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Doing Time for Patsy Cline(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-09-25
62%
5 Votes
Time: 1h 35m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Australia
ProductionCompanies: 
Oilrag Productions
New South Wales Film & Television Office
Movie: Doing Time for Patsy Cline
Top 10 Billed Cast
Matt Day
Ralph
Richard Roxburgh
Boyd
Miranda Otto
Patsy
Roy Billing
Dad
Tony Barry
Dwayne
Annie Byron
Mum
Laurence Coy
Alfie
Tom Long
Brad Goodall
Gus Mercurio
Tyrone
Tyler Coppin
Bobby Joe
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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.
Release Date
1997-09-25
Average
6.2
Rating:
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