The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert update feed

Classics For the Weekends (340 movies items)

"114 - Gay Pride Weekend"

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (338 movies items)

"Director: Stephan Elliott"

Academy Award for Best Costume Design (79 movies items)

"1994 – Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner Nominees: Bullets Over Broadway – Jeffrey Kurland Little Women – Colleen Atwood Maverick – April Ferry Queen Margot (La reine Margot) – Moidele Bickel "

Warm, amusing celebration of diversity

“"A desert holiday, let's pack the drag away. You take the lunch and tea, I'll take the ecstasy. Fuck off you silly queer, I'm getting out of here."

Written and directed by real-life drag queen Stephan Elliott, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is an unflinching depiction of the behind-the-scenes happenings of a drag show. It exposes the lifestyle of drag queens, on top of portraying the challenges they face and the emotions they bear. It's not always pretty, but, let's be honest, whose life is? The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is also a smartly-crafted hybrid in more ways than one. It's a mix of comedy, drama and musical elements within the well-worn terrain of the road movie. Added to this, due to the nature of the main characters, it could also be” read more

British Academy Film Awards - Best Costume Design (48 movies items)

"1995 Tim Chappel, Lizzy Gardiner Nominees: Four Weddings and a Funeral – Lindy Hemming Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles – Sandy Powell Little Women – Colleen Atwood"

Top 10 - Filmes Anti-homofóbicos (10 movies items)

"Priscilla, a Rainha do Deserto (1994) – Misturando humor e números musicais, o filme do australiano Stephan Elliot, mostra facetas de preconceito, transexualismo, aceitação familiar e tudo que acarretará a saída do armário. Tirou do ostracismo Terence “General Zod” Stamp e revelou os atuais astros Hugo “Agente Smith” Weaving e Guy Pearce."