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The Straight Story
Why this pick
Like Nobody's Fool, it finds humor, regret, and hard-won tenderness in an aging man's life, using an unhurried small-town rhythm and a deeply humane view of imperfect people.
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MOVIE1994 1h 50m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Donald "Sully" Sullivan is a worn yet spry hustler living in the peaceful, snowy northern New York state village of North Bath. He free-lances in the construction business, usually with his dim-witted friend Rub by his side. He is often at odds with Carl Roebuck, a local contractor, suing him at every opportunity for unpaid wages and disability. Sully's one-legged lawyer Wirf is inept, and his lawsuits are repeatedly dismissed. As a way to irritate him, Sully flirts with Carl's wife Toby openly at every opportunity (which she enjoys). He is a regular at the Iron Horse Saloon, where he often has drinks and plays cards with Wirf, Carl, Rub, and the town sheriff.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Bruce Willis
Carl Roebuck
Gene Saks
Wirf Wirfley
Josef Sommer
Clive Peoples Jr.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Officer Raymer
Philip Bosco
Judge Flatt
Catherine Dent
Charlotte Sullivan
Angela Pietropinto
Cass
Alice Drummond
Hattie