Filmed in Miami Beach, also at the Carlyle Hotel
In Mike Nichols's hilarious remake of the 1978 French comedy LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, Robin Williams stars as Armand Goldman a gay cabaret owner who lives in Miami's South Beach with his partner Albert (Nathan Lane) the club's star performer. Armand and Albert must try in vain to pass as a typical couple when the prospective in-laws of Armand's son Val Dan Futterman come for dinner. While accepting their alternative lifestyle personally, Val demands that they tone it down for his girlfriend's (Calista Flockhart) parents--who happen to be a political couple running on a family values platform. Lane's hilarious attempts to "play it straight" and Hank Azaria's brilliantly flamboyant houseboy Agador are the highlights of the film which also features a beautifully understated Williams as the more "normal" of the pair. Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest are delightfully square as the future in-laws.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Movie: The Bird Cage with Robin Williams
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