A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.
Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a severe stroke. 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. He then has the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
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Jane Galloway Heitz
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Sig
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Dan Flannery
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Jennifer Edwards
Brenda
Ed Grennan
Pete
Jack Walsh
Apple
Gil Pearson
Bus Driver
Barbara June Patterson
Woman on Bus
Everett McGill
Tom the John Deere Dealer
Anastasia Webb
Crystal
Matt Guidry
Steve
David Lynch
Director
Mary Sweeney
Writer
John Roach
Writer
Michael Polaire
Executive Producer
Pierre Edelman
Executive Producer
Mary Sweeney
Producer
Alain Sarde
Producer
Neal Edelstein
Producer
Freddie Francis
Director of Photography
Angelo Badalamenti
Original Music Composer
Mary Sweeney
Editor
Patricia Norris
Costume Design
Jack Fisk
Production Design
