The Straight Story

Sometime in June 1994, Alvin Straight received word that his 80-year-old brother Henry was ill after suffering a stroke. The pair had not spoken for nearly ten years, ... more >

Sometime in June 1994, Alvin Straight received word that his 80-year-old brother Henry was ill after suffering a stroke. The pair had not spoken for nearly ten years, and now Alvin wanted to see him. Without a driver's licence and limited vision he neither trusted public transport nor wanted anyone to take him there. He decided to make the journey on a 1966 John Deere lawnmower. Son on the 5 of July, 1994, Alvin loaded a 10-foot trailer with gasoline, food, clothes and camping equipment which he hitched to the back of the mower. Hundreds of miles and six weeks later, from Iowa to Wisconsin, the 73-year-old was reunited with his brother and by then Straight's odyssey had made headlines. Filmmaker and director David Lynch took on board The Straight Story with Richard Farnsworth, 78, coming out of retirement to play Alvin and Sissy Spacek as his daughter. With few words and wonderful performances, this moving true story is the all-American film to break your heart in awe and wonder.

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Cast

Richard Farnsworth, Harry Dean Stanton, Sissy Spacek

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