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The Straight Story (1999) [G]

Release Date:
October 15, 1999

Original Title:
The Straight Story

Alternate Titles:
Eine wahre Geschichte – The Straight Story
Prosta historia
Straight story - Az igaz történet
The Straight Story (Una historia verdadera)
Um História Real
Una Storia Vera
Une histoire vraie

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Film4 Productions
Les Films Alain Sarde
StudioCanal
The Picture Factory
The Straight Story, Inc

Production Countries:
France | United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AR: ATP  AU: G  BR: L  CA: G  CZ: 12+  DE: 6  DK: 7  ES: A  FI: S  FR: U  GB: U  GR: K  HK: I  IT: T  KR: All  NL: 6  NO: A  NZ: G  PT: M/12  SE: Btl  TR: 10A  US: G 

Runtime: 112

A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Patrick Giraudi

Aerial Camera:
Brendan David Butler
Scott Smith

Aerial Director of Photography:
David L. Butler
David B. Nowell

Art Department Assistant:
Trini Wilt

Assistant Art Director:
Chris Kennedy

Assistant Camera:
Scott Andrew Ressler

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
Steven R. Morales

Assistant Property Master:
Johnny D. Culley

Best Boy Grip:
Keith Bunting

Boom Operator:
Earl Sampson

Camera Loader:
Kathryn Roberts

Camera Operator:
Gordon Hayman

Carpenter:
Timothy W. Lobdell

Casting:
Jane Alderman
Lynn Blumenthal

Casting Associate:
Nancy Briggs
Catherine Head
Sarah Jane Hill

Chief Lighting Technician:
Richard Alarian

Construction Coordinator:
David Wilt

Costume Design:
Patricia Norris

Costume Supervisor:
W.T. Zacha

Dialogue Editor:
Walter Spencer

Director:
David Lynch

Director of Photography:
Freddie Francis

Dolly Grip:
Michael Fedack

Editor:
Mary Sweeney

Electrician:
Amy Alarian
Joshua E. Smith
Wilson Webb

Executive Producer:
Pierre Edelman
Michael Polaire

Extras Casting:
Joan Philo

Extras Casting Assistant:
Vicki Jo Hertz

First Assistant Camera:
Bill McConnell Sr.

First Assistant Director:
Scott Cameron

First Assistant Editor:
Hilary Schroeder

Foley Artist:
David Lee Fein
Diane Marshall

Foley Editor:
Howard Neiman

Foley Recordist:
Mary Erstad
Lucy Sustar

Foley Supervisor:
Howard Neiman

Grip:
Ron Burchfield
Edgar Martin
Eric Ritter

Hairstylist:
Deborah K. Dee
Sally J. Harper

Key Grip:
Don Cerrone

Lead Painter:
Steven Kerlagon

Leadman:
David Hack

Location Sound Mixer:
Susumu Tokunow

Makeup Artist:
Bob Harper

Music Editor:
Walter Spencer

Original Music Composer:
Angelo Badalamenti

Producer:
Neal Edelstein
Mary Sweeney

Production Design:
Jack Fisk

Property Master:
Sean Everett

Screenplay:
John Roach
Mary Sweeney

Second Assistant Camera:
Bill McConnell Jr.

Second Assistant Director:
Simone Farber

Second Second Assistant Director:
Eric Sherman

Set Costumer:
Susan Lichtman

Set Decoration:
Barbara Haberecht

Sound Designer:
David Lynch

Sound Effects Editor:
Doug Jackson
Ronald Eng

Sound Engineer:
Bryan Arenas

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
John Neff

Special Effects:
Gary D'Amico

Special Effects Assistant:
Mike Weesner

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Crist Ballas

Stunt Coordinator:
Rick LeFevour
James Fierro

Stunt Double:
Rudy J. Calzavara

Supervising Sound Editor:
Ronald Eng

Swing:
Shane Patrick
Thomas Traugott

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