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The Straight Story

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

7.723 average rating
7.723
English / 112 MIN. / 1999

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Richard FarnsworthSissy SpacekJane Galloway HeitzJoseph A. CarpenterDonald WiegertTracey MaloneyDan FlanneryJennifer EdwardsEd GrennanJack WalshGil PearsonBarbara June PattersonEverett McGillAnastasia WebbMatt GuidryBill McCallumBarbara E. RobertsonJames CadaSally WingertBarbara KingsleyJim HaunWiley HarkerRandy WiedenhoffJerry E. AndersonKevin FarleyJohn FarleyJohn LordanGarrett SweeneyPeter SweeneyTommy FaheyMatt FaheyDan FaheyRuss ReedLeroy SwadleyRalph FeldhackerHarry Dean Stanton

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