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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994
· Movie
· 104 min
A
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #611
- IMDb #1126
- Rotten Tomatoes #443
- Metacritic #1201
- Letterboxd #673
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #551
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #776
- Metacritic Critics #1485
- Metacritic Audience #818
- Kinopoisk #1619
- AlloCiné #1799
- Trakt #680
Every rating
70–94
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 70, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94.
See the most agreed on films →Two drag queens and a transgender woman contract to perform a show in a remote resort town in the Australian outback. They pack their sequins and heels into a battered bus named Priscilla and head west from Sydney, encountering both hostility and unexpected kindness in the small towns they pass through on their journey.
Details
- Director
- Stephan Elliott
- Writer
- Stephan Elliott
- Studio
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Latent Image Productions Pty. Ltd., Specific Films, Gramercy Pictures
- Released
- 10 August 1994
- Country
- Australia, United States
- Language
- English, Filipino
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $2.0M
- Box office
- $29.7M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 23 →3 major awards won · 9 wins from 23 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1994 | Best Costume Design | Tim Chappel, Lizzy Gardiner | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 1994 | Best Costume Design | Tim Chappel, Lizzy Gardiner | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 1994 | Best Makeup and Hair | Angela Conte, Cassie Hanlon, Strykermeyer | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 1994 | Best Actor | Terence Stamp | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 1994 | Best Original Screenplay | Stephan Elliott | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 1994 | Best Cinematography | Brian J. Breheny | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 1994 | Best Production Design | Colin Gibson, Owen Paterson | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1994 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee |
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BAFTA Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Costume Design | Tim Chappel, Lizzy Gardiner | Winner |
| Best Makeup and Hair | Angela Conte, Cassie Hanlon, Strykermeyer | Winner |
| Best Actor | Terence Stamp | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Brian J. Breheny | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Stephan Elliott | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Colin Gibson, Owen Paterson | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Costume Design | Tim Chappel, Lizzy Gardiner | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Terence Stamp | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Stephan Elliott | Nominee |
AACTA Award
9 nominations, 2 won
| Best Costume Design | Tim Chappel, Lizzy Gardiner | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Owen Paterson | Winner |
| Best Actor | Hugo Weaving | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Terence Stamp | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Brian J. Breheny | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Stephan Elliott | Nominee |
| Best Film | Al Clark, Michael Hamlyn | Nominee |
| Best Original Music Score | Guy Gross | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Stephan Elliott | Nominee |
Seattle International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actor | Terence Stamp | Winner |
| Golden Space Needle Award for Best Film | Winner |
GLAAD Media Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Film – Wide Release | Winner |
Outfest
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award for Outstanding Narrative Feature | Stephan Elliott | Winner |