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Actors: Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Terence Stamp
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert |
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Drag queens Tick/Mitzi (Hugo Weaving) and Adam/Felicia (Guy Pearce), along with the transsexual Bernadette, travel to the Northern Territories to perform a show. Along the way they encounter many difficulties, getting lost and being treated with hostility by the people in a small town.
--Nora Levy, Resident Scholar
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This movie is about a drag queen who gets a gig in a hotel in Alice Springs, and takes along his drag queen friend, and his transexual friend who has recently lost her husband. They travel across the desert and face prejudice, and find out more about each other. It is very funny, but has some dramatic parts.
--Ceri, Resident Scholar
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A man and his drag queen and transexual friends head out into the outback to perform a show. Little do the supporting characters know, but the main character is really being hired by his estranged wife and is about to encounter a shunned responsibility.
--Lady Hugo, Resident Scholar
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Two drag queens and a transsexual land a cabaret gig in Alice Springs, out in the middle of the Australian desert. This rollicking comedy follows their adventures through what is essentially cowboy country aboard their lavender motor home, dubbed "Priscilla." It turns out that their Alice Springs contract was arranged by the ex-wife of Ralph (the transsexual now known as Bernadette Bassenger and energetically portrayed by Stamp), and that they have a son. Note also the appearance of Guy Pearce as Adam Whitely aka Felicia Jollygoodfellow, destined for very different roles later in "L.A. Confidential" and "Memento." There's some action, a few tense moments, and lots of laughs in this offbeat film from Down Under.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- tranvestites/cutting off their weiners
- Two guys MAKING OUT (squish squish!)
Road trip
Yes
Kind of comedy
- s/he is a he/she
How much humor v. drama
- Mostly humor, but some serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- actor
- dancer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Australian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- An "It".
Hair color
- blonde
Body type
- (man) average build
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- Australia
Desert?
Yes
Desert:
- funny heat-delusions
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing and dancing
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