The Straight Story

Name: The Straight Story
Director: David Lynch
Genre: Drama
Released: 1999-10-15
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 7.7

Drama

Story Synopsis

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.

Director David Lynch

Screenplay / Writers John Roach, Mary Sweeney

Top Billed Cast

Richard Farnsworth Sissy Spacek Jane Galloway Heitz Joseph A. Carpenter Donald Wiegert Tracey Maloney Dan Flannery Jennifer Edwards