Region 1 EncodingTheatrical release: October 15, 1999.
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David Lynch shot the film on location throughout the Midwest, primarily in Iowa, in chronological order of the story.
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Richard Farnsworth committed suicide in October 2000. The actor and former stuntman had apparently struggled with terminal cancer for a long period of time and decided to end his own suffering. Farnsworth appeared in more than 50 films during his long career and received Academy Award nominations for 1978's COMES A HORSEMAN and THE STRAIGHT STORY, which was his final film.
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In keeping with the film's theme, Lynch recruited 81-year-old cinematographer Freddie Francis (THE ELEPHANT MAN) to shoot the picture.
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Lynch acknowledged that the film is a departure from his darkly strange films such as BLUE VELVET and LOST HIGHWAY. In a press release for the movie he commented, "THE STRAIGHT STORY is an unusual film for me. But I was so moved by the screenplay that, soon enough, I found myself in Iowa."
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The British Independent Film Awards 2000 named THE STRAIGHT STORY the Best Foreign Independent Film, English Language.
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