country music,jail,hitchhiker,nashville

Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Chris Kennedy
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    Ralph Matt Day
  • Profile picture of Richard Roxburgh
    Boyd Richard Roxburgh
  • Profile picture of Miranda Otto
    Patsy Miranda Otto
  • Profile picture of Roy Billing
    Dad Roy Billing
  • Profile picture of Tony Barry
    Dwayne Tony Barry
  • Profile picture of Annie Byron
    Mum Annie Byron
  • Profile picture of Laurence Coy
    Alfie Laurence Coy
  • Profile picture of Tom Long
    Brad Goodall Tom Long

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Keywords

  • country music
  • jail
  • hitchhiker
  • nashville