Was one of many of the news headlines all over the country after HAVI portrayed him and his co characters on his role in BirdCage, wich was filmed entirely in Miami Beach.
The Birdcage (1996) starring Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane and Dianne Wiest, was filmed at the emblematic corner in Ocean Drive & 13th Street where The Carlyle is placed in the heat of South Beach. In this remake of the classic French farce "La Cage aux Folles," engaged couple Val Goldman (Dan Futterman) and Barbara Keeley (Calista Flockhart) shakily introduce their future in-laws. Val's father, Armand (Robin Williams), a gay Miami drag club owner, pretends to be straight and attempts to hide his relationship with Albert (Nathan Lane), his life partner and the club's flamboyant star attraction, so as to please Barbara's father, controversial Republican Sen. Kevin Keeley (Gene Hackman).