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    Everett McGill

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    Tom the John Deere Dealer

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    The Straight Story 1999 POSTER

    The Straight Story

    1999

    English

    8.0

    64

    95%

    91%

    Action

    based on a true story

    Biography

    Drama

    iowa

    lawnmower

    mississippi river

    sibling relationship

    wisconsin

    David Lynch David Lynch Director Jeremy Kent Jackson Jeremy Kent Jackson as Andy Harry Dean Stanton Harry Dean Stanton as Lyle Sissy Spacek Sissy Spacek as Rose Everett McGill Everett McGill as Tom the John Deere Dealer
    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.
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