Overview - The Straight Story
Date of release

Budget
$10,000,000.00
Revenue
$6,418,028.00
Spoken Languages
- English
Production companies
Name: Les Films Alain Sarde
Production country France
Name: Picture Factory
Production country United States of America
Name: Le Studio Canal+
Production country France
Name: Film4 Productions
Production country United Kingdom
Overview
A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle 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.
Cast
Name: Richard Farnsworth
Character: Alvin
Popularity: 0.8333
Name: Sissy Spacek
Character: Rose
Popularity: 1.6472
Name: Jane Galloway Heitz
Character: Dorothy
Popularity: 0.2475
Name: Joseph A. Carpenter
Character: Bud
Popularity: 0.0645
Name: Donald Wiegert
Character: Sig
Popularity: 0.0443
Name: Tracey Maloney
Character: Nurse
Popularity: 0.0454
Name: Dan Flannery
Character: Doctor Gibbons
Popularity: 0.1653
Name: Jennifer Edwards
Character: Brenda
Popularity: 0.0214