

The Straight Story
1999 · Movie · 1h 52m · G
Drama
"A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way."
Overview
Retired farmer and widower 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.
Ratings
IMDb
8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
86/100
Key crew
- David LynchDirector
- Angelo BadalamentiOriginal Music Composer
- John RoachWriter
- Mary SweeneyWriter
Cast
- Richard FarnsworthAlvin
- Sissy SpacekRose
- Jane Galloway HeitzDorothy
- Joseph A. CarpenterBud
- Donald WiegertSig
- Tracey MaloneyNurse
- Dan FlanneryDoctor Gibbons
- Jennifer EdwardsBrenda
- Ed GrennanPete
- Jack WalshApple
- Gil PearsonBus Driver
- Barbara June PattersonWoman on Bus
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Themes
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