The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert)

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Stephan Elliott

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Hugo Weaving
Tick / Mitzi

Guy Pearce
Adam / Felicia

Terence Stamp
Bernadette

Rebel Penfold-Russell
Logowoman

June Marie Bennett
Shirley

Frank Cornelius
Piano Player

Bill Hunter
Robert 'Bob' Spart

Julia Cortez
Cynthia Campos

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Warm, amusing celebration of diversity

14 years, 2 months ago at Feb 27 9:53

PvtCaboose91

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"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 to... read more

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In the wood known as Holly, the comedy genre has by far flirted with other genres the most. The word "comedy" has nowadays - or at least to me - become a very feared prefix; comedy-horror, comedy-drama, comedy-war etc... From the comedy field, I've found many to be worthless, not the least bit amusing, and downright either pretentious or ugly - with such examples like poking fun of someone "errati... read more

A good movie

7 years, 3 months ago at Jan 24 11:35

johanlefourbe

2 votes

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back, I was quite eager to check it out again. In fact, even though it seems to be rather forgotten nowadays, I remember quite well when it was released. Indeed, back in those days, it became quite a cult-classic following the new hype around drag-queens at the time. Eventually, even though it was a decent watch, to be honest, it wasn't a really st... read more

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Two drag-queens (Anthony/Mitzi and Adam/Felicia) and a transexual (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.

Release date: 10 August 1994
UPC: 027616840929

Tags: Comedy (20), Drama (14), Australia (10), Music (9), 1994 (9), Road Trip (9), Australian (9), 1990s (8), Gay (6), Glbt (6), Desert (6), Drag Queens (6), Musical (5), Cabaret (5), Bus (4), Drag Queen (4), Ping Pong Ball (4), Homophobia (3), Drag (3)

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