Formats
Trade Ed. Simon & Schuster Audio 2013
CD ISBN 9781442368958 $14.99 Two CDs
DD ISBN 9781442368187 $9.95
Library Ed. Recorded Books 2013
CD ISBN 978-1-4906-0154-0 $36.75 Two CDs
DD ISBN 978-1-4906-0176-2 $33.00
This book offers backstory and a "making-of" look at the movie THE BUTLER. But for all its star power, the tag-team approach to the narration doesn't work. David Oyelowo delivers the opening section, about the life of Eugene Allen, the butler on whom this story is based. Oyelowo's voice has the quiet grace and conviction of the man himself, as well as a slight accent and a soft tone. He uses his normal voice for journalist Wil Haygood. Oprah Winfrey reads a history of blacks and the cinema, but she hands off the reading when the material switches to the first person. Forest Whitaker picks up those parts. At that point, it seems odd to switch narrators. The story itself is compelling enough that the producers should have let Oyelowo read the entire work. R.C.G. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2013]
Trade Ed. Simon & Schuster Audio 2013
CD ISBN 9781442368958 $14.99 Two CDs
DD ISBN 9781442368187 $9.95
Library Ed. Recorded Books 2013
CD ISBN 978-1-4906-0154-0 $36.75 Two CDs
DD ISBN 978-1-4906-0176-2 $33.00
Trade Ed. Simon & Schuster Audio 2013
CD ISBN 9781442368958 $14.99 Two CDs
DD ISBN 9781442368187 $9.95
Library Ed. Recorded Books 2013
CD ISBN 978-1-4906-0154-0 $36.75 Two CDs
DD ISBN 978-1-4906-0176-2 $33.00
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