A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.
Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a severe stroke. 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.
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Character
Earnest, contemplative, meticulous and grave.
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- rawmeticulous
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Richard FarnsworthAlvin
- Sissy SpacekRose
- Jane Galloway HeitzDorothy
- Joseph A. CarpenterBud
- Donald WiegertSig
- Tracey MaloneyNurse
- Dan FlanneryDoctor Gibbons
- Jennifer EdwardsBrenda
- Ed GrennanPete
- Jack WalshApple
Crew
- David LynchDirector
- John RoachWriter
- Mary SweeneyWriter
- Freddie FrancisDirector of Photography
- Angelo BadalamentiOriginal Music Composer
- Mary SweeneyEditor
- Neal EdelsteinProducer
- Mary SweeneyProducer
- Alain SardeProducer
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
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