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Title:
La cage aux folles [DVD video]
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Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.)
ISBN:
9781604657753
Abstract:
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.
General Note:
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.
Performers:
Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Rémi Laurent, Carmen Scarpitta, Benny Luke, Luisa Maneri, Michel Galabru.
Technical Details:
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; PCM mono.
Language:
French
Additional Language:
French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Audience:
MPAA rating: R; for adult themes, adult activity, hard language, intense or persistent violence, sexually-oriented nudity, drug abuse or other elements.
