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The Adventures of Priscilla

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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: Have you seen this gay movie, released way back in 1994?

It’s the Australian film that blitzed overseas box offices. It caused a near riot at the Cannes Film Festival. It won an Academy Award (Registeration Symbol). It’s fun, daring, over-the-top and unforgettable. It’s a road movie with attitude and the occasional frock. The plot: Two drag-queens (Anthony/Mitzi and Adam/Felicia) and a transexual (Bernadette) contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman they’ve contracted with is Anthony’s wife. Their bus breaks down, and is repaired by Bob, who travels on with them.