Doing Time for Patsy Cline
25/09/1997
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.
Movie Information
Matt Day
as Ralph
Richard Roxburgh
as Boyd
Miranda Otto
as Patsy
Roy Billing
as Dad
Tony Barry
as Dwayne
Annie Byron
as Mum
Laurence Coy
as Alfie
Tom Long
as Brad Goodall
Gus Mercurio
as Tyrone
Tyler Coppin
as Bobby Joe
Simon Mills
as Guard
Betty Bobbitt
as Connie
Colette Brus
as Waitress
Phil Collins
as Police Photographer
Lillie Duxbury
as Busker
Shayne Francis
as TV Reporter
Rowan Jackson
as Warren's Henchman
Len Kaserman
as Master of Ceremonies
Kiri Paramore
as Ken
Wayne Pygram
as Geoff Spinks
Jeff Truman
as Warren
Frank Whitten
as Watson
Doug
as Ralph's Dog
