The Birdcage( 1996)

TV-MAComedy

70%

User
Score

Come as you are.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Robin Williams
Armand Goldman
Gene Hackman
Senator Kevin Keeley
Nathan Lane
Albert
Dan Futterman
Val Goldman
Dianne Wiest
Louise Keeley
Calista Flockhart
Barbara Keeley
Hank Azaria
Agador
Christine Baranski
Katharine Archer
Tom McGowan
Harry Radman
Grant Heslov
Photographer - National Enquirer
Kirby Mitchell
Chauffeur
James Lally
Stage Manager
Luca Tommassini
Celsius
Luis Camacho
Goldman Girl
Andre Fuentes
Goldman Girl
Tony Gonzalez
Goldman Girl
Dante Henderson
Goldman Girl
Scott Kaske
Goldman Girl
Kevin Stea
Goldman Girl
Tim Kelleher
Waiter in Club
Ann Cusack
TV Woman in Van
Stanley DeSantis
TV Man in Van
J. Roy Helland
Club Hostess
Anthony Giaimo
Fishmonger (Mr. Lopez)
Lee Delano
Bakery Man (Mr. Boynton)
David Sage
Senator Eli Jackson
Michael Kinsley
TV Host
Tony Snow
TV Host
Dorothy Constantine
Keeley's Maid (Bridget)
Trina McGee
Black Girl on TV (Chocolate)
Barry Nolan
TV Reporter
Amy Powell
TV Reporter
Ron Pitts
TV Reporter
James Hill
TV Reporter
Mary Major
TV Reporter
Steven Porfido
State Trooper
John Pontrelli
Waiter in Cafe (Rodrigo)
Herschel Sparber
Big Guy in Park
Francesca Cruz
Katharine's Secretary (Imelda)
Brian Reddy
TV Editor
Jim Jansen
TV Editor
Al Rodrigo
Latino Man in Club
Marjorie Lovett
Matron
Sylvia Short
Matron
James H. Morrison
Pastor
Rabbi Robert K. Baruch
Rabbi
Jay Leno
Jay Leno (uncredited)
Kenneth Stephens
Chuck (uncredited)
Rayder Woods
Drag Queen (uncredited)
Kevin Loreque
Drag Queen (uncredited)
Jody Millard
Drag Queen Dancer (uncredited)
Scott Burkholder
Executive Producer (Uncredited)
Patrizia Barretto
Bikini Girl on Roller Blades (Uncredited)
Elisa Bridges
Bikini Girl on Beach (Uncredited)
David Christopher
Hot Guy (Uncredited)
Nina Dolci
Shopping Person (Uncredited)
Justin Goudreau
Restaurant Patron (Uncredited)
Jordan Werner
Pool Waiter (uncredited)
Dave Knight
Broad Causeway Commuter (Uncredited)
Claudio Sad
Driver (uncredited)
Rene Teboe
South Beach Tourist (Uncredited)
Bodo Goerisch
Tourist (Uncredited)
Thelma Gutiérrez
Bartender (uncredited)
Louis Campos
Gay Bar Patron (Uncredited)
Lisa Rhyne
Nightclub Dancer (Uncredited)
Jan Citron
Clubgoer (Uncredited)
Orlando Delbert
Man in Club (Uncredited)
Michael Thomas Daniel
Guy in Street (Uncredited)
Don LaFontaine
Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
James MacDonald
Crewman (Uncredited)
Sal Pacino
Wedding Guest (Uncredited)
Paul McMichael
Wedding Guest (Uncredited)
Jordan Ancel
Wedding Guest (Uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jan 14 2024

I remember thinking that Dan Futterman was quite attractive in this film as the young "Val", but boy does his turn out to be one of the most selfish and thoughtless of characters! He turns up at the eponymous nightclub run by his father "Armand" (Robin Williams) and his consort of twenty years "Albert" (Nathan Lane) to announce he is to wed. Thing is, he is going to marry the daughter of the rather puritanical senator "Keeley" (Gene Hackman) and so they are going to have to play happy, heterosexual, families when the prospective in-laws come to visit. "Armand" manages his disappointment rather ...