The Straight Story (1999)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.0/10   

Director:

David Lynch

Escritores:

John Roach (written by) &
Mary Sweeney (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

3 noviembre 1999 (France)

Género:

Aventura | Biografía | Drama

Plot:

An old man makes a long journey by tractor to mend his relationship with an ill brother.

Plot Keywords:

Iowa | Tractor | Lawn Mower | Cemetery | Nature

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 12 wins & 28 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Slow, but steady

Reparto

Sissy Spacek	...	Rose 'Rosie' Straight
Jane Galloway Heitz	...	Dorothy, Straight's Next-Door Neighbor (as Jane Galloway Heitz)
Joseph A. Carpenter	...	Bud
Donald Wiegert	...	Sig
Richard Farnsworth	...	Alvin Straight
Tracey Maloney	...	Nurse
Dan Flannery	...	Doctor Gibbons
Jennifer Edwards-Hughes	...	Brenda, the Grocery Clerk
Ed Grennan	...	Pete
Jack Walsh	...	Apple
Max the Wonder Dog	...	Farm Dog
Gil Pearson	...	Sun Ray Tours Bus Driver
Barbara June Patterson	...	Woman on Bus
Everett McGill	...	Tom the John Deere Dealer
Anastasia Webb	...	Crystal

También conocida como:

Une histoire vraie (France)
Una historia sencilla (Argentina) [es]
Una historia verdadera (Spain) [es]

Duración:

112 min

País:

France | UK | USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Italy:T | Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Québec) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) | Chile:TE | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:I | Ireland:G | New Zealand:G | Norway:A | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:Todo | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | USA:G

Locaciones de Filmación:

Clermont, Iowa, USA

Compañía:

Asymmetrical Productions

Trivialidades:

Richard Farnsworth's last film.

Errores:

Continuidad: In New Hampton (at the junction of US 18 and US 63), Alvin crosses West Hale Street before he approaches it.

Citas:

Alvin Straight: Anger, vanity, you mix that together with liquor, you've got two brothers that haven't spoken in ten years. Ah, whatever it was that made me and Lyle so mad... don't matter anymore. I want to make peace, I want to sit with him, look up at the stars... like we used to do, so long ago.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Wanderlust (2006) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Y'Ready

Slow, but steady

It takes patience to get through David Lynch's eccentric, but-- for a change-- life-affirming chronicle of Alvin Straight's journey, but stick with it. Though it moves as slow as Straight's John Deere, when he meets the kind strangers along his pilgrimage we learn much about the isolation of aging, the painful regrets and secrets, and ultimately the power of family and reconciliation. Richard Farnsworth caps his career with the year's most genuine performance, sad and poetic, flinty and caring. And Sissy Spacek matches him as his "slow" daughter Rose who pines over her own private loss while caring for dad. Rarely has a modern film preached so positively about family.