A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, 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. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Harry Dean Stanton, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter, Donald Wiegert
Crew: Pierre Edelman (Executive Producer), Neal Edelstein (Producer), Lynn Blumenthal (Casting), Walter Spencer (Music Editor), Michael Polaire (Executive Producer), Mary Sweeney (Screenplay)
Country: France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Les Films Alain Sarde, The Picture Factory, StudioCanal, Film4 Productions, The Straight Story, Inc
Runtime: 112 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 15, 1999
IMDb: 3.274
