The Birdcage

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-03-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (58412 Reviews)

Director:

Mike Nichols

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Robin Williams Gene Hackman Nathan Lane Dianne Wiest

Writer:

Jean Poiret (play)

Francis Veber (earlier screenplay)

èdouard Molinaro (earlier screenplay)

Marcello Danon (earlier screenplay)

Jean Poiret (earlier screenplay)

Elaine May (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Armand Goldman owns a popular drag nightclub in South Miami Beach. His long-time lover, Albert, stars there as Starina. "Their" son Val (actually Armand's by his one heterosexual fling, twenty years before) comes home to announce his engagement to Barbara Keeley, daughter of Kevin Keeley, US Senator, and co-founder of the Committee for Moral Order. The Senator and family descend upon South Beach to meet Val, his father and "mother." What ensues is comic chaos.

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