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The Straight Story, 1999

Starring: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek

Directed by: David Lynch

Written by: Mary Sweeney

Language: English

Country: France, UK, USA

Runtime: 112 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:8.0

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The Straight Story can be described as uplifting, bittersweet, and emotional. The plot revolves around elderly characters, Americana, and redemption. The main genres are drama, independent, and adventure. In terms of style, The Straight Story has a road movie structure. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. The Straight Story is located in the USA. It takes place in the 1990s. The movie has received attention for being an award winner, critically acclaimed, and original.

Summary of The Straight Story

David Lynch's first foray into the land of Disney and G-ratings is a surprisingly gentle, hopeful, and irony-free crowd pleaser. The film tells the true story of Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth), a 73-year-old man who journeys from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin, on a John Deere lawn mower in order to visit his dying older brother, Lyle (Harry Dean Stanton). The estranged brothers haven't spoken in years because of their stubborn pride, but Lyle's recent stroke convinces Alvin that now is the time to make amends. Along the way he meets a host of interesting characters--including a pregnant runaway teenager, a sad World War II veteran, and a sympathetic priest--affecting them deeply with his unflinching spirit and belief in the power of familial love. As Straight, Farnsworth slips into the role he was born to play with an effortless grace. Sissy Spacek gives a heartbreaking turn as his afflicted daughter, Rose, who looks after her father and mourns for her children, who were cruelly taken away from her after a freak fire threatened their well-being. Angelo Badalamenti's acoustic, string-heavy score, coupled with 81-year-old Freddie Francis's golden cinematography, adds an even deeper grace to Lynch's touching family drama.

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Language:	English
Country:	France, UK, USA
Release date:	3 September 1999
Runtime:	112 min

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Richard Farnsworth

as Alvin Straight

Sissy Spacek

as Rose 'Rosie' Straight

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Richard Farnsworth as Alvin Straight in The Straight Story (1999)

Sissy Spacek and Richard Farnsworth in The Straight Story (1999)

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Chicago Tribune

A great, haunting film; it affects us in ways we're not used to...it is capable of both lifting our hearts and chilling us to the bone. Full Review

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by: Michael Wilmington

San Francisco Chronicle

All the actors are good, but it's Farnsworth's brilliantly simple performance that brings The Straight Story so close to greatness. Full Review

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by: Edward Guthmann

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the best music ever! Read and rate it

30.December.2010
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by: kyselina
kyselina rated this movie8/10Great

In depicting Iowa farmer Alvin Straight's odd tractor journey, director David Lynch at approaches the rural Midwest -- appropriately -- like an explorer landing on the moon: he pans across a backyard scene of an overweight neighbor arranging her... Read and rate it

22.March.2009
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by: thattherepaul
thattherepaul rated this movie10/10Must See

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