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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Australia, United Kingdom

1994

104 Min
Color
2.35:1
English, Filipino
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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DIR Stephan Elliott

EXEC Rebel Penfold-Russell

PROD Al Clark, Michael Hamlyn

SCR Stephan Elliott

DP Brian J. Breheny

CAST Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Bill Hunter, Julia Cortez, Sarah Chadwick, Mark Holmes, Rebel Penfold-Russell

ED Sue Blainey, Sue Blainey

PROD DES Owen Paterson

MUSIC Guy Gross

SOUND Steve Erskine, Phil Judd, Guntis Sics

San Francisco, Cannes (Un Certain Regard), Edinburgh (Opening Night), Outfest (Features): Grand Jury Award, Ghent, Istanbul (Film and Music)

Synopsis

Two drag-queens (Anthony/Mitzi and Adam/Felicia) and a transsexual (Bernadette) contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman they’ve contracted with is Anthony’s wife. Their bus breaks down, and is repaired by Bob, who travels on with them… –IMDb

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Adam

23May13

This is the best thing ever.

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Aguaespejo

30Apr13

The only thing I'll remember from this movie? Those amazing costumes!

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Adam Eisentrout

22Apr13

The zingers keep the film from being another fluffy feel good comedy about drag queens. As a road movie, it essentially distills down to an outsiders finding their company with other outsiders. The scene in which the trio perform with the aborigines is touching without being entirely saccharine. Terrance Stamp steals the show though Hugo and Guy Pierce performances keep up, in and out of drag.

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Phoebe Pua

1Jul12

This is less a film about drag queens and their quest for acceptance than one about breaking out of a life that you have out grown.

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