TY - ADVS AU - Molinaro,Édouard AU - Danon,Marcello AU - Veber,Francis AU - Poiret,Jean AU - Tognazzi,Ugo AU - Serrault,Michel AU - Maurier,Claire AU - Laurent,Rémi AU - Scarpitta,Carmen AU - Luke,Benny AU - Maneri,Luisa AU - Galabru,Michel AU - Garbuglia,Mario AU - Gervasi,Carlo AU - Tosi,Piero AU - Palazzi,Carlo AU - Danon,Ambra AU - Isnardon,Robert AU - Isnardon,Monique AU - Nannuzzi,Armando AU - Morricone,Ennio AU - Senelick,Laurence AU - Ehrenstein,David AU - Poiret,Jean ED - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ED - United Artists (Firm) ED - Productions Artistes associés. ED - Da Ma Produzione, SPA. ED - Criterion Collection (Firm) TI - La cage aux folles T2 - The Criterion collection SN - 9781604657753 PY - 2013///] CY - [New York] PB - Criterion Collection KW - Poiret, Jean, KW - Gay couples KW - Drama KW - Fathers and sons KW - Weddings KW - False personation KW - Comedy films KW - lcgft KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films KW - LGBTQ+ N1 - 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; Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Rémi Laurent, Carmen Scarpitta, Benny Luke, Luisa Maneri, Michel Galabru; MPAA rating: R; for adult themes, adult activity, hard language, intense or persistent violence, sexually-oriented nudity, drug abuse or other elements N2 - 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 ER -