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Mike Nichols
Elaine May
Comedy
117 min.
R
March 08, 1996
Fort Lauderdale, Miami (Florida)
Los Angeles (California)
MGM
Nichols
United Artists
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Cast    (selected)
Robin Williams
Nathan Lane
Hank Azaria
Gene Hackman
Dianne Wiest
Dan Futterman
Carlista Flockhart
Armand Goldman
Albert Goldman/ Starina
Agador Spartacus
Kevin Keeley
Louise Keeley
Val Goldman
Barbara Keeley
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            Awards             (all 1997)
Oscar
American Comedy Award

Blockbuster Ent. Award

Casting Society of America
GLAAD Media Award
Golden Globe

Golden Satellite Award

MTV Movie Award

Screen Actors Guild Award


Writers Guild of America
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Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Nathan Lane)
Funniest supporting Actress (Dianne Wiest)

Favorite Supporting Actor (Gene Hackman)
Favorite Supporting Actress (Dianne Wiest)
Best Casting for Feature Film
Outstanding Film (1996)
Best motion Picture - Comedy/musical
Best Performance by an Actor (Nathan Lane)

Best Performance by an Actor (Nathan Lane)
Best Performance by an Actor (Gene Hackman)
Best Comedic performance (Robin Williams)
Best On-screen Duo (
Robin Williams & Nathan Lane)
Outstanding Performance by a cast
Outstanding Performance by an Actor (H. Azaria)
Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Natan Lane)
Best Screenplay based on existing material
Tagline
       Come as you are