Nathan Lane (who played Albert), was very much in the closet when this movie came out. He and Robin Williams were on Oprah promoting the movie, and Oprah asked Nathan if he was worried about being typecast. You can see Nathan is totally nervous because he wasn’t ready to come out of the closet yet (the 90s were a very different time), and Robin sensed his fear and totally took the conversation a different direction.
I adore the scene between Armand and Albert at the bus stop. It is so very sweet. They are one of my favorite movie couples for sure. Fun fact: When this movie came out Nathan Lane had not yet come out of the closet. He confided to Robin that he wasn't ready and didn't want the press tour to be about that. On an appearance on the Oprah show she started trying to steer the conversation towards Nathan Lane's sexuality. Robin jumped in and distracted her and moved the convo away from that to protect Nathan. Robin was such a sweet man. I miss him all the time!
Hank Azaria said he had to hold back from laughing when Robin Williams accidentally fell on the kitchen floor at the dinner. It wasn't in the script for Robin Williams to fall on the floor. It was a real accident.
When this movie came out Oprah was pressuring Nathan Lane to come out and Robin Williams stepped in and made jokes, did his antics to change the subject and to protect Nathan. He was a good man.
This movie, at its heart, is a very normal movie about a very normal family that loves each other very normally, and I think somehow it shocked people in America because they all thought such weird things about gay folks. Turns out at their core all people just love and want to be loved and for the life of me I will never understand why anyone would want to get in between that or control it in any way. That scene with Nathan Lane and Robin Williams at the bus stop was such a sweet, beautiful sentiment about what it means to grow older with someone, what kind of an asshole does a person have to be to care if it's two men or two women or two people that don't consider themselves to be either? Glad to see you enjoyed this movie James. What a joy it was to watch and see such a loving family do what they could to stick together amongst such hilarious hijinx and what a joy it is at any time to see Robin Williams perform, especially in this movie which somehow successfully turned him into the straight man (no pun intended) in the comedy. He was special. Special shoutout to Nathan Lane for just being completely insane in this movie, and also to Hank Azaria for Agador Spartacus because he's hilarious.
I dont know that anyone in America was "shocked" by this movie, either when it came out, or now. This came out in 96, gays were well on their way to being accepted. The movie debued at #1 and mqde more than 150 million on a 30 million dollar budget. Translation - almost everyone loved it.
@@merkitten953on our way, perhaps, but we definitely had not yet reached ‘accepted’. The whole discussion of a palimony agreement in the movie highlighted the fact that we had no legal protections for same sex partnerships - no right to inheritance, no right as next of kin, no right to access spousal benefits through work, no right to marry. Please don’t glaze over the tremendous work and sacrifices of those who came before us.
@@lynn2574 honey i was born in 71. Marched in my first pride parade at 15, at a time when getting caught marching in a pride parade could really mess up your life. I fought for the rights youre talking about. The funny thing is, you try to correct me... by reiterating exactly what i said 🤣 i said gays were well on their way to being accepted. You reply back, and in, idk, an atrempt to school me? You say "on our way perhaps, but had not reached "accepted". Yeah.... Exactly what i said. Not accepted - but well on our way. Im not sure why you felt the need to clarify that by saying the exact same thing? The truth is from 86, when i first marched, to 96, a LOT had changed. It was already no longer cool to say faggot, even amongst jocks ect, where in the 80s, faggot was THE thing to call someone to cut them down. The 90s changed a lot, i think we all as a society wanted to leave some of our backward thinking behind. Anyway. Saying things were good isnt "glazing over" anyones efforts-if anything its the opposite. Its acknowledgment of progress. We WANT things to be good. Thats the goal. And the truth is, by 96 society had evolved enough that a movie could come out whos main characters were not only gay, one of them was a wildly effeminate drag queen - and the movie was still a hit. The whole movie is itself honestly, very gay - and it was still a hit. This is a sign of progress. Its ok to celebrate progress- we dont have to be in a perpetual state of "woe is us, we're victims fighting oppression", especially bc thats simply not true anymore. I dont know anyone, republican or democrat right or left, who gives a shit if someones gay. We got here, finally.
Seeing Gene Hackman as such a bad ass in films like "Mississippi Burning" and "The Unforgiven" just makes this film so much more hilarious to see him in full drag. LOL!
What a fantastic cast! The Birdcage is an example of a well done remake. Take a great foreign movie, translate it to English, pack it full of talent and let them go wild. I particularly love Dianne Wiest. She's so upset by her husband's fascination with Albert and still such a delightful woman. She may not be the funniest member of the cast, but someone has to like her best! And that someone is me.
You are a very kind man for recogizing how unfair Val was toward his parents. His behavior really pisses me off! I also think Hank Azaria deserved an Oscar for his portrayal of Agador! So hilarious. I miss Robin Williams.
I love that we've come far enough these days that most of the time people see Val as being wrong for asking his family to change. LOVED your reaction, I was worried for you! (I texted my husband, "I think James might have a stroke").
The actor who played Albert is on of my favorite actors. Nathan Lane is a Tony Award winning legend! He’s a great song and dance man. He also voices Timon in the Lion King.
@@LordVolkov absolutely love him in the musical version of The Producers! Mel Brooks is a comedic genius!! The most recent thing I love Lane in is Only Murders in the Building. So amazing in that!!
Nathan Lane just cracks me up in this film. I love him. He is a big New York stage star James. But the entire cast is just great in this. It’s one of my faves. Fun fact. When Robin Williams falls over in the kitchen getting the soup, that was real. He slipped over on the floor and they left it in.
In germany almost all movies and series are dubbed in german (at least they mostly have some mostly decent quality in dubbing and use professional "dubbing actors" and don't simply speak german text over the original sound or read translated texts, in some countries maybe even by a single narrator for all roles), while the usa appear to either ignore most foreign language movies or series, or create remakes to have their own "original" american movies and series. Quite often it's open for debate whether either method or subtitles would be "better", for what people enjoy, what they are used to, or whether too much of the original version (plot as well as dialogues) is lost. to me, the most annoying part is when the original version of anything completely "gets lost" (or is not available) and people don't even know that they exist and that what they watch is only an adaptation or remake, so that they optionally would be able to look them up and watch and compare them. btw: worst of that kind that i ever saw was when a friend watched a german dub of a bad italian "gladiator movie" (either "Seven Magnificent Gladiators (1983)" with Lou Ferrigno, or "Gladiators Seven(1964)" with Tony Russell, maybe even "Gladiators 7 (1960)", lol) without being aware that there were lots of such cheap ripoffs (including scifi versions in space) of the american "Magnificent Seven (1960)", which itself was a good western genre adaptation of Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" (1954). *_i would recommend these latter two for reactions,_* and all the others only for playing some drinking games to make them bearable.
The French movie "La Cage aux Folles", a film adaptation of Jean Poiret's 1973 play of the same name, which was staged at the Palais Royal in Paris for fifteen consecutive years. Also the origin of the musical of the same name "La Cage aux folles" with a book by Harvey Fierstein and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman.
I wanted to add te, in a world where, too often today, people say ugly things about others who may be different from them, your kind comments about accepting others was very much appreciated. If only we could all be kind to each other and stop being judgemental and critical, the world would be such a better place.
The original french play, sometimes involuntarily, had a lot more gay stereotypes. This film was really smart and thoughtful in adapting the good parts but with a lot more heart and respect (and also translating different political contexts really well, but managing to still get a dig at Mitterand (a french politician that is mentioned in the play iirc) which is really hard to do). I genuinely love it. I'm not always for american remakes of preexisting films but this needed to exist and it's so much better than the original.
By today's standards, some of this might come across as dated and homophobic, but I remember at the time, people were losing it for the opposite reason. It was a rare 90s movie that actually dealt with these issues. It was considered very progressive for the time. Nathan Lane was in another hilarious movie later on, the adaptation of Mel Brooks' Broadway version of The Producers, with Matthew Broderick and Uma Thurman. Absolutely great. Funniest musical I've ever seen.
Amazing that this was before Lane came out. He and Robin had such delightful chemistry. He's hysterical in The Producers (and even better on stage I'm told).
I remember seeing this movie in the theater and laughing so hard my stomach hurt. The combo of Robin Williams and Nathan Lane was comedy gold. But I also remember that it pushed society’s boundaries at the time. And I remember how awful Oprah was to Nathan Lane, trying to out him.
Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro in: “AWAKENINGS “ is a beautiful, must see movie!! Robin plays a doctor who goes to work at a mental hospital, finds patients in a catatonic state , Robert is one of them , Robin works at trying to wake them up!!
I love this film because they cast Robin Williams and Nathan Lane in the wrong roles, at least for how the two actors were at the time. Williams usually played the flamboyant and crazy characters, and Lane had more serious down to earth characters. In this they put them in the roles they usually didn't do, and it worked so well.
Blessed are the tolerant! As a long time viewer, it's so nice to hear you say 'you do you'. That's all any of us can ask of anyone, and the support (as minor as it may seem) is appreciated. You always seem to have such good takes on movies and the subjects in them. I appreciate your channel a lot, so please thank your kids for me. I'm so glad that I get to revisit such wonderful movies with someone who appreciates them as they are, and it wouldn't be happening without them pushing you into it. ❤ ETA: Autocorrect correction. >.
Literally screamed out loud “OH YES!!!” when I saw the thumbnail saying you were reacting to this movie! It’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen and I can’t wait to laugh along with you!
I knew it, not to mention Hank azaria is crying laughing 😂but trying so hard to look upset even though he’s breaking. There’s a few moments like that, even the part where armond yanks the whine bottle out of Val’s mouth
The song that Armand and Katherine are singing is "Love is in the Air", the original opening number to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To the Forum before being replaced with "Comedy Tonight".
Couldn't wait to press play when this video popped up! I knew you'd love it! Nathan Lane (Albert) is so good. Probably most renowned for his work on Broadway but if you ever see him on one of the late night shows, he is hysterical. The host just says "hello" and Nathan starts riffing his own monologue about all the current events.
Gene Hackman played in a lot of serious movies. Fun to see him play the senator here. The young bride Barbara was played by Calista Flockhart. She was 32 here. Better known as Ally McBeal and the wife of Harrison Ford.
Fun fact: 3 of the songs that the main characters sing were written by the late great Stephen Sondheim. He wrote one original song that was used in the scene with the bubble gum chewing dancer, the others ( Starina's first number and the song that Robin Williams and Christine Baranski dance to) were songs that were cut from his musicals.
No one has a better reaction to comedies than you. I knew this one would have you cackling up a storm. I'd love to see your take on "Ruthless People." Be warned: you may find it hard to catch your breath.
Great movie. Remember watching this one in cinema. Fantastic cast all around. Williams and Lane were gold (-man) in this one. But so was Gene Hackman. And Hank Azaria is a scene-stealer. What a beautiful, happy feel-good movie. Great soundtrack as well.
I just watched this movie again yesterday and was delighted to see that you were now watching it! It's so hilarious; I laugh every time! It's a bit dated but so adorable and with endearing, neurotic characters you can't help but love!!
One of my favorite comedies! I’m glad you have now met Nathan Lane (Albert), I hope we will see him again on the channel in the future, he’s a phenomenal actor! I know you generally don’t get political on your channel but for the record I agree with your comments completely.
Great movie, great reaction. Just seeing Gene Hackman's uptight character in drag was worth the price of admission all by itself. I also applaud your final remarks about the importance of tolerance. Another great movie I recommend, is 'In And Out', starring Kevin Kline.
❤This is my favorite Robin Williams ever. This cast is amazing....everyone has impeccable comedy timing. I watch this movie about once a month.....I can't stop.
I am so glad that you, James, recognize, how silly the entire premise is in this day and age. I usually feel like this movie really is a barometer for when people were born. Those who see Val’s actions as a necessity are usually GenX/old millennials and those who see it as a complete failure of understanding are young Millennial/GenZ. I saw this with my uncle and his partner when I was in my uncle and his partner when I was in my tweens and I absolutely despised Val, for asking his dads to do that for him. And It was only after I was older that I realized it was remade from a French stage musical/movie, and from an even older era. But, while I love the message, i will always feel that Val is still an ass, regardless of the era.
Nathan Lane costarred with Matthew Broderick in Mel Brooks' The Producers. It was a movie then made into a musical (which also starred Nathan and Matthew) then that musical was made into a musical movie. It's amazing. And Diane Wiest (the mom) was in Parenthood (with Steve Martin), it's an amazing movie - please watch :)
Fun fact James, Nathan Lane (Albert) also did the voice of Timone (the meerkat) in Disney's Lion King. I remember you saying you have seen many of Disney's films even before you started this channel, so when your grandkids are old enough to see Lion King, when the Hakuna Matada song is playing, close your eyes and picture Albert from this film!
As soon as i saw this thumbnail, that was my first thought too.....oh this movie's gonna k1ll him! 😂😂😂😂 So glad you reacted to this, it's one of my favorite movies!
Hank Azaria does many voices for The Simpsons. Also, a good Ben Stiller/Jennifer Anniston movie "Along Came Polly," has a good character for Hank Azaria. Funny, charming movie.
Since I first saw this movie years ago, it has stayed at the top of my favorite movies of all time. It has absolutely everything and it was acted flawlessly.❤️🤗🐝
When they sneak out at the end, it reminds me...back in 2005 when Theo Epstein resigned as general manager of the Red Sox and he wanted to avoid having to talk with reporters and it happened to be Halloween...so he snuck out of Fenway Park wearing a gorilla costume!
So much fun watching you have so much fun :). That period in the 90s was so great for mainstream, big release gay movies - To Wong Foo, In and Out . . . you’d have fun watching those too (if you haven’t already)! And definitely recognize some more folks.
So, this film was released in 1996; same-sex marriage did not become legal in the US until 2015, so Albert and Armand can't be married. I recommend "Connie and Carla", a 2004 film that is somewhat a gender reversal of this film and quite enjoyable. It stars Nia Vardalos (star of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"), Toni Collette, and David Duchovny. Why not use their real names, Goldman instead of Coleman? Because 'Goldman' is a Jewish name, and the Senator is white-bread conservative; he won't want his daughter marrying a minority.
I am SO glad you've gotten around to seeing this!! It's such a great film!! Not sure if anyone's mentioned it...before this...Nathan was best known for doing the voice of Timon in Lion King (the animated version) For the record...Robin was NOT gay, however Nathan Lane (Albert) IS
I just watched Sister Act and now this with you. Was great fun to watch with you, especially when you didn't cut out most of the great scenes and chop some scenes in half like some others do. Was also great how you laughed as hard as I did at all the same spots (even though I've seen both movies at least a dozen times). I am certain (if you haven't already seen it---will have to go check after this to see if you have it posted already) that you would love The In-Laws (1979), with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin. Might have to take you up on your trial Patreon membership to see how that goes. Have a great day.
Love this film…I die laughing every time a watch. Your laugh just took it over the top!😂 If you like Diane Wiest you’ll love her in “ Parenthood”. Another great family comedy.
This is a remake and an update of the French/Italian movie "La Cage aux Folles", a film adaptation (which also had two sequels) of Jean Poiret's 1973 play of the same name, which was staged at the Palais Royal in Paris for fifteen consecutive years. Also the origin of the musical of the same name "La Cage aux folles" with a book by Harvey Fierstein and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman.
Director Mike Nichols has some other great films Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - nominated for Best Director Oscar The Graduate (1967) - won Best Director Oscar Silkwood (1983) - nominated for Best Director Oscar Working Girl (1988) - nominated for Best Director Oscar; stars Sigourney Weaver and Joan Cusack Closer (2004) Charlie Wilson's War (2007) - with Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman Mike Nichols is one of a select few who have won the EGOT: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. I believe he and Mel Brooks are the only two directors who have done it.
I don’t often watch reaction channels but I subscribed because you’re cool as heck and I always want to support amazing fathers (which you clearly are) ❤ from PA!
I was very curious what you'd think about this one. I was super happy to see you got _way_ out ahead of the message of the film and immediately went to "everyone should be themselves and be proud of that." That was still somewhat controversial in 1996 (and in some places, remains so today). Meanwhile, I saw this and immediately made plans to watch it during dinner. I still have half left and spent 40 minutes crying because this is one of the all time funniest movies I can think of and I knew you'd love that. Thanks for a super reaction!
@@AwesomeUSMovies Any movie with Robin Williams or Nathan Lane is automatically going to be amazing, but the two together and throw in Hank Azaria? It should almost be illegal! 😂
I love this movie😃❤️🤩👏👏 it's legit one of my top 5 favorite movies. This is my first time watching you. It was fun to watch you react. Continued blessings and good luck 👍😎
Love this film so much. Obv this is in a time when gay rights aren’t as popular as now. Young Chris needed to be more open to his potential in laws rather than force his gay dad to pretend. However it leads to fun. 😊 love gene Hackman and the end is fantastic fun.
This theatre play is sixty years old. It is French and older version of the story are available. But this one is my favorite. Look for Fools Cage, in case of interrest.
As I recall Williams was originally cast as Albert but he thought it’d be funnier if he played “the straight guy” Armand against someone campier and here we are.
My condolences to your widow and children for their loss. The bride is Harrison Ford's wife, and played Supergirl's boss & starred as Ally McBeal on TV. The actor playing Albert was also in Mouse Trap and The (original) Lion King.
Nathan Lane (who played Albert), was very much in the closet when this movie came out. He and Robin Williams were on Oprah promoting the movie, and Oprah asked Nathan if he was worried about being typecast. You can see Nathan is totally nervous because he wasn’t ready to come out of the closet yet (the 90s were a very different time), and Robin sensed his fear and totally took the conversation a different direction.
I adore the scene between Armand and Albert at the bus stop. It is so very sweet. They are one of my favorite movie couples for sure.
Fun fact: When this movie came out Nathan Lane had not yet come out of the closet. He confided to Robin that he wasn't ready and didn't want the press tour to be about that. On an appearance on the Oprah show she started trying to steer the conversation towards Nathan Lane's sexuality. Robin jumped in and distracted her and moved the convo away from that to protect Nathan. Robin was such a sweet man. I miss him all the time!
it is essentially as close to a wedding scene as you could have at the time
We all love Robin Williams but I think we can all agree this is Nathan Lanes movie
Meh. He ALMOST stole the movie, but all Williams had to do was talk to snatch it back.
@@bigmickmcattack Yeah, Nathan Lane was fantastic
That fall that Robin Williams had in the kitchen wasn't scripted but the director loved it and kept it in the final cut.
Suffering for your art
No matter how many times I see that scene I always crack up.
Hank Azaria said he had to hold back from laughing when Robin Williams accidentally fell on the kitchen floor at the dinner. It wasn't in the script for Robin Williams to fall on the floor. It was a real accident.
It really shows the professionalism of all of them to not break character and continue the scene! ❤
When this movie came out Oprah was pressuring Nathan Lane to come out and Robin Williams stepped in and made jokes, did his antics to change the subject and to protect Nathan. He was a good man.
To this day anytime I mess up I say "I pierced the toast!". No one ever gets it but I love this movie! haha
Ha, my sister and I say it all the time! I'd love to hear someone else drop that line.
Me and my mom absolutely love this movie and we quote it all the time
yes :D and also I say "When the Schnecken Beckons" when I take more of something to eat. :D
This movie is SO quotable! “Sweetie you’re wasting your gum” is one of my personal favs 😂
"Sweetie, you're wasting your gum."
This movie, at its heart, is a very normal movie about a very normal family that loves each other very normally, and I think somehow it shocked people in America because they all thought such weird things about gay folks. Turns out at their core all people just love and want to be loved and for the life of me I will never understand why anyone would want to get in between that or control it in any way. That scene with Nathan Lane and Robin Williams at the bus stop was such a sweet, beautiful sentiment about what it means to grow older with someone, what kind of an asshole does a person have to be to care if it's two men or two women or two people that don't consider themselves to be either? Glad to see you enjoyed this movie James.
What a joy it was to watch and see such a loving family do what they could to stick together amongst such hilarious hijinx and what a joy it is at any time to see Robin Williams perform, especially in this movie which somehow successfully turned him into the straight man (no pun intended) in the comedy. He was special. Special shoutout to Nathan Lane for just being completely insane in this movie, and also to Hank Azaria for Agador Spartacus because he's hilarious.
I dont know that anyone in America was "shocked" by this movie, either when it came out, or now. This came out in 96, gays were well on their way to being accepted. The movie debued at #1 and mqde more than 150 million on a 30 million dollar budget. Translation - almost everyone loved it.
@@merkitten953on our way, perhaps, but we definitely had not yet reached ‘accepted’. The whole discussion of a palimony agreement in the movie highlighted the fact that we had no legal protections for same sex partnerships - no right to inheritance, no right as next of kin, no right to access spousal benefits through work, no right to marry. Please don’t glaze over the tremendous work and sacrifices of those who came before us.
@@lynn2574 honey i was born in 71. Marched in my first pride parade at 15, at a time when getting caught marching in a pride parade could really mess up your life. I fought for the rights youre talking about.
The funny thing is, you try to correct me... by reiterating exactly what i said 🤣 i said gays were well on their way to being accepted. You reply back, and in, idk, an atrempt to school me? You say "on our way perhaps, but had not reached "accepted".
Yeah.... Exactly what i said. Not accepted - but well on our way. Im not sure why you felt the need to clarify that by saying the exact same thing?
The truth is from 86, when i first marched, to 96, a LOT had changed. It was already no longer cool to say faggot, even amongst jocks ect, where in the 80s, faggot was THE thing to call someone to cut them down. The 90s changed a lot, i think we all as a society wanted to leave some of our backward thinking behind.
Anyway. Saying things were good isnt "glazing over" anyones efforts-if anything its the opposite. Its acknowledgment of progress. We WANT things to be good. Thats the goal. And the truth is, by 96 society had evolved enough that a movie could come out whos main characters were not only gay, one of them was a wildly effeminate drag queen - and the movie was still a hit. The whole movie is itself honestly, very gay - and it was still a hit. This is a sign of progress.
Its ok to celebrate progress- we dont have to be in a perpetual state of "woe is us, we're victims fighting oppression", especially bc thats simply not true anymore.
I dont know anyone, republican or democrat right or left, who gives a shit if someones gay. We got here, finally.
Seeing Gene Hackman as such a bad ass in films like "Mississippi Burning" and "The Unforgiven" just makes this film so much more hilarious to see him in full drag. LOL!
He’s fantastic in drag 😊
Gosh, I wish people would react to Mississippi Burning. It is such a great movie!
Look at his IMDB. He was in like every third movie made between 1975 and 1995.
I loved him in drag. Also loved him in The Poseidon Adventure.
What a fantastic cast! The Birdcage is an example of a well done remake. Take a great foreign movie, translate it to English, pack it full of talent and let them go wild.
I particularly love Dianne Wiest. She's so upset by her husband's fascination with Albert and still such a delightful woman. She may not be the funniest member of the cast, but someone has to like her best! And that someone is me.
You are a very kind man for recogizing how unfair Val was toward his parents. His behavior really pisses me off! I also think Hank Azaria deserved an Oscar for his portrayal of Agador! So hilarious. I miss Robin Williams.
'Live your life and dont hurt anyone' has been my credo for a long time now. I wish more people could adopt the mentality.
Amen. It is not an attitude that many appreciate.
I love that we've come far enough these days that most of the time people see Val as being wrong for asking his family to change. LOVED your reaction, I was worried for you! (I texted my husband, "I think James might have a stroke").
I am bi and I don't blame Val. Kid was trying to impress the in-laws for a first meeting
@@bryanneal939 I'm bi and I do blame Val. Dang I guess we cancelled each other out. Let's see what everyone else thinks.
Val is absolutely in the wrong for trying to force his father back into the closet and completely disregarding Albert as his mother.
He's just a kid in love. Kids in love do all sorts of stupid things because they're KIDS. IN LOVE.
@@SummerBayJournal I take it you've never been in love.
The actor who played Albert is on of my favorite actors. Nathan Lane is a Tony Award winning legend! He’s a great song and dance man. He also voices Timon in the Lion King.
Nathan Lane is usually the best part of anything he's in, except when standing next to a titan like Robin 😅
He slays in The Producers remake.
@@LordVolkov absolutely love him in the musical version of The Producers! Mel Brooks is a comedic genius!! The most recent thing I love Lane in is Only Murders in the Building. So amazing in that!!
Nathan Lane just cracks me up in this film. I love him. He is a big New York stage star James. But the entire cast is just great in this. It’s one of my faves. Fun fact. When Robin Williams falls over in the kitchen getting the soup, that was real. He slipped over on the floor and they left it in.
A great remake of the French movie LA Cage aux Folles.
@jpd9h2i7 I think this is the only American remake of an Eurpean movie that reaches the brilliance of the original.
In germany almost all movies and series are dubbed in german (at least they mostly have some mostly decent quality in dubbing and use professional "dubbing actors" and don't simply speak german text over the original sound or read translated texts, in some countries maybe even by a single narrator for all roles), while the usa appear to either ignore most foreign language movies or series, or create remakes to have their own "original" american movies and series.
Quite often it's open for debate whether either method or subtitles would be "better", for what people enjoy, what they are used to, or whether too much of the original version (plot as well as dialogues) is lost. to me, the most annoying part is when the original version of anything completely "gets lost" (or is not available) and people don't even know that they exist and that what they watch is only an adaptation or remake, so that they optionally would be able to look them up and watch and compare them.
btw: worst of that kind that i ever saw was when a friend watched a german dub of a bad italian "gladiator movie" (either "Seven Magnificent Gladiators (1983)" with Lou Ferrigno, or "Gladiators Seven(1964)" with Tony Russell, maybe even "Gladiators 7 (1960)", lol) without being aware that there were lots of such cheap ripoffs (including scifi versions in space) of the american "Magnificent Seven (1960)", which itself was a good western genre adaptation of Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" (1954).
*_i would recommend these latter two for reactions,_* and all the others only for playing some drinking games to make them bearable.
The French movie "La Cage aux Folles", a film adaptation of Jean Poiret's 1973 play of the same name, which was staged at the Palais Royal in Paris for fifteen consecutive years.
Also the origin of the musical of the same name "La Cage aux folles" with a book by Harvey Fierstein and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman.
This movie is hilarious. Robin Williams killed it in his role. One of his best performances.
I wanted to add te, in a world where, too often today, people say ugly things about others who may be different from them, your kind comments about accepting others was very much appreciated. If only we could all be kind to each other and stop being judgemental and critical, the world would be such a better place.
The original french play, sometimes involuntarily, had a lot more gay stereotypes. This film was really smart and thoughtful in adapting the good parts but with a lot more heart and respect (and also translating different political contexts really well, but managing to still get a dig at Mitterand (a french politician that is mentioned in the play iirc) which is really hard to do). I genuinely love it. I'm not always for american remakes of preexisting films but this needed to exist and it's so much better than the original.
The moment when Val says,"This is my Mom" Is one of the best moments in film history
Nathan Lane's is AMAZING in this movie!
By today's standards, some of this might come across as dated and homophobic, but I remember at the time, people were losing it for the opposite reason. It was a rare 90s movie that actually dealt with these issues. It was considered very progressive for the time. Nathan Lane was in another hilarious movie later on, the adaptation of Mel Brooks' Broadway version of The Producers, with Matthew Broderick and Uma Thurman. Absolutely great. Funniest musical I've ever seen.
I don't see how this movie is homophobic. Are we going to pretend there are no gay men like these in existence?
Amazing that this was before Lane came out. He and Robin had such delightful chemistry. He's hysterical in The Producers (and even better on stage I'm told).
Theres literally nothing homophobic in this.
I remember seeing this movie in the theater and laughing so hard my stomach hurt. The combo of Robin Williams and Nathan Lane was comedy gold. But I also remember that it pushed society’s boundaries at the time. And I remember how awful Oprah was to Nathan Lane, trying to out him.
@@lynn2574 I've never liked that woman. She's arrogant and bigoted; her fake "nice" image does not impress me at all.
Whoever recommended you this movie is a true connoisseur. 👍
Thanks again for taking my request. :) I'm so glad you liked it. :)
Totally genius. I rearranged me evening viewing plans immediately when I saw the thumbnail. Thank you!
It was a GREAT request!
I am SO happy this was requested, I actively seek out reaction videos to this movie because it’s so zany, one of my favorites!
@@AwesomeUSMoviesI'm not sure of you've seen the Senators wife in Parenthood in that star studded cast but it's a must see movie!
Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro in:
“AWAKENINGS “
is a beautiful, must see movie!!
Robin plays a doctor who goes to work at a mental hospital, finds patients in a catatonic state , Robert is one of them , Robin works at trying to wake them up!!
I bawl my eyes out every time I watch that movie, but I still rewatch it once a year because it is SO GOOD.
If we could all just adopt that credo...YOU DO YOU...what a wonderful world this would finally be!
I love this film because they cast Robin Williams and Nathan Lane in the wrong roles, at least for how the two actors were at the time. Williams usually played the flamboyant and crazy characters, and Lane had more serious down to earth characters. In this they put them in the roles they usually didn't do, and it worked so well.
Blessed are the tolerant! As a long time viewer, it's so nice to hear you say 'you do you'. That's all any of us can ask of anyone, and the support (as minor as it may seem) is appreciated. You always seem to have such good takes on movies and the subjects in them. I appreciate your channel a lot, so please thank your kids for me. I'm so glad that I get to revisit such wonderful movies with someone who appreciates them as they are, and it wouldn't be happening without them pushing you into it. ❤
ETA: Autocorrect correction. >.
I appreciate your ongoing support. Tell your friends, it really helps.
Literally screamed out loud “OH YES!!!” when I saw the thumbnail saying you were reacting to this movie! It’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen and I can’t wait to laugh along with you!
Hope you enjoyed
The cemetery is nice for the survivors to visit.
30:51 Robin fell by accident here and you can hear him laughing after he gets up and says his lines.
I knew it, not to mention Hank azaria is crying laughing 😂but trying so hard to look upset even though he’s breaking. There’s a few moments like that, even the part where armond yanks the whine bottle out of Val’s mouth
@@Gumgumgamer009I cannot imagine how anyone kept a straight face with Hank slipping in his shoes. He nails the physical comedy.
The song that Armand and Katherine are singing is "Love is in the Air", the original opening number to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To the Forum before being replaced with "Comedy Tonight".
Couldn't wait to press play when this video popped up! I knew you'd love it!
Nathan Lane (Albert) is so good. Probably most renowned for his work on Broadway but if you ever see him on one of the late night shows, he is hysterical.
The host just says "hello" and Nathan starts riffing his own monologue about all the current events.
Gene Hackman played in a lot of serious movies. Fun to see him play the senator here. The young bride Barbara was played by Calista Flockhart. She was 32 here. Better known as Ally McBeal and the wife of Harrison Ford.
Barbara was played by Calista Flockhart TV's Ally McBeal (aka Mrs. Harrison Ford).
Cindy, this is bones!!!
Never seen or heard of it
Fun fact: 3 of the songs that the main characters sing were written by the late great Stephen Sondheim. He wrote one original song that was used in the scene with the bubble gum chewing dancer, the others ( Starina's first number and the song that Robin Williams and Christine Baranski dance to) were songs that were cut from his musicals.
I love Robin Williams in “the Fisher King.”❤❤❤
No one has a better reaction to comedies than you. I knew this one would have you cackling up a storm. I'd love to see your take on "Ruthless People." Be warned: you may find it hard to catch your breath.
I messed up. I took a big gulp of my tea when Robin Williams broke his glass on the phone. Nearly had to windex my laptop.
Great movie. Remember watching this one in cinema. Fantastic cast all around. Williams and Lane were gold (-man) in this one. But so was Gene Hackman. And Hank Azaria is a scene-stealer. What a beautiful, happy feel-good movie. Great soundtrack as well.
Im 51 I made sure my daughter knew the 80's Classics.The Goonies,Stand by Me.ETC>>>
I just watched this movie again yesterday and was delighted to see that you were now watching it! It's so hilarious; I laugh every time! It's a bit dated but so adorable and with endearing, neurotic characters you can't help but love!!
I love when he falls inthe kitchen. That was a blooper and they kept it in. He wasn't supposed to fall which is why he was trying not to laugh.
When Hank Azaria's father saw the movie he refused to believe that Hank was the guy playing Agador. He kept saying "that's not you...".
One of my favorite comedies! I’m glad you have now met Nathan Lane (Albert), I hope we will see him again on the channel in the future, he’s a phenomenal actor! I know you generally don’t get political on your channel but for the record I agree with your comments completely.
Fun movie. The lens of the modern make the premise cringe, but when watched with context of the time it was made it hits just right.
Agree with that. It leads to fun. It all comes right in the end.
Great movie, great reaction. Just seeing Gene Hackman's uptight character in drag was worth the price of admission all by itself. I also applaud your final remarks about the importance of tolerance.
Another great movie I recommend, is 'In And Out', starring Kevin Kline.
The Oprah interview where Robin helped Nathan during her rude questioning.
Almost 2 years already? Wow. Congrats. Love your channel and loved your reaction to this great movie.
Thanks so much!!
❤This is my favorite Robin Williams ever. This cast is amazing....everyone has impeccable comedy timing. I watch this movie about once a month.....I can't stop.
I am so glad that you, James, recognize, how silly the entire premise is in this day and age.
I usually feel like this movie really is a barometer for when people were born. Those who see Val’s actions as a necessity are usually GenX/old millennials and those who see it as a complete failure of understanding are young Millennial/GenZ.
I saw this with my uncle and his partner when I was in my uncle and his partner when I was in my tweens and I absolutely despised Val, for asking his dads to do that for him. And It was only after I was older that I realized it was remade from a French stage musical/movie, and from an even older era. But, while I love the message, i will always feel that Val is still an ass, regardless of the era.
Nathan Lane costarred with Matthew Broderick in Mel Brooks' The Producers. It was a movie then made into a musical (which also starred Nathan and Matthew) then that musical was made into a musical movie. It's amazing. And Diane Wiest (the mom) was in Parenthood (with Steve Martin), it's an amazing movie - please watch :)
Fun fact James, Nathan Lane (Albert) also did the voice of Timone (the meerkat) in Disney's Lion King. I remember you saying you have seen many of Disney's films even before you started this channel, so when your grandkids are old enough to see Lion King, when the Hakuna Matada song is playing, close your eyes and picture Albert from this film!
I wish I had a mother like Albert ‼️ 🌹
As soon as i saw this thumbnail, that was my first thought too.....oh this movie's gonna k1ll him! 😂😂😂😂 So glad you reacted to this, it's one of my favorite movies!
Me too, great surprise to brighten a Monday!
Gene Hackman killed me, when he was in drag ! He kinda looked a little like Babara Mandrel. Everyone was absolutely hilarious in this.
I love this film more and more with every viewing. Thank you for sharing your reaction with us.
Hank Azaria does many voices for The Simpsons. Also, a good Ben Stiller/Jennifer Anniston movie "Along Came Polly," has a good character for Hank Azaria. Funny, charming movie.
Since I first saw this movie years ago, it has stayed at the top of my favorite movies of all time. It has absolutely everything and it was acted flawlessly.❤️🤗🐝
Awesome reaction of my favorite Robin Williams movie!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊
Love this movie. So glad you checked it out! Another one of my fave's with Robin!
When they sneak out at the end, it reminds me...back in 2005 when Theo Epstein resigned as general manager of the Red Sox and he wanted to avoid having to talk with reporters and it happened to be Halloween...so he snuck out of Fenway Park wearing a gorilla costume!
So much fun watching you have so much fun :). That period in the 90s was so great for mainstream, big release gay movies - To Wong Foo, In and Out . . . you’d have fun watching those too (if you haven’t already)! And definitely recognize some more folks.
My favorite Robin Williams comedy! Nathan Lane is so funny. Can’t believe it’s been 2 years, I’ve been subscribed since the beginning! 25k! Soon!
lo and behold
So, this film was released in 1996; same-sex marriage did not become legal in the US until 2015, so Albert and Armand can't be married.
I recommend "Connie and Carla", a 2004 film that is somewhat a gender reversal of this film and quite enjoyable. It stars Nia Vardalos (star of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"), Toni Collette, and David Duchovny.
Why not use their real names, Goldman instead of Coleman? Because 'Goldman' is a Jewish name, and the Senator is white-bread conservative; he won't want his daughter marrying a minority.
One of my favorites. The cast is just incredible. Thank you for your comments at the end. 👍
I am SO glad you've gotten around to seeing this!! It's such a great film!! Not sure if anyone's mentioned it...before this...Nathan was best known for doing the voice of Timon in Lion King (the animated version) For the record...Robin was NOT gay, however Nathan Lane (Albert) IS
The whole restaurant scene where Albert is trying to learn to be “manly” is pure gold lol. I pee my pants every time!
Nope, he couldn't pull that off
I just watched Sister Act and now this with you. Was great fun to watch with you, especially when you didn't cut out most of the great scenes and chop some scenes in half like some others do. Was also great how you laughed as hard as I did at all the same spots (even though I've seen both movies at least a dozen times). I am certain (if you haven't already seen it---will have to go check after this to see if you have it posted already) that you would love The In-Laws (1979), with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin. Might have to take you up on your trial Patreon membership to see how that goes. Have a great day.
This is one of the best comedies ever made. LOL
Love this film…I die laughing every time a watch. Your laugh just took it over the top!😂
If you like Diane Wiest you’ll love her in “ Parenthood”. Another great family comedy.
Thank you
This is one of my favorites I can watch this movie 1-2x a day
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The actress who plays the Senator's daughter is Calista Flockhart who is Harrison Ford's partner
This is a remake and an update of the French/Italian movie "La Cage aux Folles", a film adaptation (which also had two sequels) of Jean Poiret's 1973 play of the same name, which was staged at the Palais Royal in Paris for fifteen consecutive years.
Also the origin of the musical of the same name "La Cage aux folles" with a book by Harvey Fierstein and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman.
I’m very happy to hear your perspective on this movie. Love is love no matter what anyone else thinks. ♥️
Director Mike Nichols has some other great films
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - nominated for Best Director Oscar
The Graduate (1967) - won Best Director Oscar
Silkwood (1983) - nominated for Best Director Oscar
Working Girl (1988) - nominated for Best Director Oscar; stars Sigourney Weaver and Joan Cusack
Closer (2004)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007) - with Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman
Mike Nichols is one of a select few who have won the EGOT: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. I believe he and Mel Brooks are the only two directors who have done it.
I don’t often watch reaction channels but I subscribed because you’re cool as heck and I always want to support amazing fathers (which you clearly are) ❤ from PA!
I appreciate your support!
Thanks J for creating a safe space for everyone to enjoy great content with no judgement. Stay blessed and continue to be great.
I try everyday to just accept life as it happens.
The senator daughter is played by Calista Flack who played Ally McBeel on fox show of the same name
Never heard of it. Did you enjoy it?
One of my favorite movies .this was one of the first pg-13 movies I saw as a preteen
I love your reactions. Totally genuine, and your laugh is contagious. 🙌🏽
My heart breaks for Albert, he's a lot but it's all so unfair to him. He's so sweet and loves his family so much. 💕
My all-time favorite Dianne Wiest movie is Edward Scissorhands. See it for Halloween or Christmas if you haven't, already!
Great reaction, subbed finally. Nathan Lane played Albert. A great actor. You might try THE PRODUCERS, a Mel Brooks movie starring Nathan Lane.
I was very curious what you'd think about this one. I was super happy to see you got _way_ out ahead of the message of the film and immediately went to "everyone should be themselves and be proud of that." That was still somewhat controversial in 1996 (and in some places, remains so today).
Meanwhile, I saw this and immediately made plans to watch it during dinner. I still have half left and spent 40 minutes crying because this is one of the all time funniest movies I can think of and I knew you'd love that. Thanks for a super reaction!
I'm so glad you enjoyed, that was a super funny one for sure. "She's trying to take his gum" OMG LOL
@@AwesomeUSMovies Any movie with Robin Williams or Nathan Lane is automatically going to be amazing, but the two together and throw in Hank Azaria? It should almost be illegal! 😂
I love this movie😃❤️🤩👏👏 it's legit one of my top 5 favorite movies. This is my first time watching you. It was fun to watch you react. Continued blessings and good luck 👍😎
Robin played in the movie, "Flubber"
The palamony agreement is their way of getting married. At that time it wasn't allowed.
Love this film , no matter how many times I watch it, great characters 😂😂🤛🏻🇬🇧
One of the best comedies of all time.
Love this film so much. Obv this is in a time when gay rights aren’t as popular as now. Young Chris needed to be more open to his potential in laws rather than force his gay dad to pretend. However it leads to fun. 😊 love gene Hackman and the end is fantastic fun.
This theatre play is sixty years old. It is French and older version of the story are available. But this one is my favorite. Look for Fools Cage, in case of interrest.
Val was the true villain of this film. Haha
Agreed
"Leonard's mom!"
As a gay, HOW F***ING DARE YOU!!!
Said with all the love, of course...
Nathan Lane is the voice of Timon in The Lion King.
Tootsie please!
Yes please, one of my absolute favourite films. The conclusion is brilliant.
As I recall Williams was originally cast as Albert but he thought it’d be funnier if he played “the straight guy” Armand against someone campier and here we are.
One of the best movies ever
My condolences to your widow and children for their loss.
The bride is Harrison Ford's wife, and played Supergirl's boss & starred as Ally McBeal on TV.
The actor playing Albert was also in Mouse Trap and The (original) Lion King.