Film

The Straight Story

1999 · 1h 52m · Drama

A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.

IMDb

8.0

Rotten Tomatoes

95%

Metacritic

86

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.

Richard Farnsworth

Alvin

Sissy Spacek

Rose

Jane Galloway Heitz

Dorothy

Joseph A. Carpenter

Bud

Donald Wiegert

Sig

Tracey Maloney

Nurse

Dan Flannery

Doctor Gibbons

Jennifer Edwards

Brenda

Ed Grennan

Pete

Jack Walsh

Apple

Gil Pearson

Bus Driver

Barbara June Patterson

Woman on Bus

Everett McGill

Tom the John Deere Dealer

Anastasia Webb

Crystal

Matt Guidry

Steve

Bill McCallum

Rat

• David LynchDirector
• Mary SweeneyEditor · Producer · Writer
• John RoachWriter
• Neal EdelsteinProducer
• Alain SardeProducer
• Pierre EdelmanExecutive Producer
• Michael PolaireExecutive Producer
• Freddie FrancisDirector of Photography
• Angelo BadalamentiOriginal Music Composer
• Jane AldermanCasting

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Release date

October 15, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

G

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$6,418,028

Genres

Drama

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