Released in 1999, The Straight Story is a bit of a departure from what most people would associate with Lynch’s work, which is known and praised for juxtaposing surreal and sometimes sinister ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Gus Straight wasn’t sure what to expect. It had been a couple of years since his father, Alvin ...

Lynch took The Straight Story to 1999’s Cannes film festival, where in perhaps the greatest year ever for American independent film, he sold his movie to Disney. (It’s still streaming on ...

Defined by Lynch in a 2001 Empire Magazine interview as his “most experimental movie” up to that point, “The Straight Story” follows Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth), an elderly WWII ...

Based on a true story, the film follows Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth, in his final film role), an elderly Iowan who rides a lawnmower almost 300 miles on a quest to reconcile with his ...

April 22, 2025 at 1:41 pm PDT. The Straight Story (1999). Often recollected as that time Disney released a David Lynch movie, The Straight Story deserves a deeper reputation than that of its ...

LINCOLN, N.M., Oct. 6 -- Richard Farnsworth, the oldest leading actor to earn an Academy Award nomination, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound tonight, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department ...

The CEPE will host a screening of “The Straight Story” at 7 p.m Thursday, April 4, in Olin 102. At 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, in the Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall actor James Cada, who ...