The Birdcage - A paradise for shrill birds

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Movie
German title The Birdcage - A paradise for shrill birds
Original title The Birdcage
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1996
length 114 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Mike Nichols
script Elaine May
production Mike Nichols
music Steve Goldstein ,
Stephen Sondheim
camera Emmanuel Lubezki
cut Arthur Schmidt
occupation

The Birdcage - A paradise for shrill birds (Original title: The Birdcage ) is an American comedy from 1996 . The director was Mike Nichols , with Robin Williams , Gene Hackman and Nathan Lane in the lead roles .

The production is an adaptation of the play La Cage aux folles by Jean Poiret , which was filmed in France by Édouard Molinaro with Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault as early as 1978 (German title: A cage full of fools ). This film was produced by United Artists French subsidiary Les Productions Artistes Associés. United Artists is therefore the owner of the remake rights and also produced The Birdcage - A paradise for shrill birds .

action

Val Goldman plans to marry Barbara Keeley, the daughter of Conservative Senator Kevin Keeley. The senator is currently under pressure as the leader of the group of politicians he has joined has been embroiled in a sex scandal. So the house is besieged by the press. Through the pressure of the press and the persuasion of his wife, he begins to support the wedding as it symbolizes traditional values ​​and could be good for the image. The Keeleys sneak past the press and make their way to Miami Beach .

Little does the senator suspect that Val's father Armand is homosexual and not a “Greek cultural attaché ”, but runs a nightclub in which his partner Albert appears as a travesty artist. So that the wedding is not endangered, Armand agrees to pretend a traditional family when visiting the senator and his wife. The apartment is redecorated and Val's mother, Katherine, is asked to play Armand's wife.

Since Katherine is late, Albert disguises himself as a woman and pretends to be Val's mother instead. The Senator is suspicious of Val, but he is very fond of his "mother" (Albert) because they share the same views on family. But turbulent incidents let the truth out. Meanwhile, the media learned of the senator's visit to the apartment above the nightclub. Kevin Keeley's only chance to escape undetected is to disguise himself as a transvestite and mingle with the nightclub guests. The plan succeeds, not even its driver recognizes it.

The last scene shows Val and Barbara's wedding, which is attended by Armand and Albert as well as Kevin Keeley and his wife.

synchronization

The dubbing took place at Berliner Synchron under the dialogue direction of Michael Nowka , who also wrote the dialogue book.

role actor Voice actor
Armand Goldman Robin Williams Peer Augustinski
Senator Kevin Keeley Gene Hackman Klaus Sunshine
Albert Goldman Nathan Lane Lutz Mackensy
Louise Keeley Dianne Wiest Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif
Val Goldman Dan Futterman David Nathan
Barbara Keeley Calista Flockhart Maud Ackermann
Agador Hank Azaria Ilya Richter
Katherine Archer Christine Baranski Judy Winter
Radman's photographer Grant Heslov Santiago Ziesmer

Reviews

James Berardinelli described the film on ReelViews as one of the funniest films of 1996. He wrote that the film was so funny that it was easy to overlook the serious message it contained. Berardinelli emphasized the "wonderfully" ("wonderfully") portrayal of Gene Hackman, he also praised the pair of Robin Williams and Nathan Lane and the "solid" portrayals of Christine Baranski, Calista Flockhart, Dan Futterman and Dianne Wiest.

Roger Ebert found in the Chicago Sun-Times of March 8, 1996 the "withdrawn" game by Robin Williams as the biggest surprise of the film. He also praised the dialogues and the script, which added "witty remarks" to the original plot.

"Brilliant performance in the main roles and a production that is very consciously committed to its theatricality provide entertaining entertainment."

- Lexicon of international film

Awards (selection)

The film was in 1997 for the Oscar in the category Best Art Direction ( Best Art Direction-Set Decoration nominated). Nathan Lane and Dianne Wiest won the American Comedy Award . Nathan Lane, as well as the film as a whole, was nominated for the Golden Globe Award .

Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Hank Azaria, Christine Baranski, and Dan Futterman won the Screen Actors Guild Award ; Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest received the Blockbuster Entertainment Award .

Others

Robert Rodi wrote a novel for the film based on the script. The German-language edition was published in 1996 by Wilhelm-Heyne-Verlag Munich as a paperback 01/9999, ISBN 3-453-11568-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for The Birdcage - A paradise for shrill birds . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2004 (PDF; test number: 75 168 V / DVD).
  2. ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | The Birdcage - A paradise for shrill birds. Retrieved April 3, 2018 .
  3. ^ Review by James Berardinelli
  4. ^ Review by Roger Ebert
  5. ↑ The Birdcage - A paradise for shrill birds. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 9, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 

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