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The Birdcage
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner agree to put up a false heterosexual front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative parents.
1996 · Directed by Mike Nichols · 119 min · Comedy · Romance · 26 frames
Tagline
Come as you are.
Crew
- Screenplay: Elaine May
- Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki
- Edited by: Arthur Schmidt
- Music: Jonathan Tunick
- Production design: Bo Welch
- Produced by: Mike Nichols
Cast
- Robin Williams as Armand Goldman
- Gene Hackman as Senator Kevin Keeley
- Nathan Lane as Albert
- Dianne Wiest as Louise Keeley
- Dan Futterman as Val Goldman
- Calista Flockhart as Barbara Keeley
- Hank Azaria as Agador
- Christine Baranski as Katharine Archer
- Tom McGowan as Harry Radman
- Grant Heslov as Photographer - National Enquirer
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: French, English
- Studios: United Artists
- Budget: $31,000,000
- Box office: $185,300,000
- Themes: coming out, florida, homophobia, drag queen, nightclub, senator, politician, based on play or musical, remake, conservative
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