Doing Time for Patsy Cline

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Doing Time for Patsy Cline

Promotional poster for Doing Time for Patsy Cline
Directed by Chris Kennedy
Produced by Chris Kennedy
John Winter
Starring Miranda Otto
Richard Roxburgh
Matt Day
Music by Peter Best
Editing by Ken Sallows
Distributed by Cowboy Booking(USA)
Dendy Films(Australia)
Southern Star Film(International)
Release date(s) September 5, 1997
(premiere at Toronto Film Festival, Canada)

25 September 1997(AUS)
19 April 1998 (Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore)
28 August 1998 (Italy)
4 September 1998 (Poland)
Running time 95 min
Country Flag of Australia Australia
Language English
Official website
IMDb profile

Doing Time for Patsy Cline is a 1997 Australian multi award winning film starring Miranda Otto, Richard Roxburgh, and Matt Day and directed by Chris Kennedy.


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Following a passion for country music Ralph (Matt Day), 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 (Richard Roxbourgh) and his mesmerising girlfriend Patsy (Miranda Otto). 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. Both paths eventually lead him home, more mature and adjusted with a bag full of experiences.

Actor/Actress Character
Miranda Otto Patsy
Richard Roxburgh Boyd
Matt Day Ralph
Tony Barry Dwayne
Roy Billing Dad
Annie Byron Mum
Collete Brus Waitress
Laurence Coy Alfie
Tom Long Brad Goodall
Gus Mercurio Tyrone
Wayne Pygram Geoff Spinks
Kiri Paramore Ken
Jeff Truman Warren
Shayne Francis TV reporter

In its first week of release over 12,000 people went to see the film. Doing Time for Patsy Cline was rated 9th in the top ten of films released for the week dating September 25-28 in Australia[1].

Except for some negative reviews[2], Doing Time for Patsy Cline received good reviews in all the countries in showed in espceially Australia and New York.[3]

The film received many award nominations including 10 AFI Award nominations for 1997. It won an Australian Writer's Guild Award for Best Original Screenplay. The film won 4 Australian Film Institute Awards including Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Original Music Score, and Best Costume Design.[4]. It also won an award of distinction for good Production Design. It won 3 Australian Film Critics Awards including Best Actor, Best Musical Score and Best Cinematography[5]. It also won a San Diego Film Festival Award for Best Original Script[6] and a Melbourne International Film Festival Award for Most popular Australian Film[7][8]

  1. ^ Patsy Number 9 of 10. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  2. ^ Patsy Cline At Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 21, 2007.
  3. ^ Doing Time for Patsy Cline New York Times Review. Retrieved December 21, 2007.
  4. ^ 1997 AFI Awards Winners. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  5. ^ 1997 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  6. ^ IMDb San Diego Film Festival 1997. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  7. ^ Patsy Wins Australia's Heart. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  8. ^ IMDb-Awards won by Doing Time For Patsy Cline. Retrieved 20 December 2007.


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