The Straight Story

About The Straight Story

Retired 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.

The Straight Story is a 1999 drama film directed by David Lynch. At 112 minutes long, it arrived in October 1999.

The film is filed under melancholy, brother brother relationship, road movie, and wonder. The story is adapted from real events.

Richard Farnsworth stars as Alvin, Sissy Spacek as Rose, Jane Galloway Heitz as Dorothy, and Joseph A. Carpenter as Bud. The screenplay is by John Roach and Mary Sweeney. Produced by Le Studio Canal+. In the United States it streams on Disney Plus.

The Miracle Season, Into the Wild, and Little Miss Sunshine make useful companions to The Straight Story, all filed under modest and nostalgic. TMDB voters put it at 7.7 out of 10 across 1,909 votes and it carries a G rating.