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The Straight Story
Synopsis
From director David Lynch comes a lyrical portrait of one man's real journey across America's Heartland. Filmed along the 260-mile route that the actual Alvin Straight traversed in 1994 from Laurens, Iowa to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin, "the Straight story" chronicles Alvin's patient odyssey and those he meets along the way. When not rolling along at five miles an hour aboard his '66 John Deere, Alvin encounters a number of strangers, from a teenage runaway to a fellow World War II veteran. By sharing his life's earned wisdom with simple stories, Alvin has a profound impact on these characters that color his pilgrimage.
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Full Credits
  • Director:
    David Lynch,
  • Writer:
    John Roach, Mary Sweeney,
  • Producer:
    Mary Sweeney, Neal Edelstein,
  • Cinematographer:
    Freddie Francis,
  • Editor:
    Mary Sweeney,
  • Executive Producer:
    Michael Polaire, Pierre Edelman,
  • Cast:
    Sissy Spacek, Richard Farnsworth, Jane Galloway Heitz, Everett McGill, Harry Dean Stanton, Joseph A. Carpenter, Donald Wiegert,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Scott Cameron,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    Simone Farber,
  • Second Second Assistant Director:
    Eric Sherman,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    Ronald Eng,
  • Camera Operator:
    Gordon Hayman,
  • Boom Operator:
    Earl Sampson,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    David Wilt,
  • First Assistant Camera:
    Bill McConnell Sr.,
  • Property Master:
    Sean Everett,
  • Sound Effects Editor:
    Ronald Eng, Doug Jackson,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Bob Harper,
  • Second Assistant Camera:
    Bill McConnell Jr.,
  • Foley Editor:
    Howard Neiman,
  • Key Grip:
    Don Cerrone,
  • Sound Engineer:
    Bryan Arenas,
  • Screenplay:
    Mary Sweeney, John Roach,
  • Electrician:
    Joshua E. Smith, Wilson Webb, Amy Alarian,
  • Aerial Camera:
    Scott Smith, Brendan David Butler,
  • Extras Casting:
    Joan Philo,
  • Sound Designer:
    David Lynch,
  • Carpenter:
    Timothy W. Lobdell,
  • Grip:
    Edgar Martin, Eric Ritter, Ron Burchfield,
  • Camera Loader:
    Kathryn Roberts,
  • Production Design:
    Jack Fisk,
  • Foley Recordist:
    Mary Erstad, Lucy Sustar,
  • Costume Supervisor:
    W.T. Zacha,
  • Swing:
    Thomas Traugott, Shane Patrick,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Rick Le Fevour, James Fierro,
  • Stunt Double:
    Rudy J. Calzavara,
  • Chief Lighting Technician:
    Richard Alarian,
  • Special Effects:
    Gary D'Amico,
  • Assistant Property Master:
    Johnny D. Culley,
  • Casting:
    Lynn Blumenthal, Jane Alderman,
  • Casting Associate:
    Sarah Jane Hill, Nancy Briggs, Catherine Head,
  • Leadman:
    David Hack,
  • Costume Design:
    Patricia Norris,
  • Hairstylist:
    Deborah K. Dee, Sally J. Harper,
  • Lead Painter:
    Steven Kerlagon,
  • First Assistant Editor:
    Hilary Schroeder,
  • Foley Artist:
    Diane Marshall, David Lee Fein,
  • Music Editor:
    Walter Spencer,
  • Assistant Art Director:
    Chris Kennedy,
  • Assistant Camera:
    Scott Andrew Ressler,
  • Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Patrick Giraudi,
  • Best Boy Grip:
    Keith Bunting,
  • Art Department Assistant:
    Trini Wilt,
  • Set Costumer:
    Susan Lichtman,
  • Aerial Director of Photography:
    David L. Butler, David B. Nowell,
  • Dolly Grip:
    Michael Fedack,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Angelo Badalamenti,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    John Neff,
  • Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
    Steven R. Morales,
  • Foley Supervisor:
    Howard Neiman,
  • Extras Casting Assistant:
    Vicki Jo Hertz,
  • Dialogue Editor:
    Walter Spencer,
  • Special Effects Makeup Artist:
    Crist Ballas,
  • Set Decoration:
    Barbara Haberecht,
  • Location Sound Mixer:
    Susumu Tokunow,
  • Special Effects Assistant:
    Mike Weesner,

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