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.
The Straight StoryFeaturing a star-studded soundtrack and an incredible cast including Bill Pullman (Independence Day), Patricia Arquette (Medium), Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake and Robert Loggia, Lost Highway is a powerful, sensual and extraordinary movie experience from renowned director David Lynch (Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks).
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Amazon.com: The Straight Story: Sissy Spacek, Richard ...The Straight Story (1999) is a Disney film starring Richard Farnsworth and Sissy Spacek. The plot is simple: a debilitated elderly man with not much money makes a trek (via his John Deere lawnmower) some 250 miles to see his estranged brother who has suffered recent health problems, in the hopes to make amends.
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The Straight Story | SBS On DemandThe Straight Story is based on the real life journey of 73-year-old Alvin Straight, a man who decides to travel from his home in Laurens, Iowa, to Mount Zion, Wisconsin, to mend his relationship ...
The Straight Story (1999)The Straight Story Critics Consensus. With strong performances and director David Lynch at the helm, The Straight Story steers past sentimental byways on its ambling journey across the American ...
The Straight Story (1999)Directed by David Lynch. With Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter. An old man makes a long journey by lawnmower to mend his relationship with an ill brother.
The Straight StoryStory of a 73-year-old man who takes a six week trip on his riding lawn mower to mend his relationship with his older brother, who is ill.
The Straight Story movie review (1999) | Roger EbertThe movie isn't just about the old Alvin Straight's odyssey through the sleepy towns and rural districts of the Midwest, but about the people he finds to listen and care for him. You'd think it was a fantasy, this kindness of strangers, if the movie weren't based on a true story.
The Straight StoryThe Straight Story is a 1999 biographical road drama film directed by David Lynch.The film was edited and produced by Mary Sweeney, Lynch's longtime partner and collaborator.She also co-wrote the script with John E. Roach.The film is based on the true story of Alvin Straight's 1994 journey across Iowa and Wisconsin on a lawn mower.Alvin (Richard Farnsworth) is an elderly World War II veteran ...