The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert (1994)

Star Rating: 4
Length of Film: 104 minutes
Director: Stephan Elliott
Cast: Terrence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pierce, Rebel Russell, John Casey, June Marie Bennett, Murray Davies, Frank Cornelius, Bob Boyce, Leighton Picken, Maria Kmet, Joseph Kmet, Alan Dargin, Julia Cortez, Daniel Kellie, Hannah Corbett, Trevor Barrie, Ken Radley, Sarah Chadwick, & Mark Holmes
Oscar: Lizzie Gardiner & Tim Chappel (best costume design)

Bernadette- Terrance Stamp    

                                Felicia- Guy Pierce    

Mitzi- Hugo Weaving





Hold on to your frilly little panties, this movie will take you on a ride! The make-up is absolutely atrocious! Especially their eyebrows, but the wigs and costumes are amazing! I give props to these 3 men, because the outfits are tight, and very girlie! These are real men who were comfortable enough in their own skin, to play these roles.

The movie starts out with Bernadette's life partner funeral. Feeling lost, she decides to join Mitzi and Felicia, on a show tour through the desert. Felicia buys a bus and names it "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert". Along the road, we meet Bob and Cynthia. A relationship where he over powers her, and does not allow her to be herself. Well...Cynthia surprises them all! After the 3 boys perform on stage, she walks in a sexy pleather outfit. In her top, she pulls out ping pongs. She runs the ping pong down to her little zipper opening of her va-jay-jay, the bends over, and the ping pong shoots across the room. (OMG!!!)


One of the coolest moments of the show is when Felicia is standing on top of the bus in a silver dress, lip syncing to "Sempre Libera" from Verdi's La Traviata. the dress had a long scarf and it just blew beautifully in the wind.

Watch the movie. There's a lot of surprises, but there's no sex, and there's no male on male kissing. It's men dressed up as women, lip syncing to an amazing list of songs.

"I've Never Been To Me"

"Go West"
"Billy Don't Be A Hero"
"My Baby Loves Lovin'"
"I Love The Nightlife"
"Can't Help Lovin' That Man"
"I Will Survive"
"A Fine Romance"
"Shake Your Groove Thing"
"I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine"
"Finally"
"Take A Letter Maria"
"Mamma Mia"
"Save The Best For Last"
"Fernando"
"A Desert Holiday"
"This Old Man"
"Ten Fat Trannies"
"My Darling, Clementine"