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La cage aux folles
Uniform Title
Cage aux folles (Motion picture)
Title
La cage aux folles / distribué par Les Artistes associés ; un film produit par Marcello Danon ; coproduction franco-italienne, Les Productions Artistes Associés-Paris, DA. MA. Produzione S.p.A.-Rome ; adaptation a l'écran, Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon et Jean Poiret ; un film de Edouard Molinaro.
ISBN
9781604657753
1604657758
Edition
Special ed.
Published
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm).
Notes
Based on the play by Jean Poiret.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1978.
Distributed by Criterion under license with Twentieth-Century Fox Home Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios.
Special features: Edouard 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.
Director of photography, Armando Nannuzzi ; music, Ennio Morricone ; 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.
French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Summary
Renato and Albin, a middle-aged couple and 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 fiancée 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.
Variant and related titles
English title: Birds of a feather
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
French
Added to Catalog
April 24, 2018
Series
The Criterion collection ; 671
Credits
Director of photography, Armando Nannuzzi ; music, Ennio Morricone ; 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.
Cast
Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Rémi Laurent, Carmen Scarpitta, Benny Luke, Luisa Maneri, Michel Galabru.
System details note
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; PCM mono.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; for adult themes, adult activity, hard language, intense or persistent violence, sexually-oriented nudity, drug abuse or other elements.
Videorecording number
CC2306D The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films - France.
Feature films - Italy.
Foreign language films - French.
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Feature films - France.
Feature films - Italy.
Foreign language films - French.
Also listed under
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
United Artists (Firm)
Productions Artistes associés.
Da Ma Produzione, SPA.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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