The Birdcage (1996)

R ★ 7.1/10 119 min Comedy, Romance United States English

Director: Mike Nichols

Screenplay by: Elaine May
Original Film Writers: Édouard Molinaro, Francis Veber, Marcello Danon, Jean Poiret
Theatre Play: Jean Poiret

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Come as you are.

Description

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.

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Top Cast

Robin Williams Armand Goldman

Gene Hackman Senator Kevin Keeley

Nathan Lane Albert

Dianne Wiest Louise Keeley

Dan Futterman Val Goldman

Calista Flockhart Barbara Keeley

Hank Azaria Agador

Christine Baranski Katharine Archer

The Birdcage Appears on 3 Curated Movie Lists

Critic Curated

Esquire’s 50 Best LGBT Movies of All Time

Esquire #45

Indiewires 25 Best Movie Performances of the 90s

IndieWire #14

Filmmaker Curation

Paul Thomas Anderson's Favorite Movies

IndieWire #06