Definitely not a drag.... (The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert (DVD))

Member Name: cathy

Product:	The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert (DVD)
Date:	20/08/00 (69 review reads)
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Advantages: ...a good movie

Disadvantages: ...won't appeal to pathalogical homophobes

Exactly the sort of film Hollywood can't make - see the Swazye in drag fiasco. This intelligently made film from Australia stars Terence Stamp as an aging transexual, Guy Pearce (Neighbours) and Hugo Weaving as two Sydney drag queens.

The basic plot - Weaving aka Mitzi has to arrange a four week cabaret booking for a club in Alice Springs. He recruits his friends, Bernadette, (Stamp) and Felicia (Pearce) to join him. They buy an old school bus (Priscilla), fill it full of gaudy frocks, towering head-dresses, a million and one backing tracks - and off they go.

Their desert journey alternates between quiet discoveries - like the fact that the club is owned by Mitzi's ex-wife and he's going to meet and look after his son for the first time in years, while the ex-missus has a break - and major incidents and adventures - like the full performance by firelight for a group of aboriginals and the violent reaction provoked by Felicia's urge to flirt with some excessively macho blokes.

It's a thoughtful, interesting and at times moving movie, with a great nostalgic soundtrack, (featuring Abba, naturally), and some great visual moments - oh yes - and it got the Oscar for best costume.

Get it out on video - I guarantee a good evening's viewing.

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