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The Straight Story
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Product Details
- Starring: Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter, Donald Wiegert, Richard Farnsworth
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- Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- Director: David Lynch
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- EAN: 9780788822872
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- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
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- ISBN: 6305810109
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- Label: Walt Disney Video
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- Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: Walt Disney Video
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- Release Date: 2000-11-07
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- Studio: Walt Disney Video
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- Theatrical Release Date: 2000
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- Title: The Straight Story
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- UPC: 786936114140
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Product Description: Throughout The Straight Story, 73-year-old Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth) gazes calmly at the night sky, as if the stars were reflections of his own memories. Alvin's eyesight is bad and his daughter (Sissy Spacek) is slightly retarded and unable to drive, so he's traveling from Laurens, Iowa to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin on a riding John Deere lawn mower. It's slow going, so there's plenty of time to stop for the night and ponder the cosmos. Alvin's journeying to visit his ailing brother; they haven't spoken in years, and it's time to make peace. Along the way, he befriends a variety of nice folks, and you have to ask yourself... Is this really a David Lynch movie? It's a miracle that this G-rated Disney film was made by a director whose work is often described as twisted and bizarre. But Lynch is too complex an artist to be labeled, and he brings charm, grace, and kindness to his fact-based telling of The Straight Story--not to mention a serenity rarely found in movies anymore. It's a film of moments--funny, odd, quietly spiritual--and this simple tale of a man, a lawnmower, and rural hospitality becomes a genuine Lynchian odyssey, unlike any film you've seen but as welcoming as a cup of lemon tea with honey. Best of all, it's a fitting tribute to the career of veteran stuntman-actor Farnsworth who, at age 79, plays Alvin Straight to sheer perfection, his face a subtle roadmap to a broad spectrum of emotional destinations. --Jeff Shannon
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Customer Reviews
a rewarding film
this film is for those who enjoy having time slowed down to a crawl.if you're hyper-active or simply have been intergrated into the Americanized form of cut-a-second entertainment,you will die of boredom if you watch this.story,acting,directing,score,and location are all top-notch;if you allow yourself to get lost in your lack of ritalin or fail to notice the beauty of subtle,small-town life you'll fall asleep or turn it off because "nothing's happening"(the neo-Americanized aspects of small-towns was left out so as not to interfere with the chilled atmosphere).something's happening in this seemingly-small film,and it's big:this is lynch's statement about our continued disconnection with ourselves/environment due to industrialization.it's also his way of telling us that 1950's lifestyles are still alive and are not extinct as they are in the cities.very cool.
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Something different
David Lynch is an auteur known for such strange and brilliant films as "Mulholland Drive" and "Blue Velvet". "The Straight Story" is warm, tender, and normal. Further proof of the genius that is David Lynch.
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POOR AUDIO
We purchased three videos to be given to friends and the sound quality, unless the camera is close to the subject, cannot be heard. I am very sorry I purchased the videos.
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boring waste of time
this is the most boring slow moving movie i've ever watched. it's like if i was watching paint drying or grass growing for 2 hours! avoid like the plauge!
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Much Better Than Into The Wild
This movie is awesome. Very moving. An excellent work of art. The movie has a great feeling and makes a great point about forgiveness and family. I enjoyed this movie and the story so much more than Into The Wild, which is a similar movie. The difference is that the main character in this movie is selfless and loving. This movie will stay with you and teaches some great lessons about life, family and love. It's one of the best films I have ever seen.
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