Alvin’s eyesight is poor. He has little money and he can’t stand the thought of being driven anywhere. So when he discovers his estranged brother has suffered a stroke he decides to make the journey by the only means of transport available…by lawn mower. Hundreds of miles, six weeks and several breakdowns later Alvin Straight finally pulls up at his destination, where the fate of his brother awaits him.
Film Crew
- : David Lynch
- : Mary Sweeney
- : Pierre Edelman
- : Michael Polaire
- : Neal Edelstein
- : Freddie Francis
- : Scott Cameron
- : Patricia Norris
- : Mary Sweeney
- : Ronald Eng
- : Angelo Badalamenti
- : Barbara Haberecht
- : Jim Fierro
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- Couleur
- English
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A langruous, lyrical gem from David Lynch. Based on a true story, it follows Alvin Straight as he travels 350 miles on a lawnmower to visit his sick brother-
The faces in this movie are among its treasures. Farnsworth himself has a face like an old wrinkled billfold that he paid good money for and expects to see him out. There is another old man who sits next to him on a barstool near the end of the movie, whose face is like the witness to time. And look and listen to the actor who plays the bartender in that same late scene, the one who serves Alvin the Miller Lite. I can't find his name in the credits, but he finds the right note: He knows how all good bartenders can seem like a friend bringing a present to a sickroom. The last notes are also just right. Who will this dying brother be, and what will he say? Will the screenplay say too much or reach for easy sentimentality? Not at all. Just because you have to see someone doesn't mean you have a lot to gab about. No matter how far you've come.
Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun Times
