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.
Genre: Drama Actors: Anastasia Webb, Barbara June Patterson, Barbara Kingsley, Dan Flannery, Donald Wiegert, Ed Grennan, Everett McGill, Gil Pearson, Harry Dean Stanton, Jack Walsh, James Cada, Jane Galloway Heitz, Jim Haun, John Farley, John Lordan, Joseph A. Carpenter, Kevin Farley, Leroy Swadley, Matt Guidry, Ralph Feldhacker, Richard Farnsworth, Sally Wingert, Sissy Spacek, Tracey Maloney, Wiley Harker Directors: David Lynch
