The Straight Story (1999)
The Straight Story (1999)
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Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Richard Farnsworth
Alvin
Sissy Spacek
Rose
Harry Dean Stanton
Lyle
Jane Galloway Heitz
Dorothy
Joseph A. Carpenter
Bud
Donald Wiegert
Sig
Tracey Maloney
Nurse
Dan Flannery
Doctor Gibbons
Jennifer Edwards
Brenda
Ed Grennan
Pete
Jack Walsh
Apple
Gil Pearson
Bus Driver
Barbara June Patterson
Woman on Bus
Everett McGill
Tom the John Deere Dealer
Anastasia Webb
Crystal
Matt Guidry
Steve
Bill McCallum
Rat
Barbara E. Robertson
Deer Woman
James Cada
Danny Riordan
Sally Wingert
Darla Riordan
Barbara Kingsley
Janet Johnson
Jim Haun
Johnny Johnson
Wiley Harker
Verlyn Heller
Randy Wiedenhoff
Fireman #1
Jerry E. Anderson
Fireman #2
Kevin Farley
Harald
John Farley
Thorvald
John Lordan
Priest
Garrett Sweeney
Boy in Truck
Peter Sweeney
Boy in Truck
Tommy Fahey
Boy in Truck
Matt Fahey
Boy in Truck
Dan Fahey
Boy in Truck
Russ Reed
Mt. Zion Bartender
Leroy Swadley
Bar Patron
Ralph Feldhacker
Farmer on Tractor
Barbara Haberecht
Set Decoration
Mary Sweeney
Editor / Producer / Screenplay
Neal Edelstein
Producer
Lynn Blumenthal
Casting
David Lynch
Director / Sound Designer
Jane Alderman
Casting
Jack Fisk
Production Design
Michael Polaire
Executive Producer
Walter Spencer
Music Editor / Dialogue Editor
John Roach
Screenplay
Patricia Norris
Costume Design
Freddie Francis
Director of Photography
Pierre Edelman
Executive Producer
Hilary Schroeder
First Assistant Editor
Angelo Badalamenti
Original Music Composer
Bob Harper
Makeup Artist
Chris Kennedy
Assistant Art Director
Doug Jackson
Sound Effects Editor
John Neff
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
W.T. Zacha
Costume Supervisor
Crist Ballas
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Deborah K. Dee
Hairstylist
Sally J. Harper
Hairstylist
Scott Cameron
First Assistant Director
Simone Farber
Second Assistant Director
Eric Sherman
Second Second Assistant Director
Johnny D. Culley
Assistant Property Master
Sean Everett
Property Master
David Hack
Leadman
Steven Kerlagon
Lead Painter
Timothy W. Lobdell
Carpenter
David Wilt
Construction Coordinator
Trini Wilt
Art Department Assistant
Shane Patrick
Swing
Thomas Traugott
Swing
Susan Lichtman
Set Costumer
Rick LeFevour
Stunt Coordinator
James Fierro
Stunt Coordinator
Rudy J. Calzavara
Stunt Double
Gary D'Amico
Special Effects
Mike Weesner
Special Effects Assistant
Bryan Arenas
Sound Engineer
Ronald Eng
Sound Effects Editor / Supervising Sound Editor
Mary Erstad
Foley Recordist
David Lee Fein
Foley Artist
Patrick Giraudi
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Diane Marshall
Foley Artist
Howard Neiman
Foley Editor / Foley Supervisor
Earl Sampson
Boom Operator
Lucy Sustar
Foley Recordist
Susumu Tokunow
Location Sound Mixer
Richard Alarian
Chief Lighting Technician
Amy Alarian
Electrician
Keith Bunting
Best Boy Grip
Ron Burchfield
Grip
Brendan David Butler
Aerial Camera
David L. Butler
Aerial Director of Photography
Don Cerrone
Key Grip
Michael Fedack
Dolly Grip
Gordon Hayman
Camera Operator
Edgar Martin
Grip
Bill McConnell Jr.
Second Assistant Camera
Bill McConnell Sr.
First Assistant Camera
Steven R. Morales
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
David B. Nowell
Aerial Director of Photography
Scott Andrew Ressler
Assistant Camera
Eric Ritter
Grip
Kathryn Roberts
Camera Loader
Joshua E. Smith
Electrician
Scott Smith
Aerial Camera
Wilson Webb
Electrician
Nancy Briggs
Casting Associate
Catherine Head
Casting Associate
Vicki Jo Hertz
Extras Casting Assistant
Sarah Jane Hill
Casting Associate
Joan Philo
Extras Casting
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 15, 1999
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Content RatingG
Budget$10,000,000
Box Office$6,418,028
Genres
Wiki.
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. Alvin is an elderly World War II veteran who lives with his kind intellectually disabled daughter. When he hears that his estranged brother has suffered a stroke, Alvin makes up his mind to visit him and hopefully make amends before he dies. Because Alvin's legs and eyes are too impaired for him to receive a driver's license, he hitches a trailer to his recently purchased thirty-year-old John Deere 110 Lawn Tractor, having a maximum speed of about 5 miles per hour (2.2 m/s; 8.0 km/h), and sets off on the 240-mile (390 km) journey from Laurens, Iowa, to Mount Zion, Wisconsin.
The Straight Story was released by Buena Vista Pictures (under the Walt Disney Pictures banner) in the United States, and was a critical success, though it underperformed at the box office. Reviewers praised the intensity of the character performances, particularly the realistic dialogue which film critic Roger Ebert compared to the works of Ernest Hemingway. It received a nomination for the Palme d'Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and Farnsworth received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.