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Release Date:
March 8, 1996
Original Title:
The Birdcage
Alternate Titles:
Gaiola das Loucas
La jaula de las locas
Una jaula de grillos
Vtáčia klietka
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
United Artists
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M CZ: 12+ DE: 12 ES: APTA FR: U GB: 15 KR: 18 PT: M/12 SE: Btl US: R
Runtime: 119
Middle-aged gay life partners, Armand Goldman, a Jewish drag club owner, and Albert, the club's flamboyant star attraction, live in the eclectic community of South Beach and have raised a straight son. Now, their newly engaged son, 20-year-old Val, wants to bring his fiancée, Barbara, and her ultraconservative parents home to meet his family for the first time. By Val's request, Armand pretends to be straight, not Jewish and attempts to hide his relationship with Albert, in order to please Barbara's father, controversial right-wing Republican Sen. Kevin Keeley.
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ADR Editor:
Kristen M. Johnson
ADR Supervisor:
Deborah Wallach
Actor's Assistant:
Rebecca Erwin Spencer
Aerial Camera:
Stan McClain
Aerial Director of Photography:
Kurt E. Soderling
Animation:
Rebecca Marie
Apprentice Sound Editor:
Kimberly R. McCord-Wilson
Art Department Coordinator:
Stephanie Schwartzman
Art Direction:
Tom Duffield
Assistant Accountant:
John Alfred
Assistant Art Director:
John Dexter
Assistant Camera:
Stevie Maislen
Mark J. Coyne
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
Thomas Nead
Assistant Costume Designer:
Robert De Mora
Assistant Director:
Nolbert Brown Jr.
Assistant Editor:
Dana E. Glauberman
Assistant Location Manager:
Jennifer Radzikowski
Assistant Production Coordinator:
Patti McGuire
Assistant Property Master:
Randy Gunter
Assistant Sound Editor:
Dan Evans Farkas
Nicholas Renbeck
Associate Editor:
Kris Cole
Associate Producer:
Michele Imperato Stabile
Best Boy Electric:
Fred Valentine
Boom Operator:
Raul A. Bruce
Mark Jennings
Kay Denmark
Camera Loader:
Stephanie Maislen
Camera Operator:
Rodrigo Garcia
Casting:
Ellen Lewis
Juliet Taylor
Casting Assistant:
Patricia Kerrigan DiCerto
Gail Goldberg
Catering:
Michael Schultz
Chief Lighting Technician:
Dayton Nietert
Choreographer:
Vincent Paterson
Smith Wordes
Color Timer:
Bob Kaiser
Construction Coordinator:
Michael Diersing
Construction Foreman:
Brent Regan
Scott E. Handt
Costume Designer:
Ann Roth
Costume Supervisor:
Cheryl Beasley Blackwell
Bruce Ericksen
Costumer:
Mathew Hooey
David Mayreis
Stephen P. Shubin
Heather Holmes
Craft Service:
Monique Limery
Dialogue Editor:
Laura Civiello
Philip Stockton
Magdaline Volaitis
Digital Compositor:
Jeff Heusser
Digital Supervisor:
Richard Patterson
Director:
Mike Nichols
Director of Photography:
Emmanuel Lubezki
Dolby Consultant:
Jeff Levison
Dolly Grip:
Alan Shultz
Driver:
K.C. Colebrooke
Richie Pecora
Editor:
Arthur Schmidt
Electrician:
Renee Kayon
Tod Olivieri
Herb Silverman
Executive Producer:
Neil Machlis
Marcello Danon
Executive Producer's Assistant:
Catherine Schwenn
Extras Casting:
John Laccetti
Ellen Jacoby
Extras Casting Assistant:
Barbara Klein
First Assistant Accountant:
Kelly Richards Ralston
First Assistant Camera:
Brian W. Armstrong
First Assistant Director:
Joel Tuber
First Assistant Editor:
Jeremiah O'Driscoll
Foley Artist:
Marko Costanzo
Foley Editor:
Kam Chan
Stuart Stanley
Steven Visscher
Foley Supervisor:
Bruce Pross
Graphic Designer:
Eric Rosenberg
Greensman:
Daniel J. Gillooly
Kevin Mangan
Grip:
Jack Chouchanian
Hair Designer:
J. Roy Helland
Peter Owen
Hairstylist:
Mary Ann Valdes
Baker
Ron Scott
Alicia M. Tripi
Key Costumer:
Judi Bell
Key Grip:
Robert Gray
Key Hair Stylist:
Carol A. O'Connell
Key Makeup Artist:
Cheri Minns
Leadman:
David Manhan
Lighting Design:
John Tedesco
Jules Fisher
Michael Garrett
Lighting Technician:
Moose Enright
Jeff Orsa
Location Manager:
Robbie Goldstein
Adolfo Alvarez-Calderon
Makeup Artist:
James Lee McCoy
David Syner
Makeup Designer:
J. Roy Helland
Peter Owen
Matte Painter:
Adam Kowalski
Robert Stromberg
Mike Wassel
Music Arranger:
Jonathan Tunick
Music Editor:
Nicholas Meyers
Music Supervisor:
Steve Goldstein
Musician:
Sebastian Toettcher
Negative Cutter:
Mo Henry
Orchestrator:
Mort Lindsey
Aaron Zigman
Original Film Writer:
Francis Veber
Marcello Danon
Édouard Molinaro
Jean Poiret
Original Music Composer:
Jonathan Tunick
Paint Coordinator:
Clyde Zimmerman
Pilot:
Cliff Fleming
Paul Barth
Post Production Supervisor:
Paul A. Levin
Producer:
Mike Nichols
Production Accountant:
Barbara Gutman
Production Assistant:
Jonathan Capra
Ian Hobbs
Cricky Long
John Pontrelli
Brian Moon
Lisa Butala
Deborah Marsh
Charlie Montoya
Production Coordinator:
Carolyn Hagan
Elayne Schneiderman Schmidt
Production Design:
Bo Welch
Production Secretary:
Harry Winters
Production Sound Mixer:
Gene S. Cantamessa
Property Master:
Mark Wade
Propmaker:
Chris Fix
Fred Apolito
Peggy Casey
Props:
Charles Guanci Jr.
Rigging Gaffer:
Richard Smock
Jeff Togno
Rigging Grip:
Richard Crompton
Scoring Mixer:
Alan Silverman
Screenplay:
Elaine May
Script Supervisor:
Mary Bailey
Second Assistant Accountant:
Kurt Greufe
Second Assistant Camera:
Harry Zimmerman
Mark Duncan
Neil Toussaint
Second Assistant Director:
Jeff Okabayashi
Marten W. Piccinini
Second Company Grip:
Kenneth E. King
Second Second Assistant Director:
Mark Tobey
Second Unit Location Manager:
Adolfo Calderon
Set Decoration:
Cheryl Carasik
Set Decoration Buyer:
Wendy Weaver
Set Designer:
Sean Haworth
Set Dresser:
Christopher Casey
Michael J. Flynn
Sign Painter:
Dean F. Janik
Sound:
Jeff Kliment
Sound Effects:
Benjamin Cheah
Sound Effects Editor:
Lewis Goldstein
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Lee Dichter
Special Effects:
Daniel Sudick
Special Effects Coordinator:
Stan Parks
Stand In:
Adam Bryant
Greg Goossen
Standby Painter:
Nick Bridwell
Steadicam Operator:
Rusty Geller
P. Scott Sakamoto
Still Photographer:
Lorey Sebastian
Storyboard Artist:
Brick Mason
Stunt Coordinator:
Jery Hewitt
Stunts:
Jim Vickers
Cort Hessler
Supervising Sound Editor:
Ron Bochar
Theatre Play:
Jean Poiret
Transportation Captain:
Randy Burke
Larry Crenshaw
Transportation Coordinator:
Dan Marrow
Unit Production Manager:
Neil Machlis
Michele Imperato Stabile
Unit Publicist:
Doug Taylor
Utility Stunts:
George Palmiero
Scott Howell
Tom Bahr
VFX Artist:
Larry Gaynor
Ron Kallsen
Gregory Oehler
Video Assist Operator:
Bradford Ralston
Visual Effects:
Syd Dutton
Bill Taylor
Visual Effects Camera:
Kurt E. Soderling
David S. Williams Jr.
Visual Effects Production Manager:
Catherine Sudolcan
Vocals:
Bobbi Page
Wardrobe Assistant:
Sabrina Calley
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