The Straight Story (1999)

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G | 1 hr 51 mins | Drama | Released: 10/15/1999 |Box Office Total: $6.1M

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Synopsis:

Alvin Straight was 73 when he got the call about his brother. Alvin couldn't see well enough to hold a driver's license. He walked only with the support of two canes. He didn't much care for anybody else helping him out. But when he got the call that his brother Lyle--separated from him by hundreds of miles and a decade a proud silence--had suffered a stroke, Alvin knew he had to reach him. With little money, there begins a one man's real journey across America's Heartland. Filmed along the 260-mile rout that the actual Alvin Straight traversed in 1994 from Laurens, Iowa to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin, the piece chronicles Alvin's patient odyssey and those he meets along the way. When not rolling around at five miles an hour aboard his '66 John Deere, Alvin encounters a number of strangers, from a teenage runaway to a fellow World War II veteran. By sharing his life's earned wisdom with simple stories, Alvin has a profound impact on the characters that color his pilgrimage.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/15/1999

Director	Credit
David Lynch	Director
Cast	Credit
Sissy Spacek	Rose
Jane Galloway Heitz	Dorothy
Joseph A Carpenter	Bud
Donald Wiegert	Sig
Richard Farnsworth	Alvin
Tracey Maloney	Nurse
Dan Flannery	Doctor Gibbons
Jennifer Edwards-Hughes	Brenda
Ed Grennan	Pete
Jack Walsh	Apple
Max--The Wonder Dog	Farm Dog
Gil Pearson	Bus Driver
Barbara June Patterson	Woman on Bus
Everett McGill	Tom--The John Deere Dealer
Anastasia Webb	Crystal
Max Guidry	Steve
Bill McCallum	Rat
Barbara Robertson	Deer Woman
James Cada	Danny Riordon
Sally Wingert	Darla Riordon
Barbara Kingsley	Janet Johnson
Jim Haun	Johnny Johnson
Wiley Harker	Verlyn Heller
Randy Wiedenhoff	Fireman No 1
Jerry E Anderson	Fireman No 2
Kevin Farley	Harald
John Farley	Thorvald
John Lordan	Priest
Garrett Sweeney	Boy in Truck
Peter Sweeney	Boy in Truck
Tommy Fahey	Boy in Truck
Matt Fahey	Boy in Truck
Dan Fahey	Boy in Truck
Russ Reed	Mount Zion Bartender
Ralph Feldhacker	Farmer on Tractor
Harry Dean Stanton	Lyle
Production Credits	Credit
Pierre Edelman	Executive Producer
Mary Sweeney	Producer
Michael Polaire	Executive Producer
Neal Edelstein	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Picture Factory	Production Company
Cinea-Les Film Alain Sarde	Production Company
Studio Canal Plus	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution	Theatrical Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Walt Disney Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
FilmFour Distributors	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Iowa, USA
Wisconsin, USA
Writer	Credit
John Roach	Screenplay
Mary Sweeney	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Kristi Lake	Post-Production Accountant
Patti Marshall	Accountant - payroll accountant
Cheryl Gibson	Assistant Accountant
Peggy Ann Rosson	Production Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Thomas A Traugott	Swing Gang
Trini Wilt	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Chris Kennedy	Assistant Art Director
David Hack	Leadman
Jack Fisk	Production Designer
Barbara Haberecht	Set Decorator
Shane Patrick	Swing Gang
Casting	Credit
Jane Alderman	Casting
Vicki Jo Hertz	Extras Casting Assistant
Catherine Head	Casting Associate - casting associates
Joan Philo	Extras Casting
Sarah Jane Hill	Casting Associate - casting associates
Lynn Blumenthal	Casting
Nancy Briggs	Casting Associate - casting associates
Craft Services	Credit
Will R Gatlin	Craft Service
Michael Dunn	Catering - assistant caterer
David Oberholtzer	Catering - assistant caterer
Lisa Di Quollo	Catering - assistant catering
Film Camera	Credit
Mato	Color Timer
John Wentworth	Dailies - dailies viewer
Scott Smith	Assistant Camera Operator - aerial 1st assistant camera
Freddie Francis	Director of Photography
Gordon Hayman	Camera Operator
David B Nowell	Aerial Director of Photography
Steven R Morales	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician
William M McConnell	Camera Assistant
William C McConnell Jr	Camera Assistant
Brendan David Butler	Assistant Camera Operator - aerial 1st assistant camera
David L Butler	Aerial Director of Photography
Scott Ressler	Camera Assistant - "B" camera assistant
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Studio Canal Plus	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
John Neff	Song
Walter Spencer	Music Editor
The Radio Ranch Straight Shooters	Song Performer
Angelo Badalamenti	Music - music composer & conductor
Angelo Badalamenti	Orchestrations - music orchestrations
Angelo Badalamenti	Music
Middlejohn	Song
Jo Stafford	Song Performer
The Radio Ranch Straight Shooters	Song
Spade Cooley	Song
S Fine	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Rick LeFevour	Stunt Coordinator
Rudy Calzavara	Stunt Man
James Fierro	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
Scott Cameron	Assistant Director
Billy Higgins	Unit Production Manager
Spike Allison Hooper	Post-Production Supervisor
Mark Har	Assistant Location Manager
Anne Johns	Production Coordinator
Jules Mann-Stewart	Script Supervisor
Bob Medcraft	Location Manager
John N Ward	Assistant Production Coordinator
Becky Whitehorse	Location Assistant
Andrew Peterson	Assistant Location Manager
Simone Farber	Assistant Director
Eric Sherman	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Publicity	Credit
Gaye Pope	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Earl F Sampson	Boom Operator
Susumu Tokunow	Sound Mixer - location sound mixer
Lucy Sustar	Foley Recordist
John Neff	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Howard Neiman	Foley Editor
Howard Neiman	Foley - foley supervisor
Diane Marshall	Foley Artist
David Lynch	Sound Designer
Ronald Eng	Sound Editor - superving sound editor
Mary Erstad	Foley Recordist
John Neff	Sound Mixer - score engineer & mixer
Patrick Giraudi	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
david fein	Foley Artist
Visual Effects	Credit
Gary D'Amico	Special Effects
Mike Weesner	Effects Assistant - assistant special effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
William T Zacha	Costume Supervisor
Bob Harper	Makeup
Sally J Harper	Hair
Susan Lichtman	Set Costumer
Patricia Norris	Costume Designer
Crist Ballas	Makeup - special makeup effects
Deborah Dee	Hair

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