The Straight Story (1999)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1999-10-15
Runtime: 112 minutes
Director: David Lynch
Budget: $10,000,000 USD
Revenue: $6,418,028 USD
Top Cast
- Richard Farnsworth as Alvin
- Sissy Spacek as Rose
- Jane Galloway Heitz as Dorothy
- Joseph A. Carpenter as Bud
- Donald Wiegert as Sig
- Tracey Maloney as Nurse
- Dan Flannery as Doctor Gibbons
- Jennifer Edwards as Brenda
- Ed Grennan as Pete
- Jack Walsh as Apple
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