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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert(Movie, 1994)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 44min | Genres: Drama, Comedy
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the DesertRating: 3.6/5 (with 329329 votes)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian road comedy film written and directed by Stephan Elliott. The plot follows three drag queens, played by Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce, one being a transgender woman, played by Terence Stamp, as they journey 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 was a surprise worldwide hit and its positive portrayal of LGBT individuals helped to introduce LGBT themes to a mainstream audience. It received predominantly positive reviews and won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design at the 67th Academy Awards. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1994 Cannes Film Festival and became a cult classic both in Australia and abroad. Priscilla subsequently provided the basis for a musical, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, which ope... ()
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Duration: 1h 43min
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Awards & Nominations for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Academy Award for Best Costume Design AACTA Award for Best Costume Design AACTA Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Costume Design AACTA Award for Best Film AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role AACTA Award for Best Cinematography AACTA Award for Best Costume Design AACTA Award for Best Direction AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay AACTA Award for Best Production Design

About The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Two drag queens and a transgender woman contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a town in the remote Australian desert. As they head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla, the three friends come to the forefront of a comedy of errors, encountering a number of strange characters, as well as incidents of homophobia, whilst widening comfort zones and finding new horizons.

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Production country: Australia
Plays in: Sydney, Australia
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 22 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 11/17/1994 (World premiere: 05/31/1994)
Director: Stephan Elliott
Producer: Al Clark
Screenwriter: Stephan Elliott
Film Editor: Sue Blainey
Director of Photography: Brian Breheny
Composer: Guy Gross
Costume designer: Lizzy Gardiner
Production Designer: Owen Paterson
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Ørkendronningen Priscilla"
"프리실라"
"Priscilla, ørkenens dronning"
"Priscilla, Rainha do Deserto"
Budget: 2,000,000 USD
Revenue: 11,224,491 USD (= 561%)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:4515, Added: 02/14/2018, Last updated: 03/12/2024