Born: Established: 1964 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender:
Male
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Awards for Works
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form
y
Easy Virtue
( dir. Stephan Elliott
)
England
:
Ealing Studios
,
2009
Z1611389
2009
single work
film/TV
- 2009 nominated AWGIE Awards — Film Award — Feature Film Adaptation
-
form
y
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
( dir. Stephan Elliott
)
Australia
:
Latent Image Productions
Specific Films
,
1994
Z367706
1994
single work
film/TV
humour
satire
(taught in 8 units)
'Tick' Belrose, a Sydney drag queen, accepts his ex-wife's invitation to bring his stage show to the outback. Felicia, a younger drag queen, and the grieving Bernadette. They set out for Alice Springs in a second-hand bus that they name 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'. the journey takes them to Broken Hill, Coober Pedy and are rescued by an open-minded mechanic when Priscilla breaks down in the desert. In Alice Springs, Tick meets the young son he barely knows and the three climb Kings Canyon together in full drag, before making their debut at the Alice Springs casino.
- 1995 nominated Writers Guild of America Award — Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
- 1995 nominated British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards — Best Screenplay - Original
- 1994 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Original Screenplay
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