The Straight Story
A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.
19991h 52mNo ratings yet
- Adventure
- Drama
- Family
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 15, 1999
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Walt Disney Pictures,Canal+,Film4 Productions,Le Studio Canal+,StudioCanal,Asymmetrical Productions,Les Films Alain Sarde,The Picture Factory,CiBy 2000,The Straight Story,Inc,Picture Factory
- Cast
- Richard Farnsworth,Sissy Spacek,Jane Galloway Heitz,Joseph A. Carpenter,Donald Wiegert,Tracey Maloney,Dan Flannery,Jennifer Edwards,Ed Grennan,Jack Walshand 26 more
- Director
- David Lynch
- Writer
- John Roach,Mary Sweeney
- Cinematography
- Freddie Francis
- Music
- Angelo Badalamenti
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Revenue
- $6,418,028
- IMDb
- tt0166896