One of the most successful comedies of all time, this best foreign film award winner inspired the birdcage and stars michel serrault and ugo tognazzi as two partners torn between crossdressing and chaos. Michel serrault, ugo tognazzi, michel galabru genre. True, he is meant to be 20 and innocent and naive, but in the french film, laurent comes across as being closer to 15, making his initial entrance when. Ward, kathleen conry, shanon orrock, james patterson. It is cowritten and directed by edouard molinaro and stars ugo tognazzi and michel serrault. Though pokily staged up to its final act, it manages some real laughs. With michel serrault, ugo tognazzi, antonella interlenghi, saverio vallone. Tropez, his transvestite lover, and how the owner reacts after his son returns home one day and announces hes going to marry. The birdcage, 1996 american film adapted from the play. After albert and armand have discussed the upcoming marriage with val, there is a scene where the cake albert had ordered earlier is delivered. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. In the november 12, 1998 abctv network airing of the birdcage 1996, approximately minutes of added footage was restored to the film.
But it can get away with this because of the way it is pitched as a farce, unlike, say, outrageous. Ben forster rocky horror show live screening playhouse theatre, september 17, 2015. I watched this after seeing the american version, and the differences between the films were interesting to watch. But the catch is albin must marry a woman and produce an heir within a year or the whole inheritance will be forfeited. Its about the gay owner of a scandalous nightclub in st. The start of this film was somewhat boring and depressing but with the commencement of the espionage angle it. Albin and georgess son fathered by georges in a longago, one. But with its hilarious performances and aheadofitstime social message, theres nothing like the audacious, dazzling original movie. The comedy that comes out of the closet two gay men living in st. However, he was unable to secure the rights to the film and was forced to settle for the rights to the original play only. That being said, i rented the movie digitally from.
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