The Straight Story
The Straight Story
Release: 1999-10-15
·Runtime: 112m
·★ 7.7
Drama
Family
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
United Kingdom
France
Production Companies
Les Films Alain Sarde
Picture Factory
Le Studio Canal+
Film4 Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Bill McCallum
as Rat
Barbara E. Robertson
as Deer Woman
Sally Wingert
as Darla Riordan
Kevin Farley
as Harald
Richard Farnsworth
as Alvin
Dan Flannery
as Doctor Gibbons
Jack Walsh
as Apple
James Cada
as Danny Riordan
Harry Dean Stanton
as Lyle
Sissy Spacek
as Rose
Tracey Maloney
as Nurse
Everett McGill
as Tom the John Deere Dealer
Barbara Kingsley
as Janet Johnson
Jane Galloway Heitz
as Dorothy
John Farley
as Thorvald
Wiley Harker
as Verlyn Heller
Crew
Sean Everett
Property Master
Michael Polaire
Executive Producer
Neal Edelstein
Producer
Mary Sweeney
Producer, Editor, Writer
James Fierro
Stunt Coordinator
Angelo Badalamenti
Original Music Composer
Freddie Francis
Director of Photography
Rick LeFevour
Stunt Coordinator
William McConnell
First Assistant Camera
Scott Andrew Ressler
Assistant Camera
Alain Sarde
Producer
Jack Fisk
Production Design
David Lynch
Director, Sound Designer
Jane Alderman
Casting