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American Folksy , 23 August 2011
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The Straight Story
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: John Farley, Jennifer Edwards-Hughes, Jane Heitz
Director: David Lynch
Certificate: 
This is a quietly enjoyable film. There is a lot of American, folksy wisdom in here as Alvin talks with a hitch-hiking pregnant girl, two bickering brothers and another old man in a bar. Actually, this scene is really very moving as they share memories of their war service in Europe. I liked the off-beat story and the characters Alvin meets on his journey to see his brother, Lyle. Lots of silence, background noise, odd close-ups and a fine cameo from Sissy Spacek mark it out as a David Lynch film.
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