Music and lyrics by jerry herman, book by harvey fierstein. Featuring bobby smith, brent barrett, jessica lauren bell, michael bunce, sherri l. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancee and her ultraconservative parents to meet them. But with its hilarious performances and aheadofitstime social message, theres nothing like the audacious, dazzling original movie. He entered films in the mid 50s and became a character star, almost exclusively in french productions. After twenty years of unwedded bliss, georges and his partner albin face the hardest challenge of their relationship, yet. Ugo tognazzi full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Each season, the company presents both classic and new works that may include tonywinning pieces and world premieres. And maybe its only in this exaggerated form that a movie about the ridiculousness and the tenderness of. Ponekad, doduse, dolazi do prepirki izmedu njega i vlasnika kluba, koji je ujedno i njegov ljubavnik, renata u. Having become the most improbable of male screen heroes new york, renato and albin are this time taking on the secret service in an unforgettable cross. Tognazzi has a son from a former marriage who is engaged to the daughter of a politician who. The gay couple then hide out in renatos native italy, but find little peace there with their frequent. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married.
It is directed by edouard molinaro and stars michel serrault as albin stage name zaza, the female impersonator star of a gay nightclub revue, and ugo tognazzi as renato, his partner of over 20 years. Nightclub owner renato and his transvestite companionlover albin becoming involved with the local cops and foreign spies when albin unwittingly gets his hands on a roll of stolen microfilm. Zaza michel serrault thinks that he is no longer attractive to renato ugo tognazzi, and to make him jealous sets out to the local caf. The manager of a sainttropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Tropez night club named cage aux folle george runs it and albion is its transvestite star, the fabulous zaza. Its about the gay owner of a scandalous nightclub in st.
This was in 1983 at a time when aids was fast becoming an epidemic. Enter bay area musicals, the new organization built by theatre veterans to celebrate the rich world of musicals. With ugo tognazzi, michel serrault, claire maurier, remi laurent. Before august of 2014, there was only one thing missing from san franciscos bustling theatre scene. Kabaretskom klubu cage aux folles jako dobro ide, svake veceri je posjecen, a njegova glavna zvijezda, transvestit zaza m. Michel serrault and ugo tognazzi return in this zany espionage caper that has the two targeted by murderous enemy agents in an unforgettable crosscountry journey. Cam 4932002 country italy format cd release date 1mar1991 also contains music from. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost.
Tropez homosexuals ugo tognazzi, michel serrault unwittingly have the microfilm a spy ring wants. With michel serrault, ugo tognazzi, marcel bozzuffi, michel galabru. In a move to make his partner, renato, jealous, the flamboyant albin waits in a local cafe dressed as a woman hoping to be picked up. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. Somehow, the whole movie appears funnier in its original french even though i dont speak french. A nightclub owner and his transvestite lover find spies and police in their lives when they become unintentional owners of stolen microfilm. This time they inadvertently become involved in the world of international espionage when circumstances connect them to a number of dead bodies and some missing microfilm. It opened august 21, 1983 at the palace theatre, where it played for over four years and 1,761.
The gay couple then hide out in renatos native italy, but find little peace there with their frequent bickering among themselves. The story is about a gay couple, renalto baldi ugo. One of the most successful comedies of all time, this best foreign film award winner inspired the birdcage and stars michel serrault and ugo tognazzi as two partners torn between crossdressing and chaos. The movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Zaza michel serrault thinks that he is no longer attractive to renato ugo tognazzi, and to make him jealous sets out to the local caf in magnificent dragwhere she is promptly picked up by a spy who is fleeing from enemy agents. When the frenchitalian film adaptation of jean poirets play became a big box office hit in the late 70s, it was a conventional farce with a typically gallic twist, the old sonof. Tropez, his transvestite lover, and how the owner reacts after his son returns home one day and announces hes going to marry. American audiences may like the remake better because the.
But albin gets more than he bargains for when the fly he catches in his web is actually a spy, who uses him as an unwitting courier of secret microfilm. There are plenty of action scenes throughout the comedy that will make you truly laugh. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. In 1996, an american remake titled the birdcage, directed by mike nichols.
I can understand why people would dislike this movie. Georges, the manager of a sainttropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and albin, his romantic partner and star attraction, and the farcical adventures. Make sure you get this movie in french with english subtitles. Armand goldman owns a popular drag nightclub in south miami beach. Georges and albion are two middleaged homosexuals whose committed relationship plays out against the background of a st. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime. You probably know the story from the mike nichols nonmusical film, the birdcage. It is cowritten and directed by edouard molinaro and stars ugo tognazzi and michel serrault. Based on the 1973 french play of the same name by jean poiret, it focuses on a gay couple. I wont go into detail what fun the movie it is since you can read others comments i am just telling you that if you are considering getting a bluray version of this. The comedy that comes out of the closet two gay men living in st.
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