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Mar 17, 2010 · This is a compilation of clips from the 1996 movie The Birdcage, which stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, and Hank Azaria. These clips feature Hank Azaria's character...
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Showing all 27 items. Jump to: Photos (9) Quotes (18) Photos. Quotes. Armand : What are you giving him drugs for? What the hell are Pirin tablets? Agador : It's aspirin with the "A" and the "S" scraped off. Armand : My God, what a brilliant idea! Agador : I know. Agador : Armand, why don't you let me be in the show?
- There Was A Lot of Improvising
- It Had A The Simpsons Connection
- Age Was Just A Number
- The Movie Has French Origins
- The Film Almost Starred Steve Martin
- The Birdcage Made Bank
- The Laughter Was Contagious
- Agador Spartacus Was Family
- The Working Title Had An Aviary Theme
- It Had A Big Opening
Mike Nichols, who directed the movie,let Nathan Lane and Robin Williams riff and improviseto their hearts’ content — only if they stuck to the script in one take of each scene. Seems fair, no?
Hank Azaria, who played Agador, provides a plethora of voices on The Simpsons , including Moe and Chief Wiggum. The show is mentioned in The Birdcage.
In the movie, Calista Flockhart’s Barbara was supposed to be “barely 18,” but in real life, she was 31 when The Birdcage was filmed. Dan Futterman, who played her fiancé Val, was supposed to be 20 but was actually 28.
Though it seems pretty American in its remake, The Birdcage is based on the French farce film La Cage aux Folles , which has most recently been a Broadway music starring Frasier’s Kelsey Grammer.
Legendary comedian Steve Martin was originally cast as Armandand Williams was supposed to be Albert. Scheduling conflicts made Martin drop out, which was for the best, because Williams wanted to play Armand, anyway.
The movie has made over $185 millionto date, which makes it the top grossing gay-themed movie of all time.
Remember the toast scene where Armand and Albert are eating breakfast? Director Nichols had to be covered by a sound blanketduring filming because he kept cracking up during the scene.
Hank Azaria, the voice actor and comedian who played manservant Agador Spartacus, figured out a short time into filming that the voice he had crafted to play Agadorwas actually his grandmother’s. Keeping it in the family, I see.
The original title of The Birdcage was Birds Of A Feather— the first drafts of the script still have that title on them.
The Birdcage made $18.3 million dollars in its opening weekend. That made it the highest-grossing weekend opening of a movie with openly gay lead characters until Sascha Baron Cohen’s Brunocame out in 2009.
It stars Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as a gay couple whose son ( Dan Futterman) is set to marry the daughter ( Calista Flockhart) of a conservative senator ( Gene Hackman) and his wife ( Dianne Wiest ). Hank Azaria and Christine Baranski appear in supporting roles.
In 1996, Azaria played gay Guatemalan housekeeper Agador Spartacus in the film The Birdcage. For the role, which Azaria considers to be his "big break", [8] he was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role, [14] and critically branded "the most hilarious performance in the film ...
Aug 14, 2022 · Calling up wonderful images of Hank Azaria's character in the comedy film The Birdcage: In the movie, Agador is male couple Armand and Albert's flamboyantly gay Guatemalan housekeeper / maid, who poses as a Greek butler named Spartacus for the purposes of a family….
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Mar 8, 1996 · The Birdcage: Directed by Mike Nichols. With Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest. 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, conservative parents.
