Oct 15, 1999
112 min
Full-HD

The Straight Story (1999)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

France United Kingdom United States of America

Companies

Les Films Alain Sarde The Picture Factory StudioCanal Film4 Productions The Straight Story, Inc

Richard Farnsworth

Alvin

Sissy Spacek

Rose

Harry Dean Stanton

Lyle

Jane Galloway Heitz

Dorothy

Joseph A. Carpenter

Bud

Donald Wiegert

Sig

Tracey Maloney

Nurse

Dan Flannery

Doctor Gibbons

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