The Straight Story Certificate: 
- Duration:
- 112 mins
- Year produced:
- 1999
- Director:
- David Lynch
- Cast:
- Sissy Spacek
- Jane Galloway Heitz
- Joseph A. Carpenter
Based on real events, The Straight Story follows the journey across the American mid-west of Alvin Straight, an old man who learns the brother to who he hasn't spoken in years is seriously ill. Then and there, he decides he must see him at least once more before one of them passes away. Without a car, he instead sets off across the US on the only vehicle he can muster - a lawnmower. The Straight Story is a gentle, human film that moves at its own place - but which in its own way is as thrilling as any blockbuster.
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Fascinating facts
This was the first of director, David Lynch's films in which his parents appeared.