The Straight Story

A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.

The Straight Story (1999)

Timing: 1:52 (112 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1999-10-15

Country

France, United Kingdom, United States

Production

Walt Disney Pictures, StudioCanal, Canal+, Film4 Productions, Asymmetrical Productions, Les Films Alain Sarde, The Picture Factory, CiBy 2000, The Straight Story, Inc, Le Studio Canal+

Genre

Drama, Family

Budget

$10 000 000

Revenue

$6 418 028

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Director

David Lynch

Actors

Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter, Donald Wiegert, Tracey Maloney, Dan Flannery, Jennifer Edwards, Ed Grennan, Jack Walsh
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Scenario

Producer

Mary Sweeney, Neal Edelstein, Pierre Edelman, Michael Polaire

Operator

Freddie Francis

Composer

Angelo Badalamenti

Artist

Chris Kennedy

Audition

Jane Alderman, Lynn Blumenthal

Editing

Mary Sweeney
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A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, 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. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.

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