The Birdcage poster
Screenplay Elaine May
Director Mike Nichols

The Birdcage

Comedy1996

Tagline: Come as you are.

Release Date: 1996-03-08

Duration: 119 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Robin Williams
    Armand Goldman
  • Gene Hackman
    Senator Kevin Keeley
  • Christine Baranski
    Katharine Archer
  • Dianne Wiest
    Louise Keeley
  • Nathan Lane
    Albert
  • Hank Azaria
    Agador
  • Calista Flockhart
    Barbara Keeley
  • Jay Leno
    Jay Leno (uncredited)
  • Ann Cusack
    TV Woman in Van
  • Grant Heslov
    Photographer - National Enquirer