The adventures of Priscilla, queen of the desert

Resource Information

The work The adventures of Priscilla, queen of the desert represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The adventures of Priscilla, queen of the desert

Statement of responsibility

Polygram Filmed Entertainment in association with the Australian Film Finance Corporation presents a Latent Image/Specific Films production ; produced by Al Clark and Michael Hamlyn ; written and directed by Stephan Elliott

Title variation

Priscilla, queen of the desert

Contributor

• Australian Film Finance Corporation
• Latent Image Productions (Australia)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (Firm)
• Specific Films
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Breheny, Brian
• Chadwick, Sarah, 1960-
• Chappel, Tim
• Clark, Al, 1902-1971
• Cortez, Julia
• Dargin, Alan
• Elliott, Stephan
• Gardiner, Lizzy
• Gross, Guy
• Hamlyn, Michael
• Holmes, Mark, 1984-
• Hunter, Bill, 1940-2011
• Pearce, Guy, 1967-
• Radley, Ken
• Russell, Rebel
• Stamp, Terence
• Weaving, Hugo, 1960-

Subject

• Buses -- Australia -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Deserts -- Australia -- Drama
• Drag shows -- Australia -- Drama
• Feature films
• Female impersonators -- Australia -- Drama
• French language materials
• Gay men -- Australia -- Drama
• Road films
• Transsexuals -- Australia -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Comedy films
• Drama
• Feature films
• French language materials
• Road films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• spa
• fre
• eng
• eng

Summary

With a contract to perform a drag show way out in the Australian desert, Tick, Adam and Ralph each has his own reason for wanting to leave the safety of Sydney. Christening their battered, pink tour bus "Priscilla," this wickedly funny and high-drama trio heads for the outback and into crazy adventures in even crazier outfits

Awards note

• Academy Awards, Oscar: Best Costume Design (Lizzy Gardiner, Tim Chappel), 1994.
• Australian Film Institute, AFI Award: Best Achievement in Costume Design, Best Achievement in Production Design, 1994.
• BAFTA Film Award: Best Costume Design, Best Make Up/Hair, 1995.

Cataloging source

XCA

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Brian J. Breheny ; film editor, Sue Blainey ; music, Guy Gross ; costume designers, Lizzy Gardiner, Tim Chappel ; production designer, Owen Paterson

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R, for sex-related situations and language

Language note

English (5.1 DTS, 5.1 Dolby surround) or dubbed French (stereo.) dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Bill Hunter, Sarah Chadwick, Mark Holmes, Julia Cortez, Ken Radley, Alan Dargin, Rebel Russell

Runtime

103

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action