The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994 · 104 min · R-rated · 7.4/10 on IMDb
comedy, music
Two drag queens and a transsexual 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.
Director: Stephan Elliott, Actors: Stephan Elliott, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Terence Stamp, Bill Hunter, June Marie Bennett, Julia Cortez, Alan Dargin, Sarah Chadwick, Ken Radley
Australia
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