The Straight Story
1999 · 112 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 103,068 VOTES · DIR. David Lynch
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 778 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:45 (Woman) Hey, Rose.
00:06:51 Put the phone down!
00:09:34 Well, I see and hear that you smoke.
00:14:12 ..a stroke.
00:18:02 And...I cannot drive you there.
00:20:24 That's a darn good grabber, Alvin.
00:29:13 (Turns over again and dies)
00:33:03 It's got the old transmission. Nothing fancy.
00:40:14 Five months.
00:43:38 Her second boy got burned real bad.
00:52:22 Must be something good about gettin' old.
00:58:26 (Hums ''Taps'')
01:02:26 Mount Zion, Wisconsin? Past Prairie du Chien?
01:04:17 There's a lot of rain forecast.
01:08:02 OK, Dad.
01:10:16 Well, I appreciate that, but...
01:12:42 between me and the bottle. And he helped me see...
01:15:43 And I'd sit...forever.
01:19:51 Don't you think?
01:21:53 than a brother that's near your age.
01:29:07 I don't like someone else drivin' the bus
01:31:22 somebody else like us out in space
01:34:49 < (Cough)
06:05:06 - '66.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed778
Dialogue density6.9 lines / min
First line00:02:45
Final line06:05:06
Production Record
DirectorDavid Lynch
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10,000,000
Revenue$6,418,028
IMDb votes103,068