THE BIRDCAGE Rerelease (with new intro) - Gene Hackman Tribute Series

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2025

⏱️ 110 minutes

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On this episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha RERELEASE their episode on THE BIRDCAGE with special guest The Geek Buddies's Michael Vogel in honor of the passing of Gene Hackman. Steve and John record a new intro for their discussion of this 1996 American comedy film produced and directed by Mike Nichols from an Elaine May screenplay adaptation of the 1978 French film La Cage aux Folles. It stars Robin Williams and Nathan Lane with Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Hank Azaria, Christine Baranski, Dianne Wiest and the great Gene Hackman. Sit back after our new introduction and enjoy Steve, John and Michael going scene by scene thru this movie and exploring the acting, direction, the writing and the effect the film has on us today.

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0:33.5	Hello and welcome again to our continuing exploration of the incredible work of the great, great Gene Hackman.
0:43.9	My name is Steve Morris.
0:44.9	I'm a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California.
0:48.1	Hello, my name is John Roker.
0:49.3	Sorry about that.
0:49.7	I bang my hand against the mic arm here, but probably because I'm very emotional as we talk about
0:54.6	these intros here for Gene Hackman. And it is time to get into one of the most unusual Gene
1:01.7	Hackman performances ever, yet also one of the most endearing, Steve. Well, we've been talking
1:07.6	about his intensity and his power and the way he can ride the razor's edge of morality and good versus evil and all of that.
1:17.2	And that is not what he does in this movie.
1:20.0	His performance in the film, and by the way, we should say, if you didn't look at the title,
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