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The STRAIGHT STORY
(1999)
List of alternative names
- HISTOIRE VRAIE
- Copyright date
- 1999
- Production start date
- 14/09/1998
- Production end date
- Not available
Production countries
- USA
- France
- Great Britain
- Notes
- Not available
Library Synopsis
Drama. Alvin Straight is a 73-year-old widower who lives with his daughter in a small town in Iowa. Alvin's health is failing, mainly due to his staunch refusal to see a doctor, until he becomes ill and is taken to hospital. Shortly afterwards he hears that his brother has suffered a stroke, and he becomes determined to visit him in Wisconsin - by any...
Top five credits
- Director
- LYNCH, David
- Copyright/©
- Straight Story Inc.
- Production Company
- Picture Factory
- Presented by
- SARDE, Alain
- Presented with Le
- Studio Canal+
Top five cast
- Alvin Straight
- FARNSWORTH, Richard
- Rose Straight
- SPACEK, Sissy
- Lyle Straight
- STANTON, Harry Dean
- Tom the John Deere dealer
- McGILL, Everett
- Thorvald Olsen
- FARLEY, John