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| The Adventures of
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) |
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102 minutes
Rated: R
Country: Australia
Studio: MGM
Cast: Terence Stamp, Guy
Pearce, Hugo Weaving, Bill Hunter,
Sarah Chadwick
Director/Screenwriter:
Stephen Elliott |
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Synopsis |
Stephan Elliott wrote and directed
this tale of two drag queens and a
transsexual that embark on a road
trip to a remote resort town in the
Australian desert on a bus
christened Priscilla. When Anthony
"Tick"/Mitzi (Hugo Weaving) is
invited to perform in Alice Springs,
he recruits flamboyant young stud
Adam/Felicia (Guy Pearce) and the
legendary, refined Bernadette
(Terence Stamp) to join him. Mitzi,
however, fails to disclose one
important fact to his friends: his
wife is the one who invited them to
Alice Springs. With one big secret
about to be revealed and another one
up his sleeve, Mitzi is a little
stressed.
With long hours on the road ahead of
them, the trio lip-synchs campy
songs on the bus, creates fabulous
costumes, and meets a multitude of
colorful characters along the way.
They party with friendly aborigines,
are confronted by judgmental
townspeople who are averse to drag
queens, and meet Bob (Bill Hunter),
a warmhearted mechanic and drag fan
who joins them for the last leg of
their trip when their bus breaks
down in the middle of nowhere.
Fantastic costumes and fabulous
makeup abound, and fine performances
are delivered all around. But
perhaps most important are the
implicit messages that families come
in all forms, that friends can make
a family, and that love really knows
no boundaries. |
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