The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is the name of a
1994 Australian film about a trio of
drag queens driving across the
outback from
Sydney to
Alice Springs in a large bus they have named Priscilla. The film stars
Hugo Weaving,
Guy Pearce, and
Terence Stamp. It was written and directed by
Spoiler warning:
Plot or ending details follow.
Weaving plays "Mitzi" (he goes by "Tick"), who secured the gig; it is later learned that he set it up so he could go meet his wife and son after a long absence. Pearce plays Felicia, who is a younger queen than the other two and is fond of getting under their skin. Stamp plays Bernadette, a male-to-female transsexual. They ride along in the outback, suffering car trouble, fighting, and discrimination, but eventually make it to Alice Springs and do the show.
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