The poster for the 1996 film “The Birdcage” starring Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Robin Williams and Dianne Wiest. Moviestore/Shutterstock.

Here are the secrets "The Birdcage" has tucked away. 1. "Birdcage" was already the seventh incarnation of the story, which started out as the French play "La Cage aux Folles" in 1973.

Welcome to "Saturday Night at the Movies". I'm your host, Glenn Holland. Tonight's movie is "The Birdcage", released by United Artists in 1996. It was directed by Mike Nichols from a screenplay by ...

The plot of "The Birdcage" is simple. Armand Goldman (a subdued, sarcastic Williams) runs a successful drag club in South Beach, Miami, and his longtime life-partner, Albert (Lane at his ...

On Friday, Aug. 30, the queer film collective and series CinéWilde will present the 1996 comedy The Birdcage starring Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman and Dianne Weist at the Texas ...