The Birdcage

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American film comedy film feature film film

The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, that satirizes family, politics, and LGBTQ+ identity through the chaos surrounding a gay couple meeting their son’s conservative future in-laws.

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The Birdcage canonical 17
The Birdcage (1996 film) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ
feature film ⓘ
film ⓘ
adaptationOf La Cage aux Folles ⓘ
surface form: La Cage aux Folles (play)
basedOn La Cage aux Folles ⓘ
La Cage aux Folles ⓘ
surface form: La Cage aux Folles (1978 film)
boxOffice over $180 million worldwide ⓘ
cinematographyBy Emmanuel Lubezki ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Mike Nichols ⓘ
distributedBy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Arthur Schmidt NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation Miami Beach ⓘ
surface form: Miami Beach, Florida
genre LGBT-related film ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
satirical film ⓘ
hasLGBTTheme true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
MPAARating R ⓘ
musicBy Emmanuel Lubezki ⓘ
narrativeFocus gay couple meeting their son’s conservative future in-laws ⓘ
notableCharacter Albert Goldman ⓘ
Armand Goldman ⓘ
Senator Kevin Keeley ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Ely Landau ⓘ
Mike Nichols ⓘ
Neil A. Machlis ⓘ
productionCompany Mike Nichols ⓘ
surface form: Mike Nichols Films

United Artists ⓘ
releaseDate 1996-03-08 ⓘ
releaseYear 1996 ⓘ
runtime 118 minutes ⓘ
satirizes conservative politics ⓘ
social attitudes toward homosexuality ⓘ
screenwriter Elaine May ⓘ
setting South Beach, Miami ⓘ
starring Calista Flockhart ⓘ
Christine Baranski ⓘ
Dan Futterman ⓘ
Dianne Wiest ⓘ
Gene Hackman ⓘ
Hank Azaria ⓘ
Nathan Lane ⓘ
Robin Williams ⓘ
theme LGBTQ+ identity ⓘ
family ⓘ
politics ⓘ

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Dianne Wiest → notableWork → The Birdcage ⓘ
Mike Nichols → notableWork → The Birdcage ⓘ
Mike Nichols → directed → The Birdcage ⓘ
Nathan Lane → notableWork → The Birdcage ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Birdcage (1996 film)
Hank Azaria → notableWork → The Birdcage ⓘ
Grant Heslov → notableWork → The Birdcage ⓘ
Christine Baranski → notableWork → The Birdcage ⓘ
Arthur Schmidt → editedFilm → The Birdcage ⓘ
Elaine May → notableWork → The Birdcage ⓘ
Francis Veber → workAdaptedAs → The Birdcage ⓘ
Bo Welch → notableWork → The Birdcage ⓘ
Bo Welch → workedOn → The Birdcage ⓘ
Dan Futterman → notableWork → The Birdcage ⓘ
Dan Futterman → actedIn → The Birdcage ⓘ
Albert Goldman in The Birdcage → appearsIn → The Birdcage ⓘ
subject surface form: Albert Goldman (The Birdcage)
Albert Goldman in The Birdcage → firstAppearance → The Birdcage ⓘ
subject surface form: Albert Goldman (The Birdcage)
this entity surface form: The Birdcage (1996 film)
Robert Greenhut → notableWork → The Birdcage ⓘ
John Bowen (various) → notableWork → The Birdcage ⓘ
subject surface form: John Bowen (novelist)
Calista Flockhart → notableWork → The Birdcage ⓘ