The Butler's in Love is a short film directed by David Arquette and starring Elizabeth Berkley and Thomas Jane. The film is based on a painting by Mark Stock which hangs in Bix, the San Francisco restaurant where Arquette and his wife Courteney Cox held their rehearsal dinner the night before their wedding.

The work shows a butler holding up a glass which is smudged with lipstick and a bottle of absinthe on a side table. "We didn't have any absinthe at our wedding," said Arquette with a laugh. "But I never forgot about the painting. I think of the romance behind it."

The film was shot in 3-D on location in San Francisco and premiered June 23, 2008 at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The rest of the Arquette siblings attended the screening, as well as his wife Cox and stars Elizabeth Berkley and Thomas Jane.

The Butler's in Love is the first of many short films from the new full-service film production company, Tourmented Films. French Absinthe brand Le Tourment Vert, in cooperation with Converge Entertainment, announced on June 23, 2008, the launch of their newest venture, Tourmented Films. Established to create edgy short films that carry the look and feel of the absinthe genre, it was officially launched with The Butler's in Love directed by David Arquette.