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The Straight story

DVD

1999

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Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Uniform Title:	Straight story (Motion picture : 1999)
Title:	The Straight story / Walt Disney Pictures ; a Picture Factory production in association with Le Studio Canal+ and Film Four ; produced by Mary Sweeney, Neal Edelstein ; written by John Roach & Mary Sweeney ; directed by David Lynch.
Edition:	[DVD Widescreen].
Publisher, Date:	Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Video, [1999?] Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Description:	1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:	Based on a true story about 73-year-old Alvin Straight who embarks on a dangerous and emotional journey to make amends with his 75-year-old brother Lyle before his brother dies. Alvin can no longer drive a car because of his eyesight and has to walk with 2 canes, but he climbs aboard his 1966 John Deere lawnmower and drives the 260-mile course from Laurens, Iowa to Mt. Zion, Wis.
Notes:	DVD lacks chapter stops. Originally released as motion picture in 1999. Director of photography, Freddie Francis ; editor, Mary Sweeney ; music, Angelo Badalamenti. Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Harry Dean Stanton. DVD; Dolby digital 5.1; 2.35:1 aspect ratio; letterbox format. Closed-captioned. New York Film Critics Circle: best actor (Farnsworth), best cinematography; 1999 Screen International Award: best picture (Non-European).
Target Audience Note:	Rated G.
Subjects:	Straight, Alvin -- Drama. Families -- Middle West. Reconciliation. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:	Drama.
Other Author:	Sweeney, Mary. Edelstein, Neal. Roach, John (John E.) Lynch, David, 1946-2025 Badalamenti, Angelo. Farnsworth, Richard, 1920-2000. Spacek, Sissy. Stanton, Harry Dean, 1926-2017. Walt Disney Pictures. Picture Factory. Studio Canal+. Film Four International. Walt Disney Home Video (Firm) Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN:	0788823337 717951010117
System Availability:	6
Current Holds:	0

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