The Butler ~ 13 April 2014
Sunday 13th April at 7.00 p.m.
Admission: £3.50 ~ all seats unreserved. Doors open 30 min before screening.
Certificate 12A ~ 132 minutes.
Director: Lee Daniels.
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Robin Williams.
“A momentous accomplishment. A milestone.” Huffington Post.
“Brilliantly truthful film” New York Times.
A film about being an African-American near the centre of power in White America; a film about the Civil Rights movement; a film about family tensions and loyalties.
In 2009, at the time of Barack Obama’s inauguration, Cecil Gaines looks back at his lifetime as butler to seven presidents, from Eisenhower to Reagan.
(Cecil Gaines is a fictional character but his story is loosely based on on Eugene Allen, who was a servant in the White House from 1952 to 1986).
Doors open 30 min. before screenings for Front Row and Sunday cinema.
Ricks Café is open for tea, coffee and refreshments on Sundays for 30 min. prior to screenings.