The Birdcage
Come as you are.
Country
Production
Budget
$31 000 000
Revenue
$185 300 000
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Mike Nichols, Neil A. Machlis, Marcello Danon
Operator
Composer
Jonathan Tunick
Artist
Bo Welch, Rebecca Marie, John Dexter
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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Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
