Doing Time for Patsy Cline

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 Group Film(International)
Release date(s)	5 September 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 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

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.

Plot

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. Both paths eventually lead him home, with Ralph consequently being more mature and adjusted, and with a bag full of experiences. At the end of the film, it is stated that Patsy dies in a plane crash.

Cast

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

Reception

Box office

Doing Time for Patsy Cline grossed $671,639 at the box office in Australia,^[1] which is equivalent to $940,295 in 2009 dollars.

Reviews

The film received generally positive reviews.^[2] The New York Times criticized the film's editing and "jarring leaps in time", but praised the film's performances, especially that of Roxburgh.^[3]

Awards

The film received many award nominations including ten AFI Award nominations for 1997. It won an Australian Writer's Guild Award for Best Original Screenplay. The film won four 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 production design. It won three 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]

See also

• Patsy Cline

References

1. ^ Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office
2. ^ Patsy Cline at Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
3. ^ Doing Time for Patsy Cline New York Times Review. Retrieved 21 December 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.

External links

• Official website
• Doing Time for Patsy Cline at the Internet Movie Database
• Doing Time for Patsy Cline at AllRovi
• Doing Time for Patsy Cline at Rotten Tomatoes
• Doing Time for Patsy Cline at Metacritic
• Doing Time for Patsy Cline at Box Office Mojo
• Doing Time for Patsy Cline at the Oz Film Database
• Doing Time for Patsy Cline at Hollywood.com
• Doing Time for Patsy Cline at The New York Times
• Doing Time for Patsy Cline at MSN Movies