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- BFI identifier509012
- Date1999 (Copyright)
1999-12-03 (Release) - Production countryUSA, France, United Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisDrama based on the true story of how 73 year old Alvin Straight travelled three hundred miles across Iowa and Wisconsin to visit his ailing brother, riding a 1966 John Dere lawnmower. (Synopsis) Drama. Alvin Straight is a 73-year-old widower who lives with his daughter in a small town in Iowa. Alvin's health is failing, mainly due to his staunch refusal to see a doctor, until he becomes ill and is taken to hospital. Shortly afterwards he hears that his brother has suffered a stroke, and he becomes determined to visit him in Wisconsin - by any means possible. (Synopsis)
- Work historyFilmed in sequence.
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- Credits
- CastRichard Farnsworth (Alvin Straight)
Sissy Spacek (Rose Straight)
Harry Dean Stanton (Lyle Straight)
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Title
The Straight Story (Original)
Une Histoire Vraie (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/83EA-7C95-DBDB-9EB9-B0F2-5Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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- Film / Video
Digital Betacam - Video - Status pending
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- StillsPhotograph: transparency - Portrait - Colour - bfi-00n-mui
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-mah
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-23l
view all - ArticlesEmpire n132 June 2000 - Video ReviewSight and Sound v9 n12 December 1999 - Credits, Review, SynopsisVariety 24 May 1999 - Credits, Review, Synopsisview all
- Books
- +The Straight Story
Work - 509012 - 1999 (Copyright)
USA - Film - Fiction
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