Overview:
A retired farmer and widower in his seventies named 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.| Status: | Released (1999-10-15) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 19 wins & 40 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $6,203,044 |
| Screen: | John Roach, Mary Sweeney |
| Productions: | Les Films Alain Sarde, Picture Factory, Le Studio Canal+, Film4 Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America, United Kingdom, France |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 5605: Richard Farnsworth - Alvin
- 5606: Sissy Spacek - Rose
- 5607: Jane Galloway Heitz - Dorothy
- 5608: Joseph A. Carpenter - Bud
- 5609: Donald Wiegert - Sig
- 5610: Tracey Maloney - Nurse
- 5611: Dan Flannery - Doctor Gibbons
Crews
- 5602: David Lynch - Director - Directing
- 5624: Pierre Edelman - Executive Producer - Production
- 5625: Neal Edelstein - Producer - Production
- 5626: Michael Polaire - Executive Producer - Production
- 5604: Mary Sweeney - Producer - Production
- 5629: Freddie Francis - Director of Photography - Camera
- 5604: Mary Sweeney - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
John Chard
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I want to thank you for your kindness to a stranger. An absolute delight. From director David Lynch, The Straight Story finds the famous purveyor of the oblique on wonderfully mellow form. Story finds a superb Richard Farnsworth as Alvin Straight, an old boy long in the tooth who ....
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Beautifully made film. It's a difficult one to describe. <em>'The Straight Story'</em> features a very touching, true life, story about Alvin Straight. It's a very simple premise but one that the film brings to life wonderfully. There's a crap tonne of heart, alongside some brilli ....
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I’ve seen loads of road movies over the years, but never one that involved an elderly gent travelling from Iowa to the adjacent Wisconsin driving his lawnmower! “Alvin” (Richard Farnsworth) is a curmudgeonly seventy-something whose health and mobility are failing and who lives with h ....
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