The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

  • Director: Stephan Elliott
  • Countries of origin: Australia
  • Language: English, Filipino
  • Release date: August 10, 1994
  • Sound mix: Dolby Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Priscilla
  • "The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert" is a comedy film directed by Stephen Elliot and starring Terence Stamp , Hugo Weaving , Guy Pearce and others. The film was released in Spain on January 30, 1994   .
    The film tells the story of three gay transvestites on a tour bus named "Priscilla" from Sydney to Alice Springs through the Australian outback. 

    Details

    • Release date August 10, 1994
    • Filming locations Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
    • Production companies PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC), Latent Image Productions Pty. Ltd.

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $11,220,670

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $219,433

    Gross worldwide

    $11,265,402

    Movie reviews

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    • By Josefa 2022-03-24 09:02:15

      A magnificent life needs to be honest and tolerant (not hard, not obscure, and discussing the big topic of human nature in a light and humorous way)

      Quite a good movie, the picture is gorgeous, quite visual impact. It is not so realistic and has an idealistic color, but it is unified with the overall style, which weakens the cruelty in reality and brings more warmth and joy to the viewers. Personally, I feel that it is invaluable and well-intentioned to interpret marginalized groups and social problems in this way.

      More importantly, this seemingly lighthearted film is actually rich in content. What it interprets is not just the...

    • By Rico 2022-03-24 09:02:15

      brilliant life

      The madness of life runs wild, the strangeness of life is unspeakable, there is no need to say much, there is no comment, let those who understand understand, let those who do not understand understand, let the world be the world, let everything be everything. When we walk in this world, we have seen many people and things. In the past, have we judged a person or a thing based on our subjective impression many times? Probably yes, we stand on the commanding heights of morality. At this...

    • By Vern 2022-03-23 09:02:13

      Under the flirtatious beauty is a small freshness and a girl's heart

      Gorgeous makeup, coquettish costumes, sweet singing in the 1970s and 1980s, and all kinds of blatant and vulgar words, acerbic running, all of which is a warm and fresh story. There is helplessness, pain, cowardice, but also strength, understanding, hope, and love.
              In addition, with an open heart, we can learn to appreciate many things, such as the performance of drag queens. From the film, we can feel that, just like the national quintessence of Peking Opera, drag performances...

    • By Tyreek 2022-03-22 09:02:04

      Crossdressers are brave

      One time I went to another city to play, and I went to GAY with my gay friends at night, and there was a cross-dressing show. There is a very old foreign transgender who wears heavy makeup and dresses sexy, but has a big waist and a round waist. I sat far away and could clearly see the wrinkles on her face. The host is a fat middle-aged man, wearing a cute short skirt and long fake hair with a cute hairstyle. The cross-dressing artists who sing folk songs also follow the girly and cute route,...

    • By Xzavier 2022-03-21 09:02:13

      A road cult flick that's slick on both sides

      There is a better translation on both sides of the strait, "Desert Monster", which tells the journey of two drag queens and a transgender (Terrence Stein) across the Australian Outback (Outback), an audio-visual experience. It's a gaudy road cult film, and the actors are competent, but the "camp burst" Xiaogao Weirong and Jiapias are actually looking for recognition. I was listening to ABBA's famous song, but I only heard a full "Mamma Mia" and two lines of "Fernando", but others such as Gloria...

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    • By Abagail 2023-06-14 05:16:33

      I was scared to death when I saw the ostrich costume, and 2 minutes later, a lizard costume came, and I was scared to death again. Nice song! The dancing is remarkable. The director is free to retract, the actors perform wonderfully, and the subject matter refreshes the horizon--in fact, this is a road movie about love and dreams [Sincere...

    • By Mark 2023-05-18 11:25:29

      road movie? Gay movie? who...

    • By Adella 2022-09-10 23:19:29

      It seems acerbic and indifferent, but in fact it is full of great compassion. It has been a long...

    • By Carson 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      At that time, I went to the cinema for Terence Stamp. The most amazing thing was HUGO, but I didn't know until today that Guy Pearce was the third male lead. It turned out that he debuted so...

    • By Kiarra 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      So, the director finally came out this...

    Movie plot

    Three satirical singers and dancers working in Sydney, in order to find themselves and a paradise in their aspirations, decided to accept an invitation to travel across Australia to perform in a holiday resort. Two of the three men are homosexuals, and the other is a middle-aged person who has undergone gender reassignment surgery. They rented a bus named "Queen of the Desert-Priscilla". Except for the sleeping area, the rest was...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    The leather skirt that won the Oscar for Best Costume Design in the film cost 7 US dollars.
    The poster in the video store is the 1993 movie "Frauds", also directed by Stephen Elliot and starring Hugo Weaving.
    Hugo Weaving's role in life is based on the Sydney drag queen Cindy Pastel. Pastel also has a son in life and a female....
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    Evaluation action

    The film attracted the attention of Australian films from all over the world. At the same time, the film portrays homosexuality sympathetically and brings the sensitive topic of homosexuality into the mainstream audience's attention. In addition, the film was also criticized for its explicit racial and sexist stereotypes. (Comment on "Read a little world culture every day, one master of the cultures of the three countries of America,...
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    Movie quotes

    • Felicia: [to Bernadette] You fucking idiot! Oh!

      [groans]

      Felicia: Oh, fuck! Oh! Fuckin'... Oh! Fuck! Get off me, you fuckin'... Oh! Fuck!

    • Bernadette: [to Tick] Take the shortcut.

    • Bernadette: [to Tick] Oh, that's a novel idea. Let's stuff ourselves to death. Imagine the headlines: "Whales Beach Themselves In The Outback". "Mystery Bum Sticks Dead In Drag".