What's the Difference between The Butler: A Witness to History the Book and Lee Daniels' The Butler the Movie?

Drama

The Butler: A Witness to History

38%
Released: 2013
Author: Wil Haygood

Lee Daniels' The Butler

62%
Released: 2013
Director: Lee Daniels
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Eugene Allen
Cecil Gaines
Portrayed by: Forest Whitaker
Helen Allen
Gloria Gaines
Portrayed by: Oprah Winfrey
Lee Daniels' The Butler Book vs Movie
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   Eugene never asks for a raise. Cecil asks several times to be paid on par with the white staff, and eventually President Reagan insists that he get the raise.
   Eugene doesn't meet Obama. The film ends with Cecil going to the White House to meet with President Obama.
   Eugene's wife is named Helen. Her name is Gloria.
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