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The Birdcage

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing moralistic parents.

Armand Goldman owns a popular drag nightclub in South Miami Beach. His long-time lover, Albert, stars there as Starina. "Their" son Val (actually Armand's by his one heterosexual fling 20 years before) comes home to announce his engagement to Barbara Keeley, daughter of Kevin Keeley, U.S. Senator and co-founder of the Committee for Moral Order. The senator and family descend upon South Beach to meet Val, his father and "mother." What ensues is comic chaos.

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The Birdcage Videos

Best of Armand & Albert

Best of Armand & Albert

How to Act Like a Man

How to Act Like a Man

Telling the Parents

Telling the Parents

Albert's Backstage Breakdown Scene

Albert's Backstage Breakdown Scene

Info about The Birdcage

Studio(s): United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Originally Released: United States, Mar 08, 1996

Production Country: United States

Box Office Gross: $185,260,553.00

Budget: $31,000,000.00

Genres:Comedy