Cinematic background from The Straight Story 1999 - 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.

The Straight Story

1999

Biography, Drama

Directors:
David Lynch
Writers:
Mary Sweeney, John Roach
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Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man with a white cowboy hat and beard; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man wearing a white cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man in a cowboy hat is looking at a tent; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – The sun is setting over a field of dry grass; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A man with a beard and a hat and a man with a beard and a tie; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man riding a tractor down a road; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A man sitting on top of a lawn mower in an enclosed area; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man riding a toy tractor across a bridge; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A man in a cowboy hat waves at a bus; Extreme Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A couple of trucks that are in the dirt; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man holding a stick near an overturned car; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A bald man looking out of a window at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man wearing a cowboy hat in the middle of a field; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A man on a tractor pulling a truck behind it; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man with a cowboy hat and a beard; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man lighting a match with a cigarette in his mouth; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man with a white beard wearing a cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man wearing a cowboy hat sitting in the driver's seat of a tractor; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man with a cowboy hat and a beard; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man wearing a cowboy hat looking up; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man wearing a white cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man wearing a cowboy hat and a plaid shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man with a beard wearing a cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man wearing a hat and a plaid shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man riding a tractor down a road; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man with a white beard wearing a cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man with a cowboy hat in a corn field; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A truck driving down a dirt road near a field; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man sitting on top of a green tractor; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man riding a tractor on a dirt road; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man with a beard wearing a black hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An empty road in the middle of an open field; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man riding in the back of a horse drawn carriage; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man wearing a cowboy hat sitting on the back of a tractor; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man with a gray beard wearing a cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A man standing on the side of a road next to a dead animal; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man wearing a cowboy hat and plaid shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man wearing a cowboy hat in the middle of a field; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man wearing a cowboy hat smoking a cigar; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man sitting on a tractor in a field; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man with a cowboy hat and a beard; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man with a white beard wearing a cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man sitting on top of a green tractor; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – Two men standing in front of a john deere tractor; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older woman smiling for the camera in a store; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A street scene with a truck and a building; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A group of bicyclists riding down a dirt road; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An aerial view of a truck driving down a road; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A man riding a tractor down a dirt road; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man with a beard and a plaid shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man wearing a cowboy hat standing next to a tractor; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man with a beard and a mustache; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old barn sitting on top of a grass covered hill; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A couple of men standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A man riding a tractor down a street; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An aerial view of an open field with green and brown grass; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A man wearing glasses and a priest's collar; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A woman standing on the side of a road holding a bag; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man with glasses and a beard; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A man wearing a cowboy hat in a field; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man wearing a cowboy hat talking on a cell phone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man wearing a cowboy hat sitting next to a fire; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A bus driving down a road next to a field; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man sitting in front of a store window; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man driving a tractor down a road; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man with a beard wearing a cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man sitting on top of a green tractor; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man riding a tractor in the rain; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A person wearing a white shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A man holding a wrench in front of another man's face; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man with a white beard wearing a cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A woman in a floral shirt is standing in a field; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man laying on the ground in a room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man sitting on top of a lawn mower; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man wearing a cowboy hat and jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – Two men are standing in front of a tractor; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man wearing a cowboy hat and plaid shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A dead antelope laying on the side of a road; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man with glasses is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man wearing a cowboy hat sitting on a bench; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man riding a tractor on the street; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man riding a tractor with a trailer; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A herd of cattle grazing on a lush green hillside; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A man riding a tractor down a dirt road; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man in a cowboy hat standing in a field; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A woman standing in the back of a car in a field; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A car driving down a road near a grassy field; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An old man sitting on a chair in front of a building; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A woman crying while talking on a phone; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A group of people sitting in lawn chairs on the grass; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man in a cowboy hat looking out the window of a truck; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A woman wearing an apron smiles at the camera; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man wearing a hat sitting in the driver's seat of a bus; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A person looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man standing in front of an old house; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – An older man wearing a cowboy hat and a plaid shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Straight Story” (1999), directed by David Lynch – A woman standing in a room with a smile on her face; Medium shot, Low angle