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''[[The Birdcage]]'' is a 1996 comedy film directed by [[Mike Nichols]], and stars [[Robin Williams]], Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, [[Hank Azaria]] and Christine Baranski. The script was written by Elaine May. It is a remake of the 1978 film ''[[La Cage
Val Goldman (Dan Futterman) and Barbara Keeley (Calista Flockhart) are engaged to be married, and have decided to have their families meet. Val's father, Armand Goldman (Robin Williams), owns The Birdcage, a South Beach gay club. His lover is Albert (Nathan Lane), who appears regularly as "Starina," the show's star drag queen. Barbara's father, however, is ultraconservative Republican Ohio Senator Kevin Keeley (Hackman), co-founder of the right-wing "Coalition for Moral Order" and up for re-election this year.
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* [[The Mountains of Illinois]]: There are mountains visible outside Katherine's office window. Her office is in Florida.
* [[Nobody Over 50 Is Gay]]: Averted.
* [[Out
* [[Placebo Effect]]: Armand's "Pirin tablets" -- he seems to think they're some kind of powerful anti-anxiety medication; they are in fact '''As'''pirin with the first two letters scraped off.
* [[The Remake]]: Of the French Film ''La Cage aux Folles''.
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