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The Straight Story
Dir. David Lynch
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The Straight Story
“A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.”
Drama
Director
David Lynch
Screenplay
John Roach, Mary Sweeney
Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. He then has the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
Release
Oct 15, 1999
Budget
$10M
Country
United States of America
Revenue
$6M
Cast
Richard Farnsworth
Alvin
Sissy Spacek
Rose
Jane Galloway Heitz
Dorothy
Tracey Maloney
Nurse
Dan Flannery
Doctor Gibbons
Jack Walsh
Apple
Everett McGill
Tom the John Deere Dealer
Bill McCallum
Rat
Barbara E. Robertson
Deer Woman
James Cada
Danny Riordan
Sally Wingert
Darla Riordan
Barbara Kingsley
Janet Johnson
Wiley Harker
Verlyn Heller
Kevin Farley
Harald
John Farley
Thorvald
Harry Dean Stanton
Lyle
Reviews
★★★★★
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