Drag club owner Armand (Robin Williams) and his partner and star performer Albert (Nathan Lane) have a good life in Miami, and Armand’s son is set to bring home his fiancée to meet the folks. The only problem? His future father-in-law (Gene Hackman) is a conservative senator and staunch “family values” advocate. The film features brilliant turns by Williams and Lane, and Hackman is no slouch either, turning in a memorable performance that proved his virtuosity as a comic actor. A hilarious remake of the 1978 film LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, THE BIRDCAGE found director Mike Nichols working with a script by his former performing partner (and director in her own right) Elaine May. DIR/PROD Mike Nichols; SCR Elaine May, from the 1978 film LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, screenplay by Marcello Danon, Édouard Molinaro, Jean Poiret and Francis Veber, based on Poiret’s play. U.S., 1996, color, 117 min. RATED R
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