Product Information
The true story of how seventy-three year old Alvin Straight, who is determined to make it up with his ailing elder brother, travels the three hundred miles on his lawnmower!.Product Identifiers
ProducerNeal Edelstein, Mary Sweeney, Alain Sarde
EAN5014138290757
eBay Product ID (ePID)3943491
Product Key Features
ActorJane Heitz, Barbara E. Robertson, Harry Dean Stanton, Sissy Spacek, John Farley, Jennifer Edwards-Hughes, John Lordan, Everett McGill, Richard Farnsworth
Film/TV TitleThe Straight Story
DirectorDavid Lynch
LanguageEnglish
Run Time107 Mins
Aspect Ratio2.35 Wide Screen
Release Year2002
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, Theatrical Trailer\Scene Index\Interactive Menu
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
CertificateU
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerAngelo Badalamenti
Production DesignerJack Fisk
Additional InformationDavid Lynch's first foray into the land of Disney and G-ratings is a surprisingly gentle, hopeful, and irony-free crowd pleaser. The film tells the true story of Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth), a 73-year-old man who journeys from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin, on a John Deere lawn mower in order to visit his dying older brother, Lyle (Harry Dean Stanton). The estranged brothers haven't spoken in years because of their stubborn pride, but Lyle's recent stroke convinces Alvin that now is the time to make amends. Along the way he meets a host of interesting characters--including a pregnant runaway teenager, a sad World War II veteran, and a sympathetic priest--affecting them deeply with his unflinching spirit and belief in the power of familial love. As Straight, Farnsworth slips into the role he was born to play with an effortless grace. Sissy Spacek gives a heartbreaking turn as his afflicted daughter, Rose, who looks after her father and mourns for her children, who were cruelly taken away from her after a freak fire threatened their well-being. Angelo Badalamenti's acoustic, string-heavy score, coupled with 81-year-old Freddie Francis's golden cinematography, adds an even deeper grace to Lynch's touching family drama.
ReviewsEsquire - Masterpiece, genius, classic[...]utterly, utterly great, Premiere - "...A gentle dirge to lost youth and lost time..." -- 4 out of 5 stars, Rolling Stone - Ranked #8 in Rolling Stone's "Ten Best Movies of 1999" -- "...[THE STRAIGHT STORY] rides to glory...", Sight and Sound - ...Not a single kink....There's lot to admire about the film..., Uncut - Lynch's best film
ScreenwriterMary Sweeney, John Roach
Costume DesignerPatricia Norris
Format DescriptionDVD 9
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
EditorMary Sweeney
Movie/TV TitleThe Straight Story
Director of PhotographyFreddie Francis