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The Straight Story (1999)

Oct 15, 1999 · 1h 52m

7.7/10 TMDB user score
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A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.

Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a severe stroke. 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.

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Top cast

  • Richard Farnsworth Richard Farnsworth Alvin
  • Sissy Spacek Sissy Spacek Rose
  • Jane Galloway Heitz Jane Galloway Heitz Dorothy
  • Joseph A. Carpenter Bud
  • Donald Wiegert Sig
  • Tracey Maloney Nurse
  • Dan Flannery Dan Flannery Doctor Gibbons
  • Jennifer Edwards Brenda
  • Ed Grennan Pete
  • Jack Walsh Jack Walsh Apple
  • Gil Pearson Bus Driver
  • Barbara June Patterson Woman on Bus
  • Everett McGill Everett McGill Tom the John Deere Dealer
  • Anastasia Webb Crystal
  • Matt Guidry Steve
  • Bill McCallum Bill McCallum Rat

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