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.

6.2

95 min

Cast

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

Director

Chris Kennedy