Richard FarnsworthAlvinSavaraTV movie
The Straight Story
A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.
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.
DramaAdventure
Starring
Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz
Directed by
David Lynch
About
The Straight Story
DramaAdventure
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.
A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.
Information
- Released
- Oct 15, 1999
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- English
- Country
- US
- Rating
- G
- Directed by
- David Lynch
Production
- Studio
- Les Films Alain Sarde
- Studio
- Picture Factory
- Studio
- Le Studio Canal+
- Studio
- Film4 Productions
Cast
People in this story
Richard FarnsworthAlvin
Sissy SpacekRose
Jane Galloway HeitzDorothy
Dan FlanneryDoctor Gibbons
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