The Straight Story is a 1999 film based on the true story of Alvin Straight to visit his brother who is in ill health. Straight traveled from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin on a lawnmower.
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| - The Straight Story is a 1999 film based on the true story of Alvin Straight to visit his brother who is in ill health. Straight traveled from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin on a lawnmower.
- Alvin Straight, an elderly man living with his brain-damaged daughter Rose, hears that his estranged brother Lyle has had a stroke. Disappointed that he's never made up for the incident that (he was drunk at the time) led to their split so he goes to apologize. But he's almost blind, half paralyzed and unable to drive or walk long distances. Unwilling to let life end this way, he begins riding on his lawnmower and goes to make amends. David Lynch, the master of High Octane Nightmare Fuel, directs the sweetest, gentlest movie you could imagine.
- The Straight Story is based on the true story of Alvin Straight's journey across Iowa and Wisconsin on a lawnmower. Alvin (played by Richard Farnsworth) is an elderly World War II veteran who lives with his daughter Rose (Sissy Spacek), a kind woman with a mental disability. When he hears that his estranged brother Lyle (Harry Dean Stanton) has suffered a stroke, Alvin makes up his mind to go visit him and hopefully make amends before he dies. But because Alvin's legs and eyes are too impaired for him to receive a driving license, he hitches a trailer to his recently purchased thirty year-old John Deere 110 Lawn tractor and sets off on the 240-mile journey from Laurens, Iowa to Mount Zion, Wisconsin.
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| - The Straight Story is a 1999 film based on the true story of Alvin Straight to visit his brother who is in ill health. Straight traveled from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin on a lawnmower.
- Alvin Straight, an elderly man living with his brain-damaged daughter Rose, hears that his estranged brother Lyle has had a stroke. Disappointed that he's never made up for the incident that (he was drunk at the time) led to their split so he goes to apologize. But he's almost blind, half paralyzed and unable to drive or walk long distances. Unwilling to let life end this way, he begins riding on his lawnmower and goes to make amends. David Lynch, the master of High Octane Nightmare Fuel, directs the sweetest, gentlest movie you could imagine. Not to be confused with Straight Story, a Greek movie about straight couples in a gay world.
- The Straight Story is based on the true story of Alvin Straight's journey across Iowa and Wisconsin on a lawnmower. Alvin (played by Richard Farnsworth) is an elderly World War II veteran who lives with his daughter Rose (Sissy Spacek), a kind woman with a mental disability. When he hears that his estranged brother Lyle (Harry Dean Stanton) has suffered a stroke, Alvin makes up his mind to go visit him and hopefully make amends before he dies. But because Alvin's legs and eyes are too impaired for him to receive a driving license, he hitches a trailer to his recently purchased thirty year-old John Deere 110 Lawn tractor and sets off on the 240-mile journey from Laurens, Iowa to Mount Zion, Wisconsin. The film follows the story of Alvin's six-week journey across rural America, the people he meets, his impact on their lives, and theirs on his. It has been called a modern odyssey of a man dealing with his own mortality and mistakes and the lasting bonds of family.
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