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Medium shot of reporters pan to Forest Whitaker 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Forest Whitaker, Actor (with wife Keisha at his side in shot): \"Underneath the premise,...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSHOTLIST(including transcript):-\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 5 August 2013\u003cbr/\u003e1. Medium shot of reporters pan to Forest Whitaker \u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (English) Forest Whitaker, Actor (with wife Keisha at his side in shot): \u003cbr/\u003e\"Underneath the premise, other than father-son, it's about love.  It's about me loving my wife, me loving my son and wanting to find a better life for them and I think that same quest and search is what Louis (his character's son in the film) is doing out in the world when he's doing his civil right work - he's trying to get and create and get a better life. So I think that that Is very interesting and I think it's very interesting for people to see that you have to stand up sometimes for what it is you believe in and what it is you want.\"\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close shot of Forest Whitaker with reporters on carpet\u003cbr/\u003e4. Forest Whitaker and wife Keisha pose for photographs on carpet\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Forest Whitaker, Actor, on the cast:  \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think it comes from working together. I think it comes from doing a film that we all really, really believe in and that we're really proud of. So that's something that brings people together in a really special way.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide shot of Forest Whitaker being interviewed on carpet, pan up to show Ziegfeld Theatre marquee, pan back down\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide shot of Forest Whitaker and Jane Fonda posing for photographs on carpet zoom into medium shot of Fonda, who walks over and poses for photos with Whitaker \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jane Fonda, Actress, on why she wanted to be a part of the movie: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Because it's an extremely important film about American history and it's done in a beautiful way that's honest and well done and beautifully acted and was a great script and I desperately wanted to be a part of it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide shot of Jane Fonda, Liev Schreiber with girlfriend Naomi Watts talking to reporters on carpet\u003cbr/\u003e10. Medium shot of Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Liev Schreiber, Actor, on playing President Lyndon B. Johnson in the film: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The best part of playing it was researching it and I had no idea that he was as prolific a president as he was in terms of passing legislation. I certainly wish we could take a page from his book right now.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close shot of Liev Schreiber and girlfriend Naomi Watts on carpet\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close shot of Mariah Carey and husband Nick Cannon posing for photos, pull out to medium shot\u003cbr/\u003e14. Close shot of Mariah Carey\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English) Mariah Carey, Actress/Recording Artist, on being part of the film: \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's just that in this film I feel like people got so real because that was Lee's (Daniels) goal and yet I feel like people will be able to relate to it on a global level. It's not just like here we are talking about this basic subject. It's very deep, very important and I'm glad that our little babies - or as we call them, 'them babies,' - will get to grow up and see something that spans decades and mommy - as they call me or mama - they haven't decided yet, will be a little...\"\u003cbr/\u003eNick Cannon, Reality TV Host: \"...speaking of them babies, we've got to get home because he (the reporter) about to have a baby on Thursday.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close shot of Terrence Howard on carpet\u003cbr/\u003e17. Medium shot, zoom into close shot of Lenny Kravitz and David Oleyowo talking to reporters on carpet\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English) David Oleyowo, Actor: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The stuff where as civil rights activists we're being subjected to being spat at, physical violence, being hosed down, members of the KKK throwing epithets at us, fire-bombing the bus, I mean these were things that it's one thing to read about them, it's another thing to feel in your body what it must have been like for these young kids and what they went through. So that was tough.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. Various of Lenny Kravitz and godmother Cecily Tyson talking to reporter on carpet\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (English) Lenny Kravitz, Actor/Recording Artist: \u003cbr/\u003e\"My mother (Roxie Roker) and Miss Tyson were friends way before I was ever thought of and doing theater in New York City and became very close and were like sisters.\"\u003cbr/\u003eCecily Tyson, Actress: \"I was there when his father proposed to his mother at the Carlyle Hotel.\"\u003cbr/\u003eLenny Kravitz: \"That's right. Bobby Short was there. That's right.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Medium shot of James Marsden walking down carpet\u003cbr/\u003e22. Medium shot of Nelsan Ellis walking down carpet\u003cbr/\u003e23. Various of Jesse Williams talking to reporter on carpet\u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide shot of actress Yaya DaCosta talking to reporter on carpet \u003cbr/\u003e25. Medium shot of actress Yaya DaCosta talking to reporter on carpet\u003cbr/\u003e26. Wide shot of Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels, Liev Schreiber talking to press on carpet\u003cbr/\u003eThe stars were certainly out in Manhattan Monday night (5 AUG. 2013) when the cast of \"Lee Daniels' The Butler\" attended the film's New York premiere.\u003cbr/\u003eDirected by Lee Daniels, the movie stars Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey among many others. \u003cbr/\u003eIt's an historical drama that tells the story of the civil rights movement in the United States through the tale of one African American man who went from picking cotton as a child to working as a butler in the White House for 34 years under eight presidential administrations - from President Eisenhower to President Reagan.  \u003cbr/\u003eIt also shows his witnessing the election of President Obama and getting to meet the first African American U.S. president.\u003cbr/\u003eWhitaker says there are a lot of important messages in the film.  \u003cbr/\u003e\"Underneath the premise, other than father-son, it's about love,\" he explained.  \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's about me loving my wife, me loving my son and wanting to find a better life for them and I think that same quest and search is what Louis (his character's son in the film) is doing out in the world when he's doing his civil right work - he's trying to get and create and get a better life. So I think that that Is very interesting and I think it's very interesting for people to see that you have to stand up sometimes for what it is you believe in and what it is you want.\"\u003cbr/\u003eJane Fonda is one of many actors that appear in the film in small but meaningful parts. Fonda plays First Lady Nancy Reagan for just a few moments in the film but says she fought to get the part.  \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's an extremely important film about American history and it's done in a beautiful way that's honest and well done and beautifully acted and was a great script and I desperately wanted to be a part of it,\" she revealed.\u003cbr/\u003eAll the presidents in the film are played by big stars - Robin Williams is President Eisenhower, James Marsden is President Kennedy, John Cusack is President Nixon, Alan Rickman is President Reagan and Liev Schreiber plays President Johnson.\u003cbr/\u003eSchreiber learned a lot along the way, including how pivotal Johnson was in the civil rights movement by getting legislation passed. \u003cbr/\u003e\"The best part of playing it was researching it and I had no idea that he was as prolific a president as he was in terms of passing legislation. I certainly wish we could take a page from his book right now,\" explained the star.\u003cbr/\u003eMariah Carey plays Whitaker's character's mother early on in the film. She arrived late on the carpet with her husband Nick Cannon - host of \"America's Got Talent\" - and spoke of how monumental she feels the movie is.  \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's just that in this film I feel like people got so real because that was Lee's (Daniels) goal and yet I feel like people will be able to relate to it on a global level,\" she explained. \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's not just like here we are talking about this basic subject. 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