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The Straight Story is based on the true story of Alvin Straight to visit his brother who is in ill health. Straight traveled from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wisconsin on a lawnmower.

It won the Best Foreign Film award at the 2000 British Independent Film Awards and the film was nominated for a Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was nominated for numerous other awards, including an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Richard Farnsworth, who, at 80, was the oldest actor to ever be nominated for an Oscar. Farnsworth won an Independent Spirit Award for the role.

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