| Title |
La cage aux folles / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; United Artists ; Les Productions Artistes Associés and DA. MA. Produzione ; producer, Marcello Danon ; director, Edouard Molinaro ; screenplay, Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon, Jean Poiret. |
| OCLC |
855289991 |
| ISBN |
9781604657753 |
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1604657758 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
715515109918 |
| Music number |
CC2306D The Criterion Collection |
| Publisher |
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013] |
| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. . |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Gay couples -- Drama.
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Fathers and sons -- Drama.
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Weddings -- Drama.
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Foreign films -- France.
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| System details note |
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; PCM mono. |
| Cast |
Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Rémi Laurent, Carmen Scarpitta, Benny Luke, Luisa Maneri, Michel Galabru. |
| Creation/Production credits |
Production design, Mario Garbuglia ; set decoration, Carlo Gervasi ; Tognazzi and Serrault costumes by Piero Tosi and Carlo Palazzi ; costumes, Ambra Danon ; editors, Robert and Monique Isnardon ; director of photography, Armando Nannuzzi ; music, Ennio Morricone. |
| Target audience |
Rating: R; for adult themes, adult activity, hard language, intense or persistent violence, sexually-oriented nudity, drug abuse or other elements. |
| Summary |
Renato and Albin are a middle-aged couple, who are the managers and star performers at a glitzy drag club in St. Tropez, agree to hide their sexual identities, along with their flamboyant personalities and home decor, when the parents of Renato's son's fianc come for a visit. But with its hilarious performances and ahead-of-its-time social message, there's nothing like the audacious, dazzling original movie. |
| Language note |
French dialogue; with English subtitles. |
| General note |
Based on the play by Jean Poiret. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. |
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Distributed by Criterion under license with Twentieth-Century Fox Home Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios |
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Special features: Edourad Molinaro (new interview with the director); Archival footage (featuring actor Michel Serrault and Jean Poiret, writer and star of the original stage production); Laurence Senelick (interview of Senelick in which he situates La Cage aux Folles within the centuries-old tradition of drag performance, and talks about the impact the film had on the contemporary understanding of sexuality and gender politics); Trailers. Booklet features essay by critic David Ehrenstein. |
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