The Straight Story (1999)

Synopsis

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. 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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Where to watch

Stream

• Disney Plus
• Criterion Channel

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Cast

• Richard Farnsworth as Alvin
• Sissy Spacek as Rose
• Jane Galloway Heitz as Dorothy
• Joseph A. Carpenter as Bud
• Donald Wiegert as Sig
• Tracey Maloney as Nurse
• Dan Flannery as Doctor Gibbons
• Jennifer Edwards as Brenda
• Ed Grennan as Pete
• Jack Walsh as Apple

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