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The Straight Story

Director: David Lynch Run Time: 112 min. Format: 35mm Rating: G Release Year: 1999

Starring: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Harry Dean Stanton

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth) learns one day that his distant brother Lyle (Harry Dean Stanton) 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.

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