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The Straight Story (1999)

Name: The Straight Story
Director: David Lynch
Genre: drama film, adventure film, road movie
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 8

The Straight Story is a 1999 biographical road drama film directed by David Lynch. It was edited and produced by Mary Sweeney, Lynch's longtime filmmaking partner and collaborator, who also co-wrote the script with John E. Roach. It is based on the true story of Alvin Straight's 1994 journey across Iowa and Wisconsin on a lawn mower. In contrast to Lynch's usual work featuring surrealist imagery and adult themes,…

Directed by David Lynch · Shot by Freddie Francis · Cut by Mary Sweeney · Music by Angelo Badalamenti · 108 min

Behind the scenes

Who Watches the Watchlist? | The Killer, The Straight Story — Eyebrow Cinema · 32 min

Elsewhere

More by David Lynch

Hotel Room
Ronnie Rocket
Six Men Getting Sick — 1967
The Alphabet — 1968
The Grandmother — 1970
The Amputee — 1974
Eraserhead — 1977
The Elephant Man — 1980
Dune — 1984
Blue Velvet — 1986
The Cowboy and the Frenchman — 1988
The French as Seen By... — 1988
Twin Peaks. Pilot Episode — 1989
Wild at Heart — 1990
Industrial Symphony No. 1 — 1990
Pilot — 1990
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me — 1992
Lumière and Company — 1995
Premonition Following an Evil Deed — 1995
Lost Highway — 1997
Mulholland Drive — 2001
DumbLand — 2002
Rabbits — 2002
Darkened Room — 2002
The Short Films of David Lynch — 2002
Inland Empire — 2006
To Each His Own Cinema — 2007
Boat — 2007
Absurda — 2007
Bug Crawls — 2007

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