The Straight Story
movie
A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.
Released October 15, 1999
Genres:
Overview
A retired farmer and widower in his seventies named 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
as
Alvin
Sissy Spacek
as
Rose
Jane Galloway Heitz
as
Dorothy
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Joseph A. Carpenter
as
Bud
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Donald Wiegert
as
Sig
Tracey Maloney
as
Nurse
Dan Flannery
as
Doctor Gibbons
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Jennifer Edwards
as
Brenda
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Ed Grennan
as
Pete
Jack Walsh
as
Apple
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Gil Pearson
as
Bus Driver
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Barbara June Patterson
as
Woman on Bus
Crew
Jane Alderman
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Casting
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Lynn Blumenthal
as
Casting
Jack Fisk
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Production Design
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Pierre Edelman
as
Executive Producer
David Lynch
as
Director
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Barbara Haberecht
as
Set Decoration
Freddie Francis
as
Director of Photography
Neal Edelstein
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Producer
Mary Sweeney
as
Editor
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Walter Spencer
as
Music Editor
Michael Polaire
as
Executive Producer
Mary Sweeney
as
Producer