Doing Time for Patsy Cline

Doing Time for Patsy Cline
Directed byChris Kennedy
Produced byChris Kennedy
John Winter
StarringMiranda Otto
Richard Roxburgh
Matt Day
Edited byKen Sallows
Music byPeter Best
Distributed byCowboy Booking(USA)
Dendy Films(Australia)
Southern Star Group Film(International)
Release dates
Running time
95 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Box officeUS$940,000[1]

Doing Time for Patsy Cline is a 1997 Australian 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.

Cast

Actor/Actress Character
Miranda Otto Patsy
Richard Roxburgh Boyd
Matt Day Ralph
Tony Barry Dwayne
Roy Billing Dad
Annie Byron Mum
Colette 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
Tyler Coppin Bobby Joe

Reception

Box office

Doing Time for Patsy Cline grossed $671,639 at the box office in Australia,[2] which is equivalent to £710,760.53 or US$940,295, in 2009.

Reviews

The film received generally positive reviews.[3] The New York Times criticized the film's editing and "jarring leaps in time", but praised the film's performances, especially that of Roxburgh.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6] It also won a San Diego Film Festival Award for Best Original Script[7] and a Melbourne International Film Festival Award for Most Popular Australian Film.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Doing Time for Patsy Cline".
  2. ^ "Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  3. ^ Patsy Cline at Rotten Tomatoes Archived 17 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
  4. ^ Doing Time for Patsy Cline New York Times Review. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
  5. ^ 1997 AFI Awards Winners. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  6. ^ "1997 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards". Archived from the original on 23 October 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  7. ^ IMDb San Diego Film Festival 1997. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  8. ^ Patsy Wins Australia's Heart Archived 21 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  9. ^ IMDb-Awards won by Doing Time For Patsy Cline. Retrieved 20 December 2007.