The Birdcage
Come as you are.
The Birdcage (1996)
Timing:
1:59 (119 min)
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7.168/10
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Country
Production
Genre
Comedy
Budget
$31 000 000
Revenue
$185 300 000
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Mike Nichols, Neil A. Machlis, Marcello Danon
Operator
Composer
Jonathan Tunick
Artist
Audition
Juliet Taylor, Ellen Lewis
Editing
Short description
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative moralistic parents.
What's left behind the scenes
- Robin Williams (1951-2014) was initially cast as Albert, but he grew tired of playing eccentric characters and requested to play Armand himself. Director Mike Nichols agreed.
- In the shrimp scene, Robin Williams' character fell, which was not scripted.
- A remake of the French comedy "La Cage aux Folles" (Édouard Molinaro, 1978).
- The opening 2-minute scene looks as if it was filmed in one take without breaks, although in reality it is a flawless edit of three segments.
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