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    The Straight Story

    G1999 · Drama · 1h 51m

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  1. Oct 15, 1999 · The movie isn't just about the old Alvin Straight's odyssey through the sleepy towns and rural districts of the Midwest, but about the people he finds to listen and care for him. You'd think it was a fantasy, this kindness of strangers, if the movie weren't based on a true story.

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  3. 95% Tomatometer 110 Reviews 91% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth) learns one day that his distant brother Lyle (Harry...

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    • Richard Farnsworth
  4. The Straight Story Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Joe Lipsett Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network. A sweet, simple story that feels unorthodox for Lynch, but...

  5. 'The Straight Story' stars Richard Farnsworth as Alvin Straight, delivering a tour de force performance of great emotional sagacity and depth. He is completely authentic and utterly charming, carrying with him a mournful air that is most affecting.

  6. Coming straight from his Eagle Scout’s heart, “The Straight Story” is David Lynch’s simplest, most straightforward and most mature film to date. The bizarre noir sensibility that has ...

  7. The Straight Story is a 1999 biographical road drama film directed by David Lynch. It was edited and produced by Mary Sweeney, Lynch's longtime partner and collaborator, who also co-wrote the script with John E. Roach. It is based on the true story of Alvin Straight's 1994 journey across Iowa and Wisconsin on a lawn mower.

  8. Nov 3, 1999 · The Straight Story: Directed by David Lynch. With Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter, Donald Wiegert. Alvin Straight, a 73-year-old, learns that his estranged brother, Lyle is critically ill.

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