---
title: 'The Birdcage (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mike Nichols'
released: '1996-03-08'
runtime_minutes: 114
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-birdcage-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115685/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Birdcage (1996)

1996 · R · 114 min · Comedy, Music · United States


## Synopsis

The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film produced and directed by Mike Nichols. Elaine May's screenplay adapted the 1978 French-Italian film La Cage aux Folles, itself an adaptation of a 1973 play. It stars Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as Armand and Albert Goldman, a gay couple whose son Val is set to marry Barbara Keeley, the daughter of conservative senator Kevin and his wife Louise. Hank Azaria and Christine Baranski appear in supporting roles. The film marked the first screen collaboration of Nichols and May, who had been a comedy duo in the 1950s and 1960s.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mike Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-nichols)
- **Screenplay:** [Édouard Molinaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/edouard-molinaro), [Francis Veber](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-veber), [Elaine May](https://cinepixo.com/people/elaine-may), [Jean Poiret](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-poiret)
- **Producer:** [Mike Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-nichols)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stephen Sondheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-sondheim), [Jonathan Tunick](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-tunick)
- **Director of Photography:** [Emmanuel Lubezki](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmanuel-lubezki)
- **Editor:** [Arthur Schmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-schmidt)

## Cast

- [Dan Futterman](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-futterman)
- [Ann Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-cusack)
- [Calista Flockhart](https://cinepixo.com/people/calista-flockhart)
- [Christine Baranski](https://cinepixo.com/people/christine-baranski)
- [Luca Tommassini](https://cinepixo.com/people/luca-tommassini)
- [Nathan Lane](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathan-lane)
- [Gene Hackman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-hackman)
- [Grant Heslov](https://cinepixo.com/people/grant-heslov)
- [Tim Kelleher](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-kelleher)
- [Robin Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/robin-williams) as Armand Goldman
- [Mike Starr](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-starr)
- [Dianne Wiest](https://cinepixo.com/people/dianne-wiest)
- [Tom McGowan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-mcgowan-2)
- [Barry Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-nolan)
- [Hank Azaria](https://cinepixo.com/people/hank-azaria)

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