The Straight Story
Directed by David Lynch
Starring Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter, Donald Wiegert, Tracey Maloney, Dan Flannery, Jennifer Edwards, Ed Grennan, Jack Walsh
Sad / low
ExhaustedRetired 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.
- Original language
- English
- Screenplay
- John Roach, Mary Sweeney
- Music
- Angelo Badalamenti
- Cinematography
- Freddie Francis, David L. Butler
- Cast
- Joseph A. Carpenter, Donald Wiegert, Tracey Maloney, Dan Flannery, Jennifer Edwards, Ed Grennan, Jack Walsh, Gil Pearson, Barbara June Patterson
Updated July 22, 2026
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