The Birdcage (4/10) Movie CLIP - Walking Like John Wayne (1996) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Armand (Robin Williams) encourages Albert (Nathan Lane) to think of John Wayne when he tries to walk like a man.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Director Mike Nichols teams up with his former partner/screenwriter Elaine May for the first time in many years and for the first time together in films to create this sophisticated, remake of the phenomenally popular French musical farce La Cage aux Folles that stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman and Diane Wiest as two dramatically disparate couples who manage to reconcile their vast differences for the sake of their children who are getting married. Williams plays Armand Goldman, the owner of a popular South Beach drag club known for putting on elaborate showcases starring his long-time lover/wife Albert (Lane) who appears as "Starina." Lately poor flamboyant, flighty Albert has been in crisis over the inexorable onset of middle age. He has been moody, paranoid and unbearably. When he gets too inconsolably distraught, handsome but clumsy houseboy Agador quietly slips Albert "Pirin" tablets (which he explains to Armand are simply Aspirin tablets with the "as" scraped off). Still though Albert can be a royal pain, Armand dearly loves him and the two live happily in their splendiferous apartment above the club. One day Armand's son Val (the result of Armand's single foray into straight sex) comes visiting with joyous news: he has found his dreamgirl and is getting married. The only trouble is, Barbara Keeley's father is the blustery ultra-religious right-wing Senator Keeley (Hackman), the founder of the Coalition for Moral Order. Senator Keeley and his colleagues are not as upright as they seem and when his closest associate is found dead beside a black, underage prostitute, Keeley finds his house surrounded by ravenous newshounds, hungry for dirt. Knowing that they are poised to ruin him, Keeley and his proper but slightly addled-wife (Wiest) decide that a big, elaborate, church wedding will be just the ticket to save his reputation. Barbara has neglected to tell them that Val's parents are gay, preferring to claim that they are members of the South Beach social elite. In a panic, she panics and calls Val who breaks the bad news to Armand and begs him to make the apartment less flamboyant and worst of all to hide Albert (who functioned as Val's mother while the youth grew up) during the visit. Armand is angry, but loving his son, finally, reluctantly agrees, knowing that he will deeply wound his companion. Unfortunately, Albert finds out and as a compromise tries to learn how to be macho so he can pretend to be Val's uncle, he is too much the Great Dame to ever pass as one of the guys and so is banned from the party. Armand then locates Catherine and asks her to masquerade as his wife. She agrees to show up later that evening. Meanwhile their friends busily redecorate the apartment until it looks as if it were done in "Early Inquisition." During the fateful dinner party, Catherine is late and Albert gets uproarious revenge. Achingly comic chaos ensues as Armand tries to hold the increasingly tenuous evening together while outside the newshounds bay and threaten to make even more trouble for Senator Keely.

CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1996)
Cast: Nathan Lane, Robin Williams
Director: Mike Nichols
Producers: Marcello Danon, Michele Imperato, Neil A. Machlis, Mike Nichols
Screenwriters: Jean Poiret, Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon, Elaine May

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[robertaplotz]

I love how the clip cuts off right before the punchline of the entire scene

[brandonterlecky]

What’s great is that Albert loves Val so much that he was willing to do this for him.

He was his mother ♥️

[robertknight]

Really, one of the most perfect scenes in movie history. Nathan Lane absolutely nails it.

[libramuscleu]

I still remember this scene in the movie theatre, everyone was just hysterically laughing...Think this is my favorite part of the movie!

[AmandaLuiseM]

I absolute love Nathan's acting. What a beautiful experience to whatch him!

[natalieann]

"I just never realized John Wayne walked that way."

[michaelshields]

The sound Nathan’s shoes makes on the ground is so ASMR, 😂😂😂😂😂

[paulriordan]

One of the funniest movies ever. Robin in unbelievable form and gene Hackman (the greatest) absolutely brilliant.

[PerthScienceClinic]

I love that Robin Williams decided to not play the camp role because he knew he could crush it and draw all the attention away from the rest of the cast.

[PHATBY]

Nathan lane doesn’t get enough credit, you have a gay man in the closet, playing a super effeminate gay man pretending to be straight man, acting genius!!

[lightningbrigade]

John Wayne walking into a saloon wearing clogs! Just a Brilliant funny scene!😂

[eleven]

I can't wait for this moment each time I watch this clip of Lane impersonating John Wayne. Surely one of the most perfect pieces of cinematic comedic history ever.

[elineff]

I never realized John Wayne walked like that 

[claudeh.]

When he said, ”howdy ma’am” I literally died

[adamlevy]

Wow. Whoever edited this destroyed the punchline.

[emmashuffle]

Nathan Lane and Robin Williams together is just GOLD

[newstart]

After all these years this is so funny I cried with laughter 🤣

[deeocarolan]

Just crying with laughter - John Wayne a favourite actor of mine is the man’s man and that JW walk was the best - so so funny and thank you both xx

[MichaelSmith-hhox]

Jesus, Robin Williams did a good John Wayne vocal impersonation.

[AsifAAli]

"Let's try walking"
"Holding a sandwich?" 🥪😂😂😂