The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
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Tick -
Adam -
Bernadette -
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Bartender
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Shirley
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Miner
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Piano Player
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Petrol Station Attendant
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Young Adam
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Ma
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Pa
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Aboriginal Man
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Robert 'Bob' Spart -
Cynthia Campos
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Director:
Stephan ElliottWriter:
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Trivia
Back when this film was released, certain Hollywood types still clung to the belief that playing a gay character on-screen would be basically commiting "career suicide". Given that within a relatively few years all 3 leads (Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, & Terrance Stamp) would not only "survive" but they would flourish in Superhero-type videos like "Smallville" (Stamp), "The Matrix" trilogy, the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy & "Captain America: First Avenger" (Weaving), and "Iron Man 3" (Pearce) proving that "belief" is no longer the case.
Quotes
Mitzi:
Come on girls, off your snatches. Rehearsal time.
Goofs
Tick is practicing their dance routines and he is wearing a green dress and he's got a cigarette in his hand. In one shot the cigarette is there and in the next, which is far away, it's not there.
Crazy Credits
At the end credits the song "Save the Best for Last" is played while the Drag-Queen in the Barber's Chair lip-syncs along to it.
Alternate Versions
A joke, explaining where Trumpet got his name, was omitted for the film's US release.
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I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine(uncredited)
Written by Mack David
Performed by Guy Pearce
Storyline
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Genres
Comedy | MusicDetails
Release Date:
10 August 1994Language
English, Filipino
Country of Origin
AustraliaFilming Locations
The Breakaways, Coober Pedy, South Australia, AustraliaBox Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$219,433 14 August 1994
Gross USA:
$11,220,670
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$11,224,491
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