Middle-aged gay life partners, Armand Goldman, a Jewish drag club owner, and Albert, the club's flamboyant star attraction, live in the eclectic community of South Beach and have raised a straight son. Now, their newly engaged son, 20-year-old Val, wants to bring his fiancée, Barbara, and her ultraconservative parents home to meet his family for the first time. By Val's request, Armand pretends to be straight, not Jewish and attempts to hide his relationship with Albert, in order to please Barbara's father, controversial right-wing Republican Sen. Kevin Keeley.
Title | The Birdcage |
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Year | 1996 |
Genre | Comedy |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Cast | Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dan Futterman, Dianne Wiest, Calista Flockhart |
Crew | Mike Nichols (Director), Arthur Schmidt (Editor), Elaine May (Screenplay), Mike Nichols (Producer), Emmanuel Lubezki (Director of Photography), James Lee McCoy (Makeup Artist) |
Keyword | coming out, florida, homophobia, drag queen, nightclub, senator, politician, based on play or musical, remake, conservative, cross dressing, gay parent, lgbt, political conflict, south beach, playing straight, drag club |
Release | Mar 08, 1996 |
Runtime | 119 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.00 / 10 by 1,136 users |
Popularity | 15 |
Budget | 31,000,000 |
Revenue | 185,300,000 |
Language | English |