The Straight Story
Year | 1999 |
Starring | Harry Dean Stanton, Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek |
Director(s) | David Lynch |
Rating | G |
Genre(s) | Adventure, Biography, Drama |
Runtime | 112 min |
Seventy-three-year-old Alvin Straight leads a quiet life on his farm, keeping to himself and caring for his grown, slightly disabled daughter. He sets out to visit his estranged brother Lyle, and since his daughter can’t drive him there, he rides the whole way on the tractor, meeting the country’s most interesting people along the way.