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Perez Hilton hosts DVD 'Priscilla' party with Tim Chappel

By April MacIntyre May 30, 2007, 14:55 GMT

Perez Hilton EPA/TRACEY NEARMY

In 1992 Stephan Elliott wrote a script called “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” to pass time in New Zealand while incarcerated for poor judgment. Stephan has seen many of the shows that costume designer Tim Chappel had worked on, and asked his friend to design the costumes for his new project ”The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”.

Tim Chappel is from outback New South Wales. He attended Sydney College of the Arts studying for a Bachelor of Arts/Design in the late 80’s.

Chappel's design career began in college; designing costumes and dancing with a nightclub theatre group called Glamourworld. Tim went on to design costumes for many of Sydney’s premier Drag Artists as well as "a slew of Society Dames", according to him.

Tim won the Australian Film Industry award, British Academy of Film and Television Award  and an Oscar from the Academy of Film Arts and Sciences in America for this hit cult film.

The 1994 film has been released in a special “Extra Frills” Edition DVD is debuting on June 5th.

Product Description:

They came. They conquered. They looked fabulous. This wonderfully inventive, visually stunning and incomparably funny Australian import about three drag performers braving the vast, rugged outback won the 1994 Academy Award for Costume Design. Veteran actors Terence Stamp (the original "Billy Budd"), Hugo Weaving (The Matrix), Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential) all give hilarious and heartfelt performances in a classic fish out of water story that's "one of the wildest movies ever made" - according to Rex Reed for the New York Observer.  

With a contract to perform a drag show way out in the Australian desert, Tick (Weaving), Adam (Pearce) and Ralph (Stamp) each has his own reason for wanting to leave the safety of Sydney. Christening their battered pink tour bus "Priscilla," this wickedly funny and high-drama trio head for the Outback...and into crazy adventures in even crazier outfits. You go, girls!

Special Features include:

Audio Commentary by Director Stephan Elliot
Birth of a Queen Featurette
Deleted Scenes
Tidbits from the Set
Bloopers
Fabulous Photo Gallery
Theatrical Trailer
Theatrical Teaser Trailer

"Priscilla" became a surprise box-office hit.  Even ten years later, this film holds up well and watching these three roam the expansive Australian abyss is still funny and charming.

The Los Angeles based Queen of All Media, Perez Hilton, tonight will celebrate "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" at the Egyptian Theater.  Celebrate the “Extra Frills” Edition DVD with an exclusive peak at the “Birth of a Queen” featurette as well as the hilarious Blooper Reel “The Bus From Blooperville.”  Attendees are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite fabulous characters from the film for a chance to win copies of the DVD and other prizes. 

Perez Hilton and Tim Chappel will select the “Best Dressed” audience members and invite them on stage to accept their awards.

So come in character!

Outfest 25th Anniversary Screening of
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Wednesday, May 30th, 7:30 P.M.
Rigler Theater @ The Egyptian
6712 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028

The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Extra Frills Edition) is now available for pre-order at Amazon. As of yet, there is not a release date for this edition in the UK. Visit the DVD database for more information.