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The Birdcage

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A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner agree to put up a false heterosexual front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative parents. From TMDB

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  • Joel (Thespis-Punk) @thespispunk.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2026

    Saw The Birdcage in theaters today for as part of screenings for its 30th anniversary. What a wonderful movie.

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  • Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 2, 2025

    just saw ‘The Birdcage’ for the first time; it was a truly delightful film, aside from their ungrateful rat son

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  • Sophia_Nyx 🐰 @sophianyx.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 6, 2025

    Without saying The Birdcage, fav Robin Williams Film?

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  • Sophia_Nyx 🐰 @sophianyx.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2025

    Without saying The Birdcage, fav Robin Williams film?

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  • Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 12, 2026

    In honor of the 30th anniversary of The Birdcage, I wrote about only some of the brilliant layers of its confrontations of gender performance. Truly, The Birdcage is an exceptional and important film for our moment for challenging bigots who can't wrap their minds around differences in human nature

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  • Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2025

    Watched The Birdcage again the other night. Perfect movie. I want to put Val in a food processor

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  • FRANK'S FILM REVIEW @franksfilmreview.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 26, 2026

    Celebrating 30 Years of The Birdcage franksfilmreview.com/2026/04/26/c... This June, the iconic comedy The Birdcage is making a triumphant return to theaters to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Originally released in 1996, this beloved film, directed by the legendary Mike Nichols... #TheBirdcage

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  • Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 15, 2025

    We’re watching The Birdcage, one of my favorite movies. The late Gene Hackman got the best line in the movie: “They don’t make women like that anymore.”

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  • Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    Among many brilliant performances in Gene Hackman’s career is his turn as a conservative Senator stuck in a drag bar in The Birdcage (1996). The Birdcage was a rare LGBTQ-centred Hollywood studio movie, made at a time of far greater and widespread homophobia. It topped the US Box Office for 4 weeks.

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  • Lee CroNina's The Mummymoto 💀 @spacecoyote.comBluesky · Jun 26, 2026

    confirmed: "The Birdcage" is a better Father's Day movie than "Finding Nemo" #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

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  • Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 2, 2025

    Movie viewing tonight will be The Birdcage for Mr. Gene Hackman 💚

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  • Sophia_Nyx 🐰 @sophianyx.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2025

    Without saying The Birdcage, fav Robin Williams Film?

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  • Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.socialBluesky · May 7, 2025

    One of my all time favourites The Birdcage is a special movie for a dozen reasons- one being the irreplaceable chemistry between Nathan Lane & Robin Williams. We’ve lost both Robin & Gene Hackman, which makes revisiting this film even more powerful. I’ll always love this film. 🎥✨😎✨💙✨🤣✨

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  • Emma Newman @emmanewman.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2025

    I watched 4 movies yesterday and the only one I keep thinking about is The Birdcage. What a warm, loving, hilarious and witty film. So many different types of comedy within it. Real heart. Excellent performances. I just loved it so much. And Robin Williams' performance was so generous.

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  • Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 27, 2026

    I had to choose a favorite gay movie on the spot and i couldn't decide between The Birdcage or Cabaret so my brain split the difference and I said The Producers

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  • Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    The Birdcage, purely because it was what my parents had rented and finally deemed I could watch an R movie

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  • c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics @portaltohades.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 17, 2026

    While the film the Birdcage ['96] is definitely a film of the 90s. I actually think it's rather important for modern queers to give it a watch at least once.

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  • Tiff 🏳️‍⚧️ & Eve Comics @tiffandevecomics.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2025

    To my queer movie-watchers out there, does the Birdcage starring Robin Williams still hold up in your opinion?

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  • Sophia_Nyx 🐰 @sophianyx.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2025

    Without saying The Birdcage, fav Robin Williams Film?

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  • Goad (Legal Expert) @goad.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    Gene Hackman greatest performance as a Senator from Ohio in The Birdcage. You couldn't make a movie like this today because of wokeness.

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  • FRANK'S FILM REVIEW @franksfilmreview.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2026

    The Birdcage franksfilmreview.com/2026/02/27/t... If I need to be uplifted, I re-watch The Birdcage for a good laugh. For me, it’s pure cinematic comfort food — a film that just never fails to put a smile on my face. There’s something infectious about the controlled chaos... #FranksFilmReview

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  • Nick Land Acknowledgement 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 @lonestartallboi.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 18, 2025

    The Birdcage might be the greatest film ever made

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  • BOOrink 👻 @brinkofgaming.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 14, 2026

    My partner and I just had pizza and watched The Birdcage! Absolutely hilarious film! 💙

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  • badelf @[email protected]Lemmy · Feb 1, 2026

    Review / The Birdcage (1996) (revisiting Robin Williams catalog). (revisiting Robin Williams catalog) Mike Nichols' *The Birdcage* is the American remake of *La Cage aux Folles*, with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as a gay couple running a drag club in South Beach. When Williams' son brings home his fiancée whose parents happen to be ultra-conservative politicians (Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest), the setup becomes a classic farce: can this flamboyant household pass for "normal" long enough to…

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  • Unbelievably unc🇪🇺🇵🇸 @queerrilla.eurosky.socialBluesky · Nov 25, 2024

    The Birdcage (1996) being the magnificent movie it has always been

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  • ⭐️ Fio the Wah! ⭐️ 🔜 NYFF @fiofirefox.comBluesky · Jun 6, 2026

    We’re enjoying “The Birdcage” for Movie night. This 30 yr old film is classic. #HappyPride

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  • Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 7, 2025

    Really really lovely piece on The Birdcage, a movie that has problems I acknowledge but I think I have a more tender interpretation of it (as a queer person.)

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  • Lilah Sturges @lilahsturges.comBluesky · Mar 14, 2026

    We just watched The Birdcage (1996) and wow for a movie that was ahead of its time when it came out, it has really aged like milk

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  • Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    I think my favorite Gene Hackman film is Unforgiven, but he was so good in so many, and such varied, roles. Crimson Tide, The Conversation / Enemy of the State, The French Connection, Hoosiers, The Birdcage, … One of his movies I haven’t seen highlighted is Get Shorty; he was fantastic in it. RIP.

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  • Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 23, 2026

    Now if the movie sucks ass and the crowd is largely aligned on going bozo mode, different story. But talking your way through a movie, whether it’s opening weekend for Oppenheimer or a revival screening of The Birdcage or Fargo, you are veering into deeply antisocial behavior that sucks for everyone

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  • Frank Gaimari @frankgaimari.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 26, 2026

    Celebrating 30 Years of The Birdcage franksfilmreview.com/2026/04/26/c... This June, the iconic comedy The Birdcage is making a triumphant return to theaters to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Originally released in 1996, this beloved film, directed by the legendary Mike Nichols... #TheBirdcage

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  • Jon of the 80s @nostalgiajon.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    Tonight's film is something different. We are watching The Birdcage a hilarious comedy and Robin kills it as always #filmsky #thebirdcage #robinwilliams #comedy

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  • Kate Sloan (she/her) @katesloan.comBluesky · May 31, 2025

    going to a screening of my all-time favorite movie The Birdcage tonight so I dressed in honor of two of my favorite looks in the film

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  • chuck 🐦💐 @chuckdrawsthings.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 19, 2025

    just watched THE BIRDCAGE and my god robin williams in that movie…….

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  • His Bark Materials🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌌 @oneiriccanid.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 21, 2026

    This is about the movie The Birdcage.

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  • BOOrink 👻 @brinkofgaming.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 20, 2026

    Post the: Last movie you saw 🎬 Last game you played 🎮 Last show you watched 🖥 Last song you listened to 🎶 🎬 The Birdcage 🎮 Pokémon Pokopia 📺 Bob's Burgers 🎶 Young- MØL

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  • Frank Gaimari @frankgaimari.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2026

    The Birdcage franksfilmreview.com/2026/02/27/t... If I need to be uplifted, I re-watch The Birdcage for a good laugh. For me, it’s pure cinematic comfort food — a film that just never fails to put a smile on my face. There’s something infectious about the controlled chaos... #FranksFilmReview

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  • Damned To Hellgore 🐦‍⬛ (andrew elmore) @elmore.zoneBluesky · Jun 23, 2026

    The LP/MD release of @barrytopping.com's phenomenal Birdcage OST arrived today, and @pnwpotato.bsky.social knowingly hits me with the: "Aren't regional key arts wild? The Japanese import of The Birdcage looks like a completely different movie!" Marry the funniest person you know, imo.

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  • Alonso Duralde @aduralde.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 22, 2025

    Attending #TCMFilmFest this weekend? On Saturday, I'm introducing The Birdcage alongside Dave Karger, and on Sunday, I'll be signing copies of Hollywood Pride alongside other TCM authors. Hope to see you there! #filmsky 📽️

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  • Andrew Pope @andrewpope.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    RIP Gene Hackman (Pictured: The Quick And The Dead) What an actor. The Conversation, The Royal Tenenbaums, The French Connection, Unforgiven, The Birdcage, Hoosiers, Crimson Tide… and the first film I ever saw him in, Superman. He’ll always be my Lex Luthor. See you in Otisburg, sir. 🫡

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  • john.in.chicago @john-in-chicago.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2025

    Probably my favorite Robin Williams movie. My first exposure to Nathan Lane. 🤣 The Birdcage 1996

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  • Spooky Waffles @zazzyzazz.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2025

    Ok but imagine they ask him this and he literally just describes the film The Birdcage (1996).

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  • jung hoseok, dick sommelier @allmostblue.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2025

    woke up sick AF with a sinus infection, blargh, I've been off my antihistamines for 2 weeks for allergy testing and it's definitely turned into Something anyway I am gonna lie on this couch and rewatch every good 90's movie on Tubi right now starting with The Birdcage god I love this movie

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  • Jamie Kaye @ NYCC F24 @missjamiekaye.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 27, 2026

    What the heeeellll watching The Birdcage for the first time. ThiS MOVIE IS SO GOOD???

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  • Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.comBluesky · Nov 3, 2025

    This morning I jokingly compared my cats Darwin and Wallace 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ to Armand and Albert from the Birdcage film (1996) and now I cannot unsee the paralells.

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  • TCM Party @tcmparty.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2025

    The film set the standard for 1960s “caper comedies,” blending luxury settings with slapstick chaos. Thinking of films like: TOPKAPI CHARADE THE PARTY DIVORCE ITALIAN STYLE THE BIRDCAGE #TCMParty #ThePinkPanther ^JW

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  • Alonso Duralde @aduralde.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 25, 2025

    This weekend at TCM Film Festival: Saturday: introducing The Birdcage with Dave Karger! Sunday: signing copies of Hollywood Pride! #filmsky 📽 filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/fil... filmfestival.tcm.com/schedule/boo...

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  • Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 9, 2024

    Honourable mention to The Birdcage, but mainly because he let Nathan Lane steal that film, whilst still delivering a top notch performance.

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  • Scott Troutman-Wise @scottshot83.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 19, 2025

    The Birdcage (2025 Movie Thread, #294) #filmsky #pride #pridemonth

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  • His Bark Materials🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌌 @oneiriccanid.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 21, 2026

    Like I’m sorry, what the fuck movie did you watch? Because it wasn’t the Birdcage?

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  • Wren @redwsailing.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 11, 2024

    Group consensus is that we need a new film a la Priscilla, The Birdcage, To Wong Foo, etc starring Rhys Darby IMMEDIATELY

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  • Wren @redwsailing.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2026

    If you have the chance to see The Birdcage on the big screen, TAKE ADVANTAGE I am biased bc it is probably the most formative film of my life but being able to see the amount of emotion Robin Williams and Nathan Lane put into their performances on that scale? Genuinely life changing

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  • benji (moon’s dad) @benjiarmi.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 15, 2025

    Bought tickets to see The Birdcage, Showgirls, and Cabaret in theatres. I love being gay! I love movie theatres!

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  • jessica BONEStown @newfoundgloryhole.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2025

    *psst* The Birdcage is a remake of a better movie, one that doesn't have white Hank Azaria once again pretending to be another nationality for laughs.

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  • So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.socialBluesky · Jun 22, 2026

    I feel like you can have ONE of The Birdcage OR Mrs Doubtfire if you have to pick a kind of 90s don't say gay transphobic white American film, but not both. And opening up by being rude about costume dramas (clearly a dig at Portrait of a Lady on Fire) is just ignorant.

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  • Lacrima Mundi - Indie Book Reviews [requests closed][hiatus]📚✍ @lacrimamundi.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 6, 2025

    Without saying The Birdcage, fav Robin Williams Film? That's an easy one. It's not even close.

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  • Viscount (they/them) @vpurple.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 5, 2025

    Watching The Birdcage, a film I've not watched since understanding my own gender more, and it is hitting VERY differently than it used to

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  • Trapped O'Brien, Please Free Me From This Prison @radobrien.myatproto.socialBluesky · Sep 5, 2024

    has there ever been a movie as good as The Birdcage?

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  • Logan @wordswhispered.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 24, 2026

    She previously worked with the cinematographer during Amsterdam! He’s also the director for Tom B’s newest movie (and previously The Revenant 🐻 and The Birdcage!!)

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  • ʀʏᴀɴ ᴛʜᴏᴍᴀꜱ ʀɪᴅᴅʟᴇ 🇵🇭 🏳️‍🌈 @ryanthomasriddle.comBluesky · Sep 7, 2025

    DEAD POET’S SOCIETY is my favorite Robin Williams film. THE BIRDCAGE is my favorite Nathan Lane film. 😜

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