The Straight Story (1999)
Movie
Retired farmer and widower 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. He then has the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
Directed By : David Lynch
Genres : Drama
Status : Released
Released : Oct 15, 1999
Tagline : A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.
Length : 112 minutes
Cast
- Richard Farnsworth
- Sissy Spacek
- Jane Galloway Heitz
- Joseph A. Carpenter
- Donald Wiegert
- Tracey Maloney
- Dan Flannery
- Jennifer Edwards
- Ed Grennan
- Jack Walsh
- Gil Pearson
- Barbara June Patterson
- Everett McGill
- Anastasia Webb
- Matt Guidry
- Bill McCallum
- Barbara E. Robertson
- James Cada
- Sally Wingert
- Barbara Kingsley
- Jim Haun
- Wiley Harker
- Randy Wiedenhoff
- Jerry E. Anderson
- Kevin Farley
- John Farley
- John Lordan
- Garrett Sweeney
- Peter Sweeney
- Tommy Fahey
- Matt Fahey
- Dan Fahey
- Russ Reed
- Leroy Swadley
- Ralph Feldhacker
- Harry Dean Stanton
Crew
- Set Decoration : Barbara Haberecht
- Director : David Lynch
- Production Design : Jack Fisk
- Producer : Neal Edelstein
- Music Editor : Walter Spencer
- Producer : Mary Sweeney
- Casting : Lynn Blumenthal
- Executive Producer : Michael Polaire
- Casting : Jane Alderman
- Executive Producer : Pierre Edelman
- Costume Design : Patricia Norris
- Director of Photography : Freddie Francis
- Editor : Mary Sweeney
- Sound Effects Editor : Doug Jackson
- Makeup Artist : Bob Harper
- Assistant Art Director : Chris Kennedy
- Costume Supervisor : W.T. Zacha
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer : John Neff
- Sound Designer : David Lynch
- First Assistant Editor : Hilary Schroeder
- Foley Artist : Diane Marshall
- Location Sound Mixer : Susumu Tokunow
- Lead Painter : Steven Kerlagon
- Carpenter : Timothy W. Lobdell
- Art Department Assistant : Trini Wilt
- Set Costumer : Susan Lichtman
- Second Assistant Camera : Bill McConnell Jr.
- Aerial Camera : Scott Smith
- Extras Casting : Joan Philo
- Second Assistant Director : Simone Farber
- Swing : Thomas Traugott
- Supervising Sound Editor : Ronald Eng
- Special Effects Makeup Artist : Crist Ballas
- First Assistant Director : Scott Cameron
- Stunt Coordinator : Rick LeFevour
- Chief Lighting Technician : Richard Alarian
- Boom Operator : Earl Sampson
- Dolly Grip : Michael Fedack
- Camera Operator : Gordon Hayman
- Electrician : Joshua E. Smith
- Casting Associate : Nancy Briggs
- Hairstylist : Sally J. Harper
- Foley Supervisor : Howard Neiman
- Best Boy Grip : Keith Bunting
- First Assistant Camera : William McConnell
- Assistant Property Master : Johnny D. Culley
- Leadman : David Hack
- Stunt Double : Rudy J. Calzavara
- Sound Engineer : Bryan Arenas
- Assistant Camera : Scott Andrew Ressler
- Second Second Assistant Director : Eric Sherman
- Construction Coordinator : David Wilt
- Special Effects Assistant : Mike Weesner
- Foley Recordist : Mary Erstad
- Foley Artist : David Lee Fein
- Dialogue Editor : Walter Spencer
- Aerial Camera : Brendan David Butler
- Aerial Director of Photography : David B. Nowell
- Camera Loader : Kathryn Roberts
- Special Effects : Gary D'Amico
- Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer : Patrick Giraudi
- Grip : Ron Burchfield
- Property Master : Sean Everett
- Stunt Coordinator : James Fierro
- Electrician : Amy Alarian
- Aerial Director of Photography : David L. Butler
- Grip : Eric Ritter
- Electrician : Wilson Webb
- Foley Editor : Howard Neiman
- Grip : Edgar Martin
- Casting Associate : Catherine Head
- Hairstylist : Deborah K. Dee
- Casting Associate : Sarah Jane Hill
- Swing : Shane Patrick
- Sound Effects Editor : Ronald Eng
- Foley Recordist : Lucy Sustar
- Key Grip : Don Cerrone
- Assistant Chief Lighting Technician : Steven R. Morales
- Extras Casting Assistant : Vicki Jo Hertz
- Original Music Composer : Angelo Badalamenti
- Producer : Alain Sarde
- Writer : John Roach
- Writer : Mary Sweeney