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AboutThe Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by Stephan Elliott. The plot follows the journey of two drag queens and a transsexual woman, across the Australian Outback from Sydney to Alice Springs in a tour bus that they have named "Priscilla", along the way encountering various groups and individuals. The film's title is a pun on the fact that in English speaking cultures, "queen" is a slang term for a male homosexual.
Plot
Anthony "Tick" Belrose, using the drag pseudonym of Mitzi Del Bra, is a Sydney-based drag queen who accepts an offer to perform his drag act at Lasseter's Hotel Casino Resort managed by a female friend named Marion in Alice Springs, a remote town in central Australia. After persuading his friends and fellow performers, Bernadette Basinger, a recently bereaved transsexual woman, and Adam Whitely, a flamboyant and obnoxious younger drag queen who goes under the drag name Felicia Jollygoodfellow, to join him, the three set out in a large tour bus, which Adam christens "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" for a four-week run in the Australian Outback town.
While on the long journey through remote lands bordering the Simpson Desert, they meet a variety of characters, including a group of friendly Australian Aborigines for whom they perform, and the less accepting attitudes of rural Australia in such towns as Coober Pedy, and are subjected to homophobic abuse and even violence, including having their tour bus vandalized with the words "AIDS fuckers go home".
When the tour bus breaks down in the middle of the desert, Adam spends the whole day repainting it pink to cover up the vandalism. Later, the trio meet Bob, a middle-aged mechanic from a small outback town who joins them on their journey. Before they arrive at Alice Springs, Tick reveals that Marion is actually his wife, as they never divorced, and that they are, in fact, going there as a favour to her. Continuing their journey, Adam is almost mutilated by a homophobic gang before he is saved by Bob and Bernadette. Adam is shaken and Bernadette comforts him, allowing them to reach an understanding. Likewise, the others come to terms with the secret of Tick's marriage and resolve their differences. Together, they fulfill a long-held dream of Adam's, which, in the original plan, is to climb Uluru in full drag regalia ("A cock in a frock on a rock"), although the location was changed to King's Canyon in the film.
Upon arrival at the hotel, it is revealed that Tick and Marion also have an eight-year-old son, Benjamin, whom Tick has not seen for many years. Tick is nervous about exposing his son to his drag profession and anxious about revealing his homosexuality, though he is surprised to discover that Benjamin already knows and is fully supportive of his father's sexuality and career. By the time their four-week stint at the resort is over, Tick and Adam head back to Sydney, taking Benjamin back with them, so that Tick can get to know his son and Marion can have a long-earned break. However, Bernadette decides to remain at the resort for a while with Bob, who has decided to work at the hotel after the two of them had become close.
Technical
Finnish Title - Priscilla, aavikon kuningatar
French Title - Priscilla, folle du désert
German Title - Priscilla - Königin der Wüste
Hungarian Title - Priscilla, a sivatag királynőjének kalandjai
Italian Title - Priscilla - La regina del deserto
Polish Title - Priscilla, królowa pustyni
Spanish Title - Las aventuras de Priscilla, reina del desierto
Swedish Title - Priscilla - öknens drottning
Film Director, Written By - Stephan Elliott
Executive Producer - Al Clark, Michael Hamlyn
Music By - Guy Gross
Edited By - Sue Blainey
Release Date - August 10, 1994 (United States), September 8, 1994 (Australia)
Running Time - 1 hour 43 minutes
Country - Australia
Main cast
Hugo Weaving as Anthony "Tick" Belrose/Mitzi Del Bra
Sarah Chadwick as Marion
Terence Stamp as Bernadette Basinger
Guy Pearce as Adam Whitely/Felicia Jollygoodfellow
Bill Hunter as Robert "Bob" Spart
Mark Holmes as Benjamin
Plot
Anthony "Tick" Belrose, using the drag pseudonym of Mitzi Del Bra, is a Sydney-based drag queen who accepts an offer to perform his drag act at Lasseter's Hotel Casino Resort managed by a female friend named Marion in Alice Springs, a remote town in central Australia. After persuading his friends and fellow performers, Bernadette Basinger, a recently bereaved transsexual woman, and Adam Whitely, a flamboyant and obnoxious younger drag queen who goes under the drag name Felicia Jollygoodfellow, to join him, the three set out in a large tour bus, which Adam christens "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" for a four-week run in the Australian Outback town.
While on the long journey through remote lands bordering the Simpson Desert, they meet a variety of characters, including a group of friendly Australian Aborigines for whom they perform, and the less accepting attitudes of rural Australia in such towns as Coober Pedy, and are subjected to homophobic abuse and even violence, including having their tour bus vandalized with the words "AIDS fuckers go home".
When the tour bus breaks down in the middle of the desert, Adam spends the whole day repainting it pink to cover up the vandalism. Later, the trio meet Bob, a middle-aged mechanic from a small outback town who joins them on their journey. Before they arrive at Alice Springs, Tick reveals that Marion is actually his wife, as they never divorced, and that they are, in fact, going there as a favour to her. Continuing their journey, Adam is almost mutilated by a homophobic gang before he is saved by Bob and Bernadette. Adam is shaken and Bernadette comforts him, allowing them to reach an understanding. Likewise, the others come to terms with the secret of Tick's marriage and resolve their differences. Together, they fulfill a long-held dream of Adam's, which, in the original plan, is to climb Uluru in full drag regalia ("A cock in a frock on a rock"), although the location was changed to King's Canyon in the film.
Upon arrival at the hotel, it is revealed that Tick and Marion also have an eight-year-old son, Benjamin, whom Tick has not seen for many years. Tick is nervous about exposing his son to his drag profession and anxious about revealing his homosexuality, though he is surprised to discover that Benjamin already knows and is fully supportive of his father's sexuality and career. By the time their four-week stint at the resort is over, Tick and Adam head back to Sydney, taking Benjamin back with them, so that Tick can get to know his son and Marion can have a long-earned break. However, Bernadette decides to remain at the resort for a while with Bob, who has decided to work at the hotel after the two of them had become close.
Technical
Finnish Title - Priscilla, aavikon kuningatar
French Title - Priscilla, folle du désert
German Title - Priscilla - Königin der Wüste
Hungarian Title - Priscilla, a sivatag királynőjének kalandjai
Italian Title - Priscilla - La regina del deserto
Polish Title - Priscilla, królowa pustyni
Spanish Title - Las aventuras de Priscilla, reina del desierto
Swedish Title - Priscilla - öknens drottning
Film Director, Written By - Stephan Elliott
Executive Producer - Al Clark, Michael Hamlyn
Music By - Guy Gross
Edited By - Sue Blainey
Release Date - August 10, 1994 (United States), September 8, 1994 (Australia)
Running Time - 1 hour 43 minutes
Country - Australia
Main cast
Hugo Weaving as Anthony "Tick" Belrose/Mitzi Del Bra
Sarah Chadwick as Marion
Terence Stamp as Bernadette Basinger
Guy Pearce as Adam Whitely/Felicia Jollygoodfellow
Bill Hunter as Robert "Bob" Spart
Mark Holmes as Benjamin
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