A down–under fable with a sweet country-music twang, Chris Kennedy's darkly comedy road movie about a back-country boy from Oz with Nashville dreams ambled into US theaters nearly ten years after it was made, during which time leads Richard Roxburgh, Miranda Otto and Matt Day established international profiles in such films as MOULIN ROUGE (2001), LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)/THE TWO TOWERS (2002) and SHACKLETON (2002). Born and raised on an isolated outback farm, 17-year-old Ralph (Day) dreams of Nashville stardom. His loving but practical parents (Annie Byron, Roy Billing) think he's setting himself up for heartbreak, but buy Ralph a plane t...
Released:
1997
Rated:
PG
Length:
95 mins