What makes a film distinctively Australian?
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) Australian Factor: Three hot Australian babes, traveling across the Outback in a multicolored bus. Paint the Picture: Wait a minute … “babes” might not be the exact word. More like two drag queens (Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce) and a transsexual (Terence Stamp). They travel from Sydney to Alice Springs to perform a drag show, but have many misadventures along the way. Like when the bus breaks down in the middle of the desert. Instead of getting upset, they do a little dance performance on top of the bus. Verrrrry Australian. Gallipoli (1984) Australian Factor: Some Australian war history (and of course, Mel, again) Paint the Picture: The Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I was a brutal one. Sprinters were used to run messages across the battlefield, but many never made it. When Aussie runner Jack (Bill Kerr), an Olympic hopeful, decides to do the patriotic thing and fight in the war, he meets fellow runner Frank (Mel Gibso
