The Straight Story (1999)

Written by John Roach, Mary Sweeney

Directed by David Lynch

Running Time: 100 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1999

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: France/UK/USA

Filmed in Colour

Based on a the true story of Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth) who in 1994 travelled 240 miles across the American state of Iowa to visit his brother who had recently suffered a heart attack. The trouble was Alvin's eyesight was too poor for him to drive a car and his legs weren't what they used to be. So he travelled the entire way on a 1960's riding lawnmower a journey that took him in total 6 weeks

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Cast

	Sissy Spacek		Rose 'Rosie' Straight
	Jane Galloway Heitz		Dorothy
	Joseph A. Carpenter		Bud
	Donald Wiegert		Sig
	Richard Farnsworth		Alvin Straight
	Tracey Maloney		Nurse
	Dan Flannery		Doctor Gibbons
	Jennifer Edwards-Hughes		The Grocery Clerk
	Ed Grennan		Pete
	Jack Walsh		Apple
	Max the Wonder Dog		Farm Dog
	Gil Pearson		Sun Ray Tours Bus Driver
	Barbara June Patterson		Woman on Bus
	Everett McGill		Tom the John Deere Dealer
	Anastasia Webb		Crystal