The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert (1994)
Country: AUS
Technical: col/scope 103m
Director: Stephen Elliott
Cast: Terence Stamp, Guy Pearce, Hugo Weaving
Synopsis:
Three drag queens set off on a converted coach from Sydney to Alice Springs because the wife of one of them wants time off from looking after their son.
Review:
The flimsiest of plot premises supports - or barely - a succession of revue-like episodes showcasing the familiar gamut of antipodean coarseness, only refracted through the prism of high camp. The musical numbers abandon all pretence at verisimilitude and the film seems to stake a good deal on the iconic potential of its standout images: Guy Pearce mouthing Verdi in a high-heeled shoe atop the bus, and the three of them climbing Ayre's Rock in full drag. As a gay pageant it has not dated well, but the performers do afford some amusement.
Country: AUS
Technical: col/scope 103m
Director: Stephen Elliott
Cast: Terence Stamp, Guy Pearce, Hugo Weaving
Synopsis:
Three drag queens set off on a converted coach from Sydney to Alice Springs because the wife of one of them wants time off from looking after their son.
Review:
The flimsiest of plot premises supports - or barely - a succession of revue-like episodes showcasing the familiar gamut of antipodean coarseness, only refracted through the prism of high camp. The musical numbers abandon all pretence at verisimilitude and the film seems to stake a good deal on the iconic potential of its standout images: Guy Pearce mouthing Verdi in a high-heeled shoe atop the bus, and the three of them climbing Ayre's Rock in full drag. As a gay pageant it has not dated well, but the performers do afford some amusement.
Country: AUS
Technical: col/scope 103m
Director: Stephen Elliott
Cast: Terence Stamp, Guy Pearce, Hugo Weaving
Synopsis:
Three drag queens set off on a converted coach from Sydney to Alice Springs because the wife of one of them wants time off from looking after their son.
Review:
The flimsiest of plot premises supports - or barely - a succession of revue-like episodes showcasing the familiar gamut of antipodean coarseness, only refracted through the prism of high camp. The musical numbers abandon all pretence at verisimilitude and the film seems to stake a good deal on the iconic potential of its standout images: Guy Pearce mouthing Verdi in a high-heeled shoe atop the bus, and the three of them climbing Ayre's Rock in full drag. As a gay pageant it has not dated well, but the performers do afford some amusement.