The Straight Story 1999

Oct 15, 1999 • G

Summary

70something retired farmer and widower 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.

Release: Oct 15, 1999

Genres:

Drama

Director:

David Lynch

Top cast:

Richard Farnsworth Sissy Spacek Jane Galloway Heitz Joseph A. Carpenter Donald Wiegert