The Straight Story (1999)
"A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way."
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Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. 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.
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Cast
Richard Farnsworth
Alvin
Sissy Spacek
Rose
Jane Galloway Heitz
Dorothy
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Joseph A. Carpenter
Bud
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Donald Wiegert
Sig
Tracey Maloney
Nurse
Dan Flannery
Doctor Gibbons
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Jennifer Edwards
Brenda
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Ed Grennan
Pete
Jack Walsh
Apple
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Gil Pearson
Bus Driver
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Barbara June Patterson
Woman on Bus
Everett McGill
Tom the John Deere D...
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Anastasia Webb
Crystal
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Matt Guidry
Steve