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The Straight Story

The Straight StoryActors: Sissy Spacek, Richard Farnsworth, Donald Wiegert, Tracey Maloney, Dan Flannery
Studio: Walt Disney Video

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Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 112 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6

MPN: 717951010117
UPC: 717951010117
EAN: 0717951010117

Release Date: November 7, 2000
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Based on the true story that captured the hearts of America, THE STRAIGHT STORY is one of those rare films offering powerful, uplifting entertainment for audiences of all ages. Directed by acclaimed director David Lynch (WILD AT HEART, MULHOLLAND DRIVE), this gentle, inspiring film celebrates the human spirit. Richard Farnsworth (MISERY, THE NATURAL) stars as Alvin Straight -- a no-nonsense man who has never been one to lean on others. Now at an age when his eyesight denies him the ability to drive and walking is accomplished only with the help of two canes, Alvin lives a quiet life with his daughter Rose (Sissy Spacek). But when the call comes that Alvin's estranged brother Lyle (Harry Dean Stanton, THE GREEN MILE) has suffered a debilitating stroke, Alvin embarks on a dangerous and emotional journey to make amends. With little money, but plenty of patience and tenacity, he climbs aboard his 1966 John Deere lawnmower and plots the 260-mile course from his small Iowa town to Lyle's home in Wisconsin. Filmed along the actual route that the real Alvin Straight traveled in 1994, THE STRAIGHT STORY is a heartwarming and poignant drama chronicling Alvin's six-week odyssey and the many lives he touches along the way.

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Alfonso Cuaron
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Anthony Asquith
Atom Egoyan
Barbet Schroeder
Bernardo Bertolucci
Carl Theodor Dreyer
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Catherine Breillat
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Fritz Lang
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Guy Maddin
Hal Hartley
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Hiroshi Inagaki
Ingmar Bergman
Jacques Becker
Jacques Tati
Jane Campion
Jean Renoir
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jim Jarmusch
John Cassavetes
John Sayles
John Waters
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kon Ichikawa
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Lars Von Trier
Lasse Hallstrom
Louis Malle
Luchino Visconti
Luis Bunuel
Marcel Carne
Marco Bellocchio
Masaki Kobayashi
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Todd Haynes
Todd Solondz
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