Movie · 112 min · T · drm
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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Available on 24 platforms across 8 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 17 countries, best placed at #249 in Italy.
- Italy #249
- Spain #526
- Greece #605
- Turkey #647
- United Kingdom #660
- Canada #666
- Portugal #695
- South Korea #699
- France #700
- Australia #703
- Taiwan #705
- United States #712
- Germany #713
- New Zealand #734
- Belgium #782
- Poland #782
- Czech Republic #793
Available languages
Audio: ES-419, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, ES-419, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish
Chart history
The Straight Story has spent 2 days in a top 3, 3 days in a top 10 and 38 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #3.
Cast
Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter, Donald Wiegert, Tracey Maloney, Dan Flannery, Jennifer Edwards, Ed Grennan, Jack Walsh, Gil Pearson, Barbara June Patterson, Everett McGill, Anastasia Webb, Matt Guidry, Bill McCallum, Barbara E. Robertson, James Cada
Crew
David Lynch (director), Neal Edelstein (producer), Mary Sweeney (producer)
Awards
5 wins from 14 nominations.
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead 2000 — won
- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor 1999 — won
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 1999 — won
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films — won
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films — won
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Director 2000 — nominated
- Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay 2000 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Actor 2000 — nominated
- Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture 2000 — nominated
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead 2000 — nominated
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography 1999 — nominated
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 1999 — nominated
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama 1999 — nominated
- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score 1999 — nominated