Movie
The Birdcage
Overview
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner agree to put up a false heterosexual front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative parents.
Details
- Release date
- 1996-03-03
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United Artists
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Robin Williams as Armand Goldman
- Gene Hackman as Senator Kevin Keeley
- Nathan Lane as Albert
- Dianne Wiest as Louise Keeley
- Dan Futterman as Val Goldman
- Calista Flockhart as Barbara Keeley
- Hank Azaria as Agador
- Christine Baranski as Katharine Archer
- Tom McGowan as Harry Radman
- Grant Heslov as Photographer - National Enquirer
- Kirby Mitchell as Chauffeur
- James Lally as Stage Manager
Crew
- Mike Nichols - Director
- Elaine May - Screenplay
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