, but I also know where this garbage is going. Right back in the trash from whence it came.

And Williams as Ike? Yeah, he's a good actor, better know for his comedy and creepy roles, but he doesn't even remotely look the part.

And Cusack is here too. Another far-left loon.




Major f*cking pass on this obviously ideological trash.

And before anyone gets upset that what I said is 'racist', if the black butler doesn't want his job, I'll be VERY happy to take it. They pay well and hell, who wouldn't want to work in the White House?

@Mink -

I think it could be an interesting film to show some sort of continuity from one man's perspective of what it means to work in the White House. Having the honor to serve all those past Presidents is a story in itself despite the casting decisions of who is in reality right-wing or left-wing. I don’t know the different personalities and quirks behind these Presidents and look forward to being entertained/educated – even if some creative licenses are taken and expected. Forgive my Canadian sensibilities, but does casting actors to be politically correct and aligned with their real life counterparts really matter that much to Americans? It certainly struck a nerve with you. Does a movie strive to cast actors who are good ones in order to tell a story. Or does it need to get saddled before we even see it because of political baggage it carries. Perhaps these are deliberate casting choices to stir sh*t up. Ever since Good Will Hunting, I look forward to seeing Robin Williams in dramatic roles and steer away from RV-ing.

Look, I'll just tell you what I see, Mr Blonde.

I see a gay, black, stridently left-wing director, largely known for his film 'Precious' and its portrayal of a black, pregnant girl from Harlem, a cast comprised mostly of left-wing black actors, including Obama's homegirl Oprah and the bitch that happily rooted for her country to lose against the Communist Vietcong (playing Nancy Reagan of all people; how Fonda must just LOVE doing damage there), plus crazier than a rat in a sh*thouse Cusack, and a plot that centers on the Poor Old Negro trope that by now should have worn thin with even most black people.

The fact is, and I don't mean this lightly, most Americans don't give a sh*t for the butler. We don't. We root for the winners, or we root for the losers to be winners, but we rarely root for the guy that makes our ham sandwiches, no matter how many whiteys he serves under, and I just know it'll be impossible for this asshat Daniels to not portray the butler guy as some sort of unsung hero, because making the Commander In Chief his favorite creme brulee dessert is of course a very, very important position to have, especially if you're black and the guy you're serving is white.

Now, I could be wrong and this film could be every bit as color blind and unbiased as I would like to hope, but I very much doubt it; alas, god forbid, if I am wrong, I'll be the first to admit it.

@Mink - thanks again for your perspective. Good call and I now understand your advance concerns for this film. Still let's wait and see.

Let this be a lesson to would-be trolls out there. Ask an intelligent respectful question and you can expect an equally considered response. Start insulting each other's Mothers, or gayness tendencies or who wants to wear Lohan's vag like a hat...well you get the idea.

lol

Was the casting director high on bath salts or using the force while pointing at pics of celebs blindfolded ? Williams as Ike ... ?

Williams playing Eisenhower? Sh!t, by the look of his pic, he looks more like Ulysses Grant...

Interesting cast choices, but I really like Whitaker taking the lead role. He really has the chops to make everyone bring their A game & has acting talent in spades. Good call, IMO.