The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
‘Tick’ Belrose, aka Mitzi Del Bra (
Hugo Weaving), a Sydney drag artist, accepts an invitation from his ex-wife (
Sarah Chadwick) to bring his stage show to the outback. Tick recruits two friends – a brash young drag queen called Felicia (
Guy Pearce) and an aging transgender woman called Bernadette (
Terence Stamp). They set off for Alice Springs in a second-hand bus they dub ‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’. They turn heads in Broken Hill and get in a fight at Coober Pedy; they are rescued from break down in the desert by an open-minded mechanic (
Bill Hunter). In Alice Springs, Tick meets the young son he barely knows (
Mark Holmes). The three performers climb Kings Canyon in full drag, before making their stunning debut at the Alice Springs casino.
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- Runtime: 104 minutes
- Director: Stephan Elliott
- Cast: Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Terence Stamp
- Country: Australia
- Year: 1994
