Gene Hackman: A Group of Production Materials Relating to The Birdcage United Artists, 1995. Comprising of: a script binder containing 117pp highlighted screenplay including revisions dated 4/17/95 on the cover, includes revised pages dated, 4/19/95, 4/20/95, 4/21/95, 4/24/95, 4/25/95, 4/26/95, 2/27/95, 5/17/95; two call sheets one from 'Mon., April 24, 1995' and one from 'June 29, 1995'; a 38pp revised shooting schedule dated 'Thu, Apr 20, 1995' spanning the dates of April 24 - July 29th of the same year; a revised shooting schedule dated 5/23/95, script pages: 8 1/2 x 11in; call sheets: 8 1/2 x 14in Footnotes: Provenance The Estate of Gene Hackman The 1996 film The Birdcage (working title Birds of a Feather), was adapted from the 1978 French film La Cage aux Folles, which was adapted from a 1973 play. The film stars Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as a gay couple whose son is set to marry the daughter of a conservative senator, played by Gene Hackman. The Birdcage remains a groundbreaking film, for its portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters, and was one of the few productions from a major studio to center gay characters as the main leads. In a time where most films depicting LGBTQ+ characters portrayed the struggle of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, The Birdcage celebrated gay happiness, love, and family. Dr. Matthew Jones, a Reader in Cinema Audiences and Reception at De Montfort University, remarked: 'It helped an audience traumatized by a decade of living day-to-day with the threat of disease and death to laugh again.' (Maskell, Emily. The Birdcage at 25: a gay comedy that broke boundaries. BBC, 10 March 2021). Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing