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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

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Summary

Comedy drama starring Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce. Two drag artists and a transgender woman set off on a bus journey from Sydney to the town of Alice Springs where they have been invited to perform in a club. Crossing the desert, they leave chaos in their wake.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Brilliantly bitchy, fabulously photographed and wonderfully played, this Australian frock opera (the costumes won a well-deserved Oscar) addresses serious issues with satirical accuracy and profound insight. Tossing the niceties of sexual politics out of the window of a speeding bus, director Stephan Elliott sets about exposing the soft underbelly of the Australian male. Two drag queens and a transgender woman travel across the outback in a dilapidated coach for a gig in that bastion of machismo, Alice Springs, en route finding themselves in all manner of hilarious fish-out-of-water situations. As they gaily bemuse Aborigines, bait vicious homophobes and find kindred spirits among Australia's diverse immigrant communities, they come to terms not only with their own shortcomings, but also with Australia's countless contradictions. Ingeniously cast against type, Terence Stamp is a revelation as the hard-drinking Bernadette, but he's matched all the way by the versatile Hugo Weaving and the dashing Guy Pearce.

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Cast

rolenameBernadetteTerence StampTick / MitziHugo WeavingAdam / FeliciaGuy PearceBobBill HunterMarionSarah ChadwickBenjaminMark HolmesCynthiaJulia CortezFrankKen RadleyAboriginal manAlan DarginLogowomanRebel RussellShirleyJune Marie Bennett BartenderJohn CaseyPriestAl ClarkAdam's MumMargaret PomeranzMinerMurray DaviesPetrol Station AttendantBob BoyceYoung AdamLeighton PickenMaMaria KmetPaJoseph Kmet

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rolenameDirectorStephan Elliott

Details

Theatrical distributor

Park Circus

Released on

2019-06-07

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing, sex scenes.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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