JamesG
12-08-2013, 04:05 PM
R.I.P. Édouard Molinaro, Oscar-Nommed Director of La Cage Aux Folles
by THE DEADLINE TEAM
December 7, 2013
Édouard Molinaro, the prolific French director who helmed and co-wrote 1978′s La Cage Aux Folles, has died in Paris. He was 85. The Bordeaux-born filmmaker died of lung failure, reports the BBC.
One of his best-known works was the comedy La Cage Aux Folles about a gay couple who attempt to play straight to impress their son’s future in-laws. Molinaro was Oscar-nominated for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, sharing the latter with Francis Veber, Marcello Danon, and Jean Poiret.
The pic adapted from Poiret’s stage play preceded two sequels, the first of which was helmed by Molinaro, as well as a Broadway musical based on Poiret’s original.
The film's American remake, The Birdcage, opened at #1 in 1996 and starred Robin Williams, Nathan Lane and Gene Hackman.
For Molinaro, La Cage Aux Folles roughly marked the halfway point in a five-decade career during which he frequently directed some of the country’s biggest stars.
His notable films include:
La Chasse A L’Homme starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and sisters Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac
Une Ravissante Idiote starring Brigitte Bardot and Anthony Perkins
Mon Oncle Benjamin starring Jacques Brel
L’Emmerdeur starring Brel and Lino Ventura
French president François Hollande applauded Molinaro’s career in a statement, per the BBC: “This filmmaker, who had a rich and varied career, directed the greatest actors of French cinema while winning over the public, and winning the admiration of his peers, at the same time.”
http://www.deadline.com/2013/12/french-director-edouard-molinaro-oscar-nommed-dead-la-cage-aux-folles/
by THE DEADLINE TEAM
December 7, 2013
Édouard Molinaro, the prolific French director who helmed and co-wrote 1978′s La Cage Aux Folles, has died in Paris. He was 85. The Bordeaux-born filmmaker died of lung failure, reports the BBC.
One of his best-known works was the comedy La Cage Aux Folles about a gay couple who attempt to play straight to impress their son’s future in-laws. Molinaro was Oscar-nominated for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, sharing the latter with Francis Veber, Marcello Danon, and Jean Poiret.
The pic adapted from Poiret’s stage play preceded two sequels, the first of which was helmed by Molinaro, as well as a Broadway musical based on Poiret’s original.
The film's American remake, The Birdcage, opened at #1 in 1996 and starred Robin Williams, Nathan Lane and Gene Hackman.
For Molinaro, La Cage Aux Folles roughly marked the halfway point in a five-decade career during which he frequently directed some of the country’s biggest stars.
His notable films include:
La Chasse A L’Homme starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and sisters Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac
Une Ravissante Idiote starring Brigitte Bardot and Anthony Perkins
Mon Oncle Benjamin starring Jacques Brel
L’Emmerdeur starring Brel and Lino Ventura
French president François Hollande applauded Molinaro’s career in a statement, per the BBC: “This filmmaker, who had a rich and varied career, directed the greatest actors of French cinema while winning over the public, and winning the admiration of his peers, at the same time.”
http://www.deadline.com/2013/12/french-director-edouard-molinaro-oscar-nommed-dead-la-cage-aux-folles/