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The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, who also produced the movie. The screenplay was written by Elaine May, Jean Poiret, Francis Veber, and Édouard Molinaro. The cast includes Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, and Dianne Wiest. The film is based on La Cage aux Folles and was distributed by United Artists, Netflix, and Fandango at Home.
Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the movie has a runtime of 119 minutes and was filmed in Florida and Miami. It features music by Stephen Sondheim and Jonathan Tunick, with cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki. The narrative is set in the Miami metropolitan area. The film received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Production Design. It was rated R.
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7.1A 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.
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
Themes
- coming out
- florida
- homophobia
- drag queen
- nightclub
- senator
- politician
- based on play or musical
- remake
- conservative
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
110,097 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Metacritic
71/100
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 25 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- La Cage aux Folles
- Director
- Mike Nichols
- Screenwriter
- Édouard Molinaro
- Composer
- Jonathan Tunick
- Producer
- Mike Nichols
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Emmanuel Lubezki
- Narrative location
- Miami
- Filming location
- Miami
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 944478
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- Commons category
- The Birdcage
- publication date
- 1996-10-01
- film editor
- Arthur Schmidt
- title
- The Birdcage
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- costume designer
- Ann Roth
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 71/100
- capital cost
- 31000000
- box office
- 185260553
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