The Straight Story
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A seventy-three-year-old farmer with no car and no license drives his lawnmower 240 miles across Iowa to reconcile with his estranged, ailing brother.
Why watch: Lynch's only G-rated film. Farnsworth was terminally ill and earned an Oscar nomination at 79.
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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
Gil Pearson as Bus Driver
Barbara June Patterson as Woman on Bus
Everett McGill as Tom the John Deere Dealer
Anastasia Webb as Crystal
Matt Guidry as Steve
Crew
David Lynch — Director
John Roach — Writer
Mary Sweeney — Writer
Pierre Edelman — Executive Producer
Neal Edelstein — Producer
Michael Polaire — Executive Producer
Mary Sweeney — Producer
Alain Sarde — Producer
Jane Alderman — Casting
Lynn Blumenthal — Casting
Freddie Francis — Director of Photography
Mary Sweeney — Editor
Jack Fisk — Production Design
Patricia Norris — Costume Design
Angelo Badalamenti — Original Music Composer
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