The Straight Story (1999)

The Straight Story (1999) (Blu-Ray) (*)

$24.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
British Independent Film Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
European Film Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( DTS 5.1 )
German ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
112 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
David Lynch

Written By:
John Roach
Mary Sweeney

Actors:
Sissy Spacek ..... Rose
Jane Galloway Heitz ..... Dorothy
Joseph A. Carpenter ..... Bud
Donald Wiegert ..... Sig
Richard Farnsworth ..... Alvin
Tracey Maloney ..... Nurse
Dan Flannery ..... Doctor Gibbons
Jennifer Edwards-Hughes ..... Brenda
Ed Grennan ..... Pete
Jack Walsh ..... Apple
Max the Wonder Dog ..... Farm Dog
Gil Pearson ..... Bus Driver
Barbara June Patterson ..... Woman on Bus
Everett McGill ..... Tom the John Deere Dealer
Anastasia Webb ..... Crystal
Matt Guidry ..... Steve
Bill McCallum ..... Rat
Barbara E. Robertson ..... Deer Woman
James Cada ..... Danny Riordan
Sally Wingert ..... Darla Riordan
Barbara Kingsley ..... Janet Johnson
Jim Haun ..... Johnny Johnson
Wiley Harker ..... Verlyn Heller
Randy Wiedenhoff ..... Fireman #1
Jerry E. Anderson ..... Fireman #2
Kevin P. Farley ..... Harald
John Farley ..... Thorvald
John Lordan ..... Priest
Garrett Sweeney ..... Boy in Truck
Peter Sweeney ..... Boy in Truck
Tommy Fahey ..... Boy in Truck
Matt Fahey ..... Boy in Truck
Dan Fahey ..... Boy in Truck
Russ Reed ..... Mt. Zion Bartender
Leroy Swadley ..... Bar Patron
Ralph Feldhacker ..... Farmer on Tractor
Harry Dean Stanton ..... Lyle
Stephen Cinabro ..... Policeman
Gary D'Amico ..... Cyclist #1
George A. Farr ..... Wendell
Jeremy Kent Jackson ..... Andy
Lana Schwab ..... Old Lady #1

Synopsis:

Seventy-three year old Alvin Straight is a simple living and stubborn man who lives on his social security. He needs to do things on his own terms. He is in failing health. Both his hips are shot, which requires him to use two canes to walk. He is diabetic. He has emphysema from years of smoking. And he has poor eyesight. Beyond the obvious maladies, he doesn't tell his mentally disabled daughter Rose, who lives with him, of many of these issues. He learns that his brother Lyle Straight, from who he has been estranged for ten years, has just suffered a heart attack. Because of both his and Lyle's mortality, Alvin wants to make peace with his brother before it's too late, which means traveling from his home in the rural town of Laurens, Iowa to Lyle's home in rural Mount Zion, Wisconsin. As with other issues in his life, he needs to make the trip on his own terms, which means on his own. As he doesn't possess a driver's license and since his eyesight is bad, he decides to make the trip driving his aged riding lawn mover towing a trailer which will carry his gear and double as his sleeping quarters. After one mis-start, he is on his way. On that trip, he affects and is affected by those he encounters. But he just hopes that he can finish the trip the way he started it, and before either he, Lyle or the lawn mower give out for good.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2022.