this be one of the great film i have ever see represent i glow inside throughout the whole film . the music and cinematography hold the spell when little be happen on screen . the slow pace be set by the mode of travel ( a rid lawn mower with a big trailer ) and be maintain by the background sight and sound and the slow pace life of the other character . the story actually happen while alvin straight die in 1996 at the age of 76. there be no act while everything be completely real and a if the actor have actually transform into the character . sissy spacek give a poignant performance a a somewhat disabled daughter who have suffer much but forge ahead and always want to do the right thing . richard farnsworth be cast perfectly and he beautifully become alvin straight and a stubborn but love elderly man who trek across iowa to visit his estranged brother and lyle and who have have a stroke . alvin have learn much wisdom during his life and that seem to bring out the best in the people that he encounter along the way . the film underscore the importance of family to this man and and hopefully and to all of u . i eagerly anticipate see it again and and again . direct by david lynch and this films prove his directorial skill . farnsworth be nominate for an academy award for best actor while at 79 and he be the old nominee ever for that award .