The Birdcage with Robin Williams: DVD Cover
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The Birdcage Director: Mike Nichols Cast: Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest

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  • DVD Release Date: 03/26/1997
  • Original Release: 1996
  • Rating: Rated R
  • Sales Rank: 1,548

Viewer Rating: (12 ratings)

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Features

Closed Caption; Eight-page booklet with trivia, production notes, and the making of the film; Original theatrical trailer

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Scene Index

Chapter List
0. Chapter List
1. Main Title-WE ARE FAMILY [4:58]
2. Victoria Page Is Dead [5:45]
3. The Incomparable Starina [3:06]
4. The Other Man [3:34]
5. Barbara's Encouragement [3:24]
6. The Next Morning [3:53]
7. The Senator's Scandal [5:44]
8. Albert's Rehearsal [3:35]
9. The Favor [3:57]
10. Meet The Press [3:18]
11. Armand's Decision [2:37]
12. Getting Respectable [3:41]
13. Straightening Albert Out [7:07]
14. Ask Your Mother [6:43]
15. Caught In The Act [4:07]
16. Partners For Life [3:32]
17. Just A Guy [5:38]
18. The Moment Of Truth [9:28]
19. Mrs. Coleman [7:01]
20. Dinner Is Served [11:18]
21. Too Many Mothers [4:50]
22. No Way Out [3:08]
23. Queen For A Day [3:04]
24. End Credits. [5:09]
Chapter List
0. Chapter List
1. Main Title-WE ARE FAMILY [4:58]
2. Victoria Page Is Dead [5:45]
3. The Incomparable Starina [3:06]
4. The Other Man [3:34]
5. Barbara's Encouragement [3:24]
6. The Next Morning [3:53]
7. The Senator's Scandal [5:44]
8. Albert's Rehearsal [3:35]
9. The Favor [3:57]
10. Meet The Press [3:18]
11. Armand's Decision [2:37]
12. Getting Respectable [3:41]
13. Straightening Albert Out [7:07]
14. Ask Your Mother [6:43]
15. Caught In The Act [4:07]
16. Partners For Life [3:32]
17. Just A Guy [5:38]
18. The Moment Of Truth [9:28]
19. Mrs. Coleman [7:01]
20. Dinner Is Served [11:18]
21. Too Many Mothers [4:50]
22. No Way Out [3:08]
23. Queen For A Day [3:04]
24. End Credits. [5:09]

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Editorial Reviews

Director Mike Nichols teams up with his former partner/screenwriter Elaine May for the first time in many years and for the first time together in films to create this sophisticated, remake of the phenomenally popular French musical farce La Cage aux Folles that stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman and Diane Wiest as two dramatically disparate couples who manage to reconcile their vast differences for the sake of their children who are getting married. Williams plays Armand Goldman, the owner of a popular South Beach drag club known for putting on elaborate showcases starring his long-time lover/wife Albert (Lane) who appears as "Starina." Lately poor flamboyant, flighty Albert has been in crisis over the inexorable onset of middle age. He has been moody, paranoid and unbearably. When he gets too inconsolably distraught, handsome but clumsy houseboy Agador quietly slips Albert "Pirin" tablets (which he explains to Armand are simply Aspirin tablets with the "as" scraped off). Still though Albert can be a royal pain, Armand dearly loves him and the two live happily in their splendiferous apartment above the club. One day Armand's son Val (the result of Armand's single foray into straight sex) comes visiting with joyous news: he has found his dreamgirl and is getting married. The only trouble is, Barbara Keeley's father is the blustery ultra-religious right-wing Senator Keeley (Hackman), the founder of the Coalition for Moral Order. Senator Keeley and his colleagues are not as upright as they seem and when his closest associate is found dead beside a black, underage prostitute, Keeley finds his house surrounded by ravenous newshounds, hungry for dirt. Knowing that they are poised to ruin him, Keeley and his proper but slightly addled-wife (Wiest) decide that a big, elaborate, church wedding will be just the ticket to save his reputation. Barbara has neglected to tell them that Val's parents are gay, preferring to claim that they are members of the South Beach social elite. In a panic, she panics and calls Val who breaks the bad news to Armand and begs him to make the apartment less flamboyant and worst of all to hide Albert (who functioned as Val's mother while the youth grew up) during the visit. Armand is angry, but loving his son, finally, reluctantly agrees, knowing that he will deeply wound his companion. Unfortunately, Albert finds out and as a compromise tries to learn how to be macho so he can pretend to be Val's uncle, he is too much the Great Dame to ever pass as one of the guys and so is banned from the party. Armand then locates Catherine and asks her to masquerade as his wife. She agrees to show up later that evening. Meanwhile their friends busily redecorate the apartment until it looks as if it were done in "Early Inquisition." During the fateful dinner party, Catherine is late and Albert gets uproarious revenge. Achingly comic chaos ensues as Armand tries to hold the increasingly tenuous evening together while outside the newshounds bay and threaten to make even more trouble for Senator Keely. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Customer Reviews

One of the only Remakes I love!by seattle1985

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March 26, 2009: I am generally not a huge fan of movie "remakes", but this is just too unbelievably funny to not love. Nathan Lane and Robin Williams have great chemisty together, and comedic timing is perfect.

One of the best scenes in the entire movie, is Nathan Lane, playing a flamboyant gay man, trying to walk and talk like John Wayne, only to continueously break out into hysterical shrieks.

I recommend this movie to everyone, although it does deal with topics of an adult nature, there is really nothing in it that would freak out a kid. I mean, I was 11 the first time I saw it.

To be fair, it does depend on how mature and well adjusted your kid is. (and yourself.) :)

All time favorite movie...I know all the lines!by Anonymous

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May 15, 2005: By far, the funniest, most memorable movie I've ever seen. This is one of those films that causes me to stop whatever I'm doing and watch it EVERY SINGLE TIME I catch it on TV. Be sure to watch it several times...it gets funnier with each new viewing!


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