Title: The Straight Story (The Straight Story)
Release Date: 1999-10-15
IMDB ID: tt0166896
Vote Average: 7.736 (1745 votes)
Overview: 70something 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.
Cast: Richard Farnsworth (Alvin), Sissy Spacek (Rose), Jane Galloway Heitz (Dorothy), Joseph A. Carpenter (Bud), Donald Wiegert (Sig), Tracey Maloney (Nurse),
Crew: Barbara Haberecht (Set Decoration), David Lynch (Director), Jack Fisk (Production Design), Neal Edelstein (Producer), Walter Spencer (Music Editor), Mary Sweeney (Producer),
Release Date: 1999-10-15
IMDB ID: tt0166896
Vote Average: 7.736 (1745 votes)
Overview: 70something 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.
Cast: Richard Farnsworth (Alvin), Sissy Spacek (Rose), Jane Galloway Heitz (Dorothy), Joseph A. Carpenter (Bud), Donald Wiegert (Sig), Tracey Maloney (Nurse),
Crew: Barbara Haberecht (Set Decoration), David Lynch (Director), Jack Fisk (Production Design), Neal Edelstein (Producer), Walter Spencer (Music Editor), Mary Sweeney (Producer),