The Straight Story (4K Restoration)
<b>Book tickets for two or more of our <a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/harry-dean-stanton-centenary">Harry Dean Stanton Centenary</a> films to receive a discount! Tickets can also be bought separately.</b> David Lynch's <i>The Straight Story</i>, back at Filmhouse in a resplendent 4K restoration, is a road movie with a difference based on strange but true events. In 1994, 73 year-old Alvin Straight set out on a cross-country trip to visit his ailing brother in an attempt to repair their relationship. The pair had not seen or spoken to each other for ten years. What was remarkable about the journey, which took more than six weeks and covered several hundred miles, was that Straight made it on his John Deere lawnmower. The film takes in his preparations, under the watchful eye of his daughter, and his on-the-road encounters and experiences. It is held together by an extraordinary performance by Richard Farnsworth, who plays Straight as tenacious, self-determined, infuriating and vulnerable by turns, and completely wins our respect for the cussed old man. A pleasure too, to see Sissy Spacek as the anxious but resigned daughter, who knows better than to try and prevent his foolhardy expedition. <i>The Straight Story</i> may confound fans of the director's darker, more surreal works, but it will win many hearts.DramaPT1H52MU2026-04-03Richard Farnsworth
Sissy Spacek
Jane Galloway Heitz
David Lynch
Mary Sweeney
Neal Edelstein
The Straight Story (4K Restoration)"The Straight Story (4K Restoration)"Showtimes
April 3, 6:00 pm
April 4, 7:30 pm
April 5, 3:00 pm
April 5, 8:15 pm
April 6, 3:30 pm
April 7, 3:25 pm
April 8, 1:00 pm
April 8, 6:00 pm
April 9, 3:20 pm
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