The birdcage /

When the son of a gay man invites his fiancee's ultra-conservative family over for dinner, his father tries to act straight while his partner plays an endearing old woman.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Birdcage (Motion picture)
Other Authors:	May, Elaine, 1932- (Screenwriter), Williams, Robin, 1951-2014 (Actor), Lane, Nathan, 1956- (Actor), Hackman, Gene (Actor), Futterman, Dan, 1967- (Actor), Wiest, Dianne (Actor), Azaria, Hank, 1964- (Actor), Tunick, Jonathan (arranger of music.), Goldstein, Steve (Composer) (arranger of music.), Lubezki, Emmanuel (director of photography.), Paterson, Vincent (choreographer (expression)), Roth, Ann, 1931- (Costume designer), Poiret, Jean, 1926-1992
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English; closed captioned in English.
Published:	[Century City, CA] : [Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer], [1998]
Subjects:	Gay men > Florida > Miami Beach > Drama. Gay couples > Florida > Miami Beach > Drama. Fathers and sons > Florida > Miami Beach > Drama. Children of gay parents > Drama. Families > Drama. Love > Drama. Love. Families. Children of gay parents. Fathers and sons. Gay couples. Gay men. Florida > Miami Beach. Film remakes. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Internet videos. Comedy films. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Films comiques. Adaptations cinématographiques. Nouvelles versions (Films) Films de fiction. Vidéos sur Internet. Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)

Description
Summary:	When the son of a gay man invites his fiancee's ultra-conservative family over for dinner, his father tries to act straight while his partner plays an endearing old woman.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1996. "Based on the stage play 'La cage aux folles' by Jean Poiret and the script written by Francis Veber, Édouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon and Jean Poiret"--End credits. Remake of the 1978 Franco-Italian film, "La cage aux folles" directed by Édouard Molinaro.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 119 min.)) : sound, color
Audience:	MPAA rating: R; for language.
Production Credits:	Music arranged and adapted by Jonathan Tunick ; live music arranged and supervised by Steven Goldstein ; director of photography, Emmanuel Lubezki ; choreography by Vincent Paterson ; costume designed by Ann Roth ; edited by Arthur Schmidt ; production designer, Bo Welch.