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The Straight Story
Film Description The true story of how 73 year-old Alvin Straight travels the three hundred miles on a 1966 John Dere lawnmower across Iowa and Wisconsin to visit his ailing brother. The brilliant, leisurely opening camera pan around suburban lawns and houses is reminiscent of Blue Velvet, but this is a much lighter, less weird yet still unmistakably Lynchian film.
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DVD Extras Enhanced for WideScreen TV; Bonus footage; TrailersBonus footage; Trailers
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Review by Wolfram Parge on 10th October 2002 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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Article - "David Lynch"
by Alex Jenkins
With Eraserhead in 1976 David Lynch emerged as a filmmaker; his style seemingly fully formed. He now stands firmly in the midst of directors who have an approach so unique that others are judged by their work. And yet, a 'David Lynch' moment is a term frequent... View article in full
Article - "David Lynch: A Maverick from Montana"
by Mike McCahill
2007 will be an especially good year for aficionados of David Lynch.
Collections & ListsThis film is part of the following Film Collections
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Including: Badlands, Baise-Moi, Bonnie And Clyde, Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia, Central Station, Convoy, Dead End (2003), Detour (1945), Dogma, Drôle de Félix.
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