- 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)
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- CategoryFiction
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- 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)
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