 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994  R, 102 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Stephan Elliott
Cast: Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Bill Hunter, Sarah Chadwick, Mark Holmes, Al Clark, Julia Cortez, Rebel Penfold-Russell, John Casey, June Marie Bennett, Murray Davies, Frank Cornelius
This witty story features two drag queens, Mitzi (Hugo Weaving) and Felicia (Guy Pearce), who join transsexual Bernadette (Terence Stamp) on a bus trip–the name of the bus is "Priscilla"–across Australia's outback to perform in a distant resort. Along the way, they discover things about themselves and the world around them amidst ABBA and other disco music.
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Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! 1989   PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Jean-Claude Lord
Cast: Michael Pare, Marina Orsini, Bernie Coulson, Matthew Laurance, Michael Rhoades, Anthony Sherwood, Mark Holmes, David Matheson, Paul Markle, Kate Lynch, Harvey Atkin, Vlasta Vrana, Larry King, Bo Diddley, Michael "Tunes" Antunes
In this sequel to the original film ("Eddie and the Cruisers"), Eddie (Michael Pare), who was thought to have died in a car wreck, turns up alive and well in Montreal where he is using a new identity, "Joe West." "Eddie and the Cruisers" was a hot band in the 1960s, and now his old recording company plans to make a fortune on "Eddie and the Cruisers" lost tapes from that era. The songs that were recorded in the 1960s are finally released in an album, and it is a big hit. This encourages Eddie, under his alias of Joe West, to start a new band and go on the road, but keeping his real identity a secret might prove difficult. John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band provide the music for this film.
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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 1983 R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Fantasy
aka: The Meaning of Life
Director: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam
Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, Simon Jones, Patricia Quinn, Judy Loe, Andrew MacLachlan, Mark Holmes, Valerie Whittington, Jennifer Franks, Imogen Bickfor-Smith
Monty Python's Flying Circus dishes out a series of satires on facets of life. The film opens with the episode "Every Sperm is Sacred" that sets the tone for the film, and the following skits range from such subjects as birth, death, sex, and war in their own unique and hilarious way.
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| 1. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
2. Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989)
3. Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
aka: The Meaning of Life
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