The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert (15)
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Time Out says
This brash, liberating and poignant road movie follows three drag queens as they travel in a silver bus - 'Priscilla' - from Sydney to a gig in Alice Springs. 'Les Girls' are Bernadette, an ageing transsexual (Stamp), sharp-tongued Felicia (Pearce) and sensitive-flower Mitzi (Weaver), and this celebration of camp takes them where no lip-synching queens have ever been before. Unlike the bus, the film never gets bogged down, driven forward inexorably by naff disco tunes and crackling dialogue. Most impressive is the Fellini-esque panache writer/director Elliott brings to the visuals, isolating the extravagantly dressed figures in astonishing, orange-tinted landscapes and staging the production numbers like a frustrated director of musicals. Excellent, anchoring performances - it's haard not to be swept along.Author: NF
Release details
Rated:
15
UK release:
1994
Duration:
102 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Cast:
Mark Holmes, Sarah Chadwick, Bill Hunter, Guy Pearce, Hugo Weaving, Terence Stamp, Alan Dargin
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