Doing Time for Patsy Cline
Following a passion for country music, Ralph leaves his father’s sheep farm in a remote Australian town, armed with a guitar and a plane ticket to Nashville, Tennessee. He hopes to hitchhike to Sydney Airport where his take-off into a successful country/western singing career will hopefully begin. However, fate and his naivety find him hitchhiking with a psychotic drug thief named Boyd, and Boyd's mesmerising girlfriend, Patsy. The plot then splits into a series of parallels, flash forwards and flashbacks. One depicts Ralph’s imprisonment after being framed for drug trafficking. The other follows the dramatic ascent of his career to hype status and the pairing between the dynamic Patsy and himself.
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Cast
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Matt Day
Ralph
Known for
Wolf Creek
The Beast
Richard Roxburgh
Boyd
Known for
Van Helsing
Mission: Impossible II
Chris Kennedy
Andrew Lesnie
Miranda Otto
Patsy
Known for
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
War of the Worlds
Peter Best
John Winter
Roy Billing
Dad
Known for
Aquamarine
Love Is in the Air
Roger Ford
Tony Barry
Dwayne
Known for
Faraway Downs
Harrow
Kerrie Brown
Annie Byron
Mum
Known for
Wolf Creek 2
Muriel's Wedding
Chris Kennedy Director · Peter Best Composer Andrew Lesnie Cinematographer
United States release March 3, 2006 · Produced in Australia · Production New South Wales Film & Television Office, Australian Film Finance Corporation
Production
Oilrag Productions
Production
New South Wales Film & Television Office
Production
Australian Film Finance Corporation
Production
Australia
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 5, 1997
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · March 3, 2006
Limited theatrical · New York City
Australia
September 25, 1997 · Theatrical
Italy
August 28, 1998 · Theatrical
Philippines
September 18, 2004 · Australian Film Festival
Poland
September 4, 1998
Singapore
April 19, 1998 · Singapore International Film Festival
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