The Birdcage
by Mike Nichols
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Actor: Dan Futterman, Dianne Wiest, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Robin WilliamsDirector: Mike Nichols
Brand: WILLIAMS,ROBIN
Producer: Marcello Danon
Writer: Marcello Danon
Producer: Michele Imperato
Writer: Edouard Molinaro
Writer: Elaine May
Writer: Francis Veber
Writer: Jean Poiret
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 117 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1997-03-26
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of The Birdcage
Movie Review: An Entertaining Remake of La Cage Aux Folles
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one movie that did translate well from the European original to an Americanized version. Nathan Lane and Robin Williams do a great job as Albert and Armand. Williams, in fact, gives a surprisingly subdued, subtle performance, letting Nathan Lane be the outrageous one. However, the scene stealer was Hank Azaria as the Latino house boy--he is absolutely hilarious. Gene Hackman is great as the ultra-conservative Senator Keeley, while Dianne Wiest plays his long-suffering wife to perfection. This film has a great soundtrack as well. I saw this film in the theater, and at the time it came out, Christine Baranski was starring in the sitcom "Cybil." As soon as her character came on screen, people cracked up because they associated her with the role of the alcoholic, funnily caustic Maryann Thorpe. I'll always have great affection for the original "La Cage" but this remake is extremely good and very entertaining.
Summary of The Birdcage
Lies and deceptionit's all in the family when Robin Williams must convince his future in-laws that he's as upstanding and uptight as they are in "the funniest comedy you'll see this year" (Gene Shalit, "Today Show"). Co-starring Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Christine Baranski and Calista Flockhart, The Birdcage is an uproarious comedy that will send your spirits soaring. Armand (Williams) and Albert (Lane) have built the perfect life for themselves tending to their gaudy Miami nightclub. But their pastel tranquility is shaken when Armand's son announces that he's getting married to the daughter of ultra-conservative Senator Keeley (Hackman)...and they're all getting together for dinner! Can Armand and Albert transform themselves into Mr.and Mrs. Family Values in time? It'll take the performance of their lives, but they'll do anythingand everythingto pull the chiffon over Keeley's eyes!The great improvisational comedy team of Mike Nichols and Elaine May reunited to (respectively) direct and write this update of the French comedy La Cage Aux Folles. Robin Williams stars as a gay Miami nightclub owner who is forced to play it straight and ask his drag-queen partner (Nathan Lane) to hide out when Williams's son invites his prospective--and highly conservative--in-laws and fianc?e to a meet-and-greet dinner party. Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest play the straight-laced senator and his wife, and Calista Flockhart (from television's Ally McBeal) plays their daughter in a culture-clash with outrageous consequences. May's witty screenplay incorporates some pointed observations about the political landscape of the 1990s and takes a sensitive approach to the comedy's underlying drama. Topping off the action is Hank Azaria in a scene-stealing role as Williams's and Lane's flamboyant housekeeper, "Agador Spartacus." --Jeff Shannon
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