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The Big Bird Cage is a 1972 American exploitation film of the "women in prison" subgenre. [1] It serves as a non-sequel follow-up to the 1971 film The Big Doll House.The film was written and directed by Jack Hill, and stars Pam Grier, Sid Haig, Anitra Ford, and Carol Speed.
The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film produced and directed by Mike Nichols. Elaine May's screenplay adapted the 1978 French film La Cage aux Folles, itself an adaptation of a 1973 play.
The film follows six female inmates through daily life in a gritty, unidentified tropical prison. Later the same year, the film Women in Cages featured a similar story and setting and much the same cast, and was shot in the same abandoned prison buildings. A nonsequel follow-up, titled The Big Bird Cage, was released in 1972. [4]
Grier came to prominence with her titular roles in the films Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974); her other major films during this period included The Big Doll House (1971), Women in Cages (1971), The Big Bird Cage (1972), Black Mama White Mama (1973), Scream Blacula Scream (1973), The Arena (1974), Sheba, Baby (1975), Bucktown (1975) and ...
The movie was one of a series of women in prison films that Roger Corman co-financed following the success of The Big Doll House, including The Big Bird Cage, The Hot Box and Black Mama, White Mama. Most of those films had been shot in the Philippines but The Arena would be a European co production. Corman recalls, "It was the story of women ...
The Big Bird Cage: Jack Hill: Teda Bracci, Vic Díaz, Anitra Ford: United States [39] Boxcar Bertha: Martin Scorsese: Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus: United States [40] The Carey Treatment: Blake Edwards: James Coburn, Jennifer O'Neill, Pat Hingle: United States [41] La Course Du Lièvre à Travers les Champs: René Clément
"Sesame Street" has been gentrified. After 45 seasons, the brick walls that once fenced in the neighborhood have been razed, giving way to sweeping views of what looks suspiciously like the Brooklyn Bridge (it is in fact a composite of three New York City bridges).
The Big Bird Cage; The Big Doll House; The Big House, 1930; Big Stan; Birdman of Alcatraz; Black Mama White Mama; Blackmail; Blood In Blood Out; Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight; Borstal Boy; Boys' Reformatory; Brawl in Cell Block 99; Breath, 2007; Bride of Frankenstein; Bringing Up Baby; Brokedown Palace; Bronson; Brubaker; Brute Force, 1947