Summary
Doing Time for Patsy Cline is a 1997 Australian film starring Miranda Otto, Richard Roxburgh, and Matt Day, and directed by Chris Kennedy.
| Doing Time for Patsy Cline | |
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| Directed by | Chris Kennedy |
| Produced by | Chris Kennedy John Winter |
| Starring | Miranda Otto Richard Roxburgh Matt Day |
| Edited by | Ken Sallows |
| Music by | Peter Best |
| Distributed by | Cowboy Booking(USA) Dendy Films(Australia) Southern Star Group Film(International) |
Release dates | 5 September 1997 (premiere at Toronto International 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 |
| Box office | US$940,000[1] |
Plot edit
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 edit
| 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 |
Reception edit
Box office edit
Doing Time for Patsy Cline grossed $671,639 at the box office in Australia,[2] which is equivalent to £710,760.53 British pounds or $940,295 dollars, in 2009.
Reviews edit
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 edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ "Doing Time for Patsy Cline".
- ^ "Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ Patsy Cline at Rotten Tomatoes Archived 17 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
- ^ Doing Time for Patsy Cline New York Times Review. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
- ^ 1997 AFI Awards Winners. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
- ^ "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. - ^ IMDb San Diego Film Festival 1997. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
- ^ Patsy Wins Australia's Heart Archived 21 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
- ^ IMDb-Awards won by Doing Time For Patsy Cline. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
External links edit
- Official website
- Doing Time for Patsy Cline at IMDb
- Doing Time for Patsy Cline at Oz Movies
- Doing Time for Patsy Cline at AllMovie
- 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 The New York Times
