The Straight Story
1999/10/15 • $10,000,000 • Released • English
A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.
Overview
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.
Director : David Lynch
Casts
Richard Farnsworth
Alvin
Sissy Spacek
Rose
Jane Galloway Heitz
Dorothy
Dan Flannery
Doctor Gibbons
Jack Walsh
Apple
Everett McGill
Tom the John Deere Dealer
Bill McCallum
Rat
Barbara E. Robertson
Deer Woman
Sally Wingert
Darla Riordan
Barbara Kingsley
Janet Johnson
Wiley Harker
Verlyn Heller
Kevin Farley
Harald
John Farley
Thorvald
Harry Dean Stanton
Lyle
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