
The Birdcage(1996)
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner agree to put up a false heterosexual front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative parents.


“The Army made Eugene a man. But Daisy gave him basic training!”
A Jewish teenager sets three goals: lose his virginity, become a writer, and survive World War II.

Matthew Broderick
Eugene Morris Jerome

Christopher Walken
Sgt. Toomey

Matt Mulhern
Joseph Wykowski

Corey Parker
Arnold B. Epstein

Markus Flanagan
Roy Selridge

Casey Siemaszko
Don Carney

Michael Dolan
James J. Hennesey

Penelope Ann Miller
Daisy

Park Overall
Rowena

Alan Pottinger
Peek
Biloxi Blues is a comedy, drama, war film released in 1988 exploring themes of mississippi river, homophobia, world war ii, based on play or musical, loss of virginity, boot camp. Directed by Mike Nichols, it stars Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Matt Mulhern. A Jewish teenager sets three goals: lose his virginity, become a writer, and survive World War II.
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