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The Straight Story

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

  • Movie
  • 1999
  • G
  • 1h 52m

Directed by David Lynch

7.7

TMDB audience rating
7.7 out of 10 from 1,916 votes

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Overview

Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a severe stroke. 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.

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Cast and crew

  • Richard Farnsworth

    Richard FarnsworthAlvin

  • Sissy Spacek

    Sissy SpacekRose

  • Jane Galloway Heitz

    Jane Galloway HeitzDorothy

  • Joseph A. CarpenterBud

  • Donald WiegertSig

  • Tracey MaloneyNurse

  • Dan Flannery

    Dan FlanneryDoctor Gibbons

  • Jennifer EdwardsBrenda

  • Ed GrennanPete

  • Jack Walsh

    Jack WalshApple

  • Gil PearsonBus Driver

  • Barbara June PattersonWoman on Bus

  • Everett McGill

    Everett McGillTom the John Deere Dealer

  • Anastasia WebbCrystal

  • Matt GuidrySteve

  • Bill McCallum

    Bill McCallumRat

  • Barbara E. Robertson

    Barbara E. RobertsonDeer Woman

  • James Cada

    James CadaDanny Riordan

Director
David Lynch
Writer
John Roach and Mary Sweeney
Music
Angelo Badalamenti
Cinematography
Freddie Francis