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Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The

Year of completion
1994
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Feature
Genre
Music
Duration
103 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

Two drag queens and a transsexual leave Sydney in a bus called 'Priscilla', and travel across half of Australia to climb a rock and put on a show at a resort in the middle of the country. Along the way, they break down, paint the bus lavender, dress up a lot, perform where they shouldn't and encounter hilarity, hostility and incomprehension. THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT is a road movie musical about a collision between three people in the wrong costumes and an environment that does not want them.
Completion Year
1994
Genres
Music
Format
Feature
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Editor

Sue Blainey

Director of Photography

Brian Breheny

Costume Designer

Tim Chappel, Lizzy Gardiner

Director

Stephan Elliott

Writer

Stephan Elliott

Composer

Guy Gross

Producer

Michael Hamlyn, Al Clark

Production Designer

Owen Paterson

Executive Producer

Rebel Penfold-Russell

Cast

Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Bill Hunter, Sarah Chadwick, Mark Holmes, Alan Dargin

Awards

1995 — Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

1996 — Australian Visual Software Distributors Association

1995 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts

1995 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts

1995 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts

1995 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts

1995 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts

1995 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts

1995 — British Academy of Film and Television Arts

1994 — Film Information Council

1995 — Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation

1994 — Golden Gate Awards - San Francisco Film Society

1995 — Golden Globe Awards

1995 — Golden Globe Awards

1994 — Seattle International Film Festival

1994 — Seattle International Film Festival

1995 — Video Industry Distributors Association

1995 — Writers Guild Of America, West

1994 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

1994 — Australian Film Institute

1994 — Australian Film Institute

1994 — Cannes Film Festival

Screenings

1996 — Australia On Screen - Hong Kong

1994 — Banco National International Film Festival

1994 — Copenhagen Film Festival

1994 — Flanders International Film Festival

1994 — Golden Gate Awards - San Francisco Film Society

1994 — Filmfest Hamburg

1994 — Jerusalem Film Festival

1994 — Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Fest

2000 — Festival of Australian Film - Sri Lanka

2004 — London Australian Film Festival

1995 — Moscow International Film Festival

2003 — Montreal World Film Festival

1994 — Montreal World Film Festival

1997 — Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival

1994 — Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

1994 — Seattle International Film Festival

1994 — Seattle International Film Festival

1996 — Strictly Oz - A History of Australian Film - LACMA

1995 — Strictly Oz - A History of Australian Film

1994 — Umea International Film Festival

1994 — Edinburgh International Film Festival

1994 — Cannes Film Festival

1994 — San Sebastian International Film Festival

2023 — CinefestOZ

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Metro Goldwyn Mayer
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