Movie Details

Title

The Straight Story

Overview

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.

Runtime

1 h 52 min

Release Date

15 October 1999

Actors

Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter, Donald Wiegert, Tracey Maloney, Dan Flannery, Ed Grennan, Jack Walsh, Gil Pearson, Barbara June Patterson, Everett McGill, James Cada, Sally Wingert, Barbara Kingsley, Jim Haun, Kevin Farley, John Farley, Leroy Swadley, Ralph Feldhacker, Harry Dean Stanton, Anastasia Webb, John Lordan, Matt Guidry, Wiley Harker

Certification

G

Genres

Drama

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