112 mins - United Kingdom / France/ United States 1999 Director: David Lynch Starring: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek and Jane Galloway Heitz Inspired by a true story, THE STRAIGHT STORY may lack the darkness found in many of David Lynch’s films but it is utterly charming and many rate it as one of his finest works. It is the story of Alvin Straight, an elderly World War II veteran who discovers his estranged brother has suffered a stroke. With poor eyesight and little money, Alvin decides to make the journey by the only means of transport available to him…by lawn mower. “One of Lynch's most artistically and emotionally satisfying movies.” Time Out
FROM THE MIND OF DAVID LYNCH On 15 January 2025, we lost David Lynch, one of the most original, singular and unique artists of American cinema and television in the last fifty years. Some of his most notable films include ERASERHEAD, BLUE VELVET and WILD AT HEART as well as of course the seminal TV series TWIN PEAKS. The term ‘Lynchian’ is used to describe something that has a dreamlike quality with
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