THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
#1THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 9:42am
I Really Can't Wait. This looks like it'll be one of the big Oscar contenders next year.
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#2THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 10:09amOprah's Ebonics always sound so "put on". How ironic.
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#2THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 12:05pm
I hope it's wonderful. I hope it is such a big hit that some cable channel re-runs Backstairs at the White House.
And John I feel the same way about Meryl Streep. It's so put on. Everyone knows what she sounds like. How dare she try to sound like an Englishwoman or a Polish Immigrant? So Ironic.
#3THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 12:21pm
Well, of course it's going to win Best Picture!
Everyone in the Academy is in this movie, and it's a Weinstein production.
Game. Set. Match.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#5THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 12:25pmWell I think Oprah looks fantastic in this. And since she was "robbed" of an Oscar before, I'm hoping she can make up for it in this.
#6THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 12:27pm
I agree about Oprah looking terrific in this.
But I still liked Margaret Avery better than Oprah in The Color Purple.
#7THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 12:27pm
I actually am, too.
Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan looks great. So does James Marsden as JFK and Melissa Leo as Mamie Eisenhower.
The cast is really incredible. I happen to think Lee Daniels is an excellent director. I see Maria Carey is in the cast again as well. Maybe she's his good-luck charm.
Alex Pettyfer ... Thomas Westfall
John Cusack ... Richard Nixon
Robin Williams ... Dwight Eisenhower
Alan Rickman ... Ronald Reagan
James Marsden ... John F. Kennedy
Forest Whitaker ... Cecil Gaines
Liev Schreiber ... Lyndon B. Johnson
Terrence Howard ... Howard
Minka Kelly ... Jackie Kennedy
Lenny Kravitz ... James Holloway
Cuba Gooding Jr. ... Carter Wilson
Jesse Williams ... Rev. James Lawson
Jane Fonda ... Nancy Reagan
Melissa Leo ... Mamie Eisenhower
Vanessa Redgrave ... Annabeth Westfall
David Oyelowo ... Louis Gaines
Nelsan Ellis ... Martin Luther King Jr.
Mariah Carey ... Hattie Pearl
Oprah Winfrey ... Gloria Gaines
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#9THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 12:29pmYes, she was.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#10THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 12:29pm
The cast is top notch that is for sure! Side note: Oprah technically does have an Oscar.
Updated On: 6/5/13 at 12:29 PM
#11THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 12:33pm
Yeah, that's one of the best casts assembled for a film in many many years.
And as far as THE COLOR PURPLE goes, every frame of hat film and every performance is the definition of perfection. So I really can't say I wish one person would have won over the other. I do think the Academy should give the film an "Apology Oscar" for getting it so so so so so wrong in '85.
#12THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 12:45pmI agree, Avery was the best supporting actress in '85.
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#13THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 1:05pmThat looks amazing. Any word on a release date?
#14THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 1:06pmOctober 18. Just in time for Halloween.
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#15THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 1:08pmI can't wait for the scene where Forrest Whitaker gets stung by a jellyfish and Jane Fonda pees on him.
#16THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 1:11pmI read that they cut that scene so they could include Vanessa Redgrave's bukakke on the plantation.
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#17THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 1:34pm
Just a trailer, and all that, but it just looks like a batch of cliches, the embodiment of not my cup of tea. And Robin Williams as Ike, continuing the trend of miscasting comedians as Presidents. With all the pretty pictures and family bonding and family conflicts and tearful tearfulness, you just know that someone will be cured of a stammer before the movie ends.
I'll pass. More than that -- I'll AVOID.
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#19THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 1:40pmThis seems reminiscent of Backstairs at the White House, a miniseries from the late 70s.
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#20THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 1:42pm
I'm up for it ... even though I get what Roscoe is saying.
It looks a bit like Downton Abbey at the White House Meets Mississippi Burning with Disney's Hall Of the Presidents.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#21THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 1:48pm
When it comes to comedians, Robin Williams can be serious and dramatic almost as deftly. I'm not sure if he's miscast as Ike, but I don't think it's another example of miscasting comedians as Presidents.
I think it's going to be interesting between this Oscar bait ensemble piece and the other - August: Osage County.
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#22THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 2:33pm
Jordan as far as I recall they have changed the date to August 16th. I've been looking forward to this for awhile now.
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Updated On: 6/5/13 at 02:33 PM
#23THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 2:37pm
I believe the date was pushed up to 8/16.
Moving it from awards season to the dumping grounds of late summer is worrisome.
....but the world goes 'round
#24THE BUTLER (or Oprah Wants An Oscar)
Posted: 6/5/13 at 2:40pm
"Just a trailer, and all that, but it just looks like a batch of cliches"
Well it is a Lee Daniels movie.
Updated On: 6/5/13 at 02:40 PM
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