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The Straight Story

Movie · 1999 · 108 min

A gentle, unhurried journey that finds quiet dignity in ordinary kindness and the slow mending of old wounds.

About
1999 film by David Lynch
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Year
1999
Runtime
108 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • redemption
  • aging
  • healing
  • grief
Places
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, adventure, road, biographical
Directed by
David Lynch
Written by
Mary Sweeney, John E. Roach
Starring
Sissy Spacek, Harry Dean Stanton, Richard Farnsworth, Everett McGill, Kevin Farley, Wiley Harker, Jennifer Edwards-Hughes, Jane Galloway Heitz
Music
Angelo Badalamenti
Cinematography
Freddie Francis
Runtime
108 min
Country
United States, France, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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