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Original title: Birdcage, The
Release Date
• USA: Mar 8, 1996
DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 3, 1997
• R2: 1 Feb 2000
Official Website:
The Birdcage Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for language.
Running Time
1 hour, 57 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Nichols, United Artists
Studio MGM/United Artists
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Other Titles
• The Birdcage (1996)
• Birds of a Feather
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Gay/Lesbian, Slapstick, Role-switching, Deception, Marriage, Farce, Suspense, Political, Campy
Tagline: Come as you are.
Plot: In Mike Nichols's hilarious remake of the 1978 French comedy LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, Robin Williams stars as Armand Goldman, a gay cabaret owner who lives in Miami's South Beach with his partner, Albert (Nathan Lane), the club's star performer. Armand and Albert must try in vain to pass as a typical couple when the prospective in-laws of Armand's son, Val (Dan Futterman), come for dinner. While accepting their alternative lifestyle personally, Val demands that they tone it down for his girlfriend's (Calista Flockhart) parents--who happen to be a political couple running on a family values platform. Lane's hilarious attempts to "play it straight" and Hank Azaria's brilliantly flamboyant houseboy, Agador, are the highlights of the film, which also features a beautifully understated Williams as the more "normal" of the pair. Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest are delightfully square as the future in-laws.
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