Movie
The Straight Story
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1999-10-15
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Les Films Alain Sarde, Picture Factory, Le Studio Canal+, Film4 Productions
- Country
- United States of America, United Kingdom, France
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Richard Farnsworth as Alvin
- Sissy Spacek as Rose
- Jane Galloway Heitz as Dorothy
- Joseph A. Carpenter as Bud
- Donald Wiegert as Sig
- Tracey Maloney as Nurse
- Dan Flannery as Doctor Gibbons
- Jennifer Edwards as Brenda
- Ed Grennan as Pete
- Jack Walsh as Apple
- Gil Pearson as Bus Driver
- Barbara June Patterson as Woman on Bus
Crew
- David Lynch - Director
- John Roach - Writer
- Mary Sweeney - Writer
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