Director
Lee Daniels (
Precious) teams up with Emmy Award-winning screenwriter
Danny Strong to tell the remarkable story of White House butler Eugene Allen (played by Oscar-winner
Forest Whitaker), who served eight U.S. presidents over the course of 30 years, and witnessed sweeping social change during his three decades of service at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Inspired by Wil Haygood's Washington Post article, the film features
Robin Williams as
Dwight D. Eisenhower,
James Marsden as
John F. Kennedy,
Liev Schreiber as Lyndon B. Johnson,
John Cusack as
Richard M. Nixon, and
Alan Rickman as
Ronald Reagan.
Oprah Winfrey,
Cuba Gooding Jr.,
Terrence Howard,
Jane Fonda,
David Oyelowo,
Lenny Kravitz,
Melissa Leo, and
Vanessa Redgrave co-star.
