Doing Time for Patsy Cline

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 25, 1997

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

Australia

Production

Australian Film Finance Corporation,New South Wales Film & Television Office,Oilrag Productions

Cast

Laurence Coy,Jeff Truman,Betty Bobbitt,Matt Day,Tyler Coppin,Frank Whitten,Shayne Francis,Roy Billing,Simon Mills,Wayne Pygramand 13 more

Director

Chris Kennedy

Writer

Chris Kennedy,Marguerite Bunce

Producer

John Winter,Chris Kennedy

Cinematography

Andrew Lesnie

Music

Peter Best

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt0119002