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The Birdcage

Come as you are.

7.0(1,441)19961h 59m6

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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Status
Released
Budget
$31M
Box office
$185.3M
Language
French
  • coming out
  • florida
  • homophobia
  • drag queen
  • nightclub
  • senator
  • politician
  • based on play or musical
  • remake
  • conservative
  • cross dressing
  • gay parent

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Mike Nichols

Writers

Elaine May

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereRNew York City, New York3 Mar 1996
    • TheatricalR8 Mar 1996
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1525 Apr 1996
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM18 Apr 1996
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical163 Mar 1996
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical12+27 Jun 1996
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU1 May 1996
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1215 May 1996
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical3 May 1996
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/123 May 1996
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical1811 May 1996
  • SpainES

    • TheatricalAPTA25 Apr 1996
  • SwedenSE

    • TheatricalBtl3 May 1996

Frequently asked questions

The Birdcage was released on 3 March 1996.

Audience reviews

2
  • C

    CinemaSerf

    1/14/2024

    7/10

    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 senato…

  • B

    badelf

    2/1/2026

    10/10

    The Birdcage (1996) (rewatch) Directed by Mike Nichols Mike Nichols' The Birdcage is the American remake of La Cage aux Folles, with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as a gay couple running a drag club in South Beach. When Williams' son brings home his fiancée whose parents happen to be ultra-conservative politicians (Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest), the setup becomes a classic farce: can this flamboyant household…

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