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Richard Farnsworth in The Straight Story (1999)

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The Straight Story

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Featured in

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Instinct/The Loss of Sexual Innocence/Limbo (TV Episode 1999)

      A clip is shown during the segment on the Cannes Film Festival.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" American Beauty/Blue Streak/For Love of the Game (TV Episode 1999)

      A clip is shown during a segment on the Telluride Film Festival.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" Fight Club/The Straight Story/Julien Donkey-Boy/The Story of Us (TV Episode 1999)

      Clips shown for the review.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" The Best Films of 1999 (TV Episode 2000)

      Janet Maslin's #4 pick.
    • "Charlie Rose" David Lynch; Michael Wolf (TV Episode 2000)

      Clip from David Lynch's movie

Referenced in

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Bringing Out the Dead/Body Shots/Crazy in Alabama/Three to Tango/The City (TV Episode 1999)

      A still is shown for the "Ebert's Movie Picks" bumper. Thumbs up from Ebert.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" Battlefield Earth/The Big Kahuna/Hamlet/Michael Jordan to the Max/Center Stage (TV Episode 2000)

      A still is shown for the "New on Video" bumper. Thumbs up from Ebert.
    • "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" Renee/Richard/John/Bill (TV Episode 2000)

      Referenced in one of the $64,000 questions.
    • About Schmidt (2002)

    • E=mc2 (2002)

      The characters talk about a movie, in which "a grandpa barrels through half of America on a lawn mower"

References

    • The Wizard of Oz (1939)

      In the Straight Story a young girl named Dorothy runs away from home and meets an old man by a fire place. The man then convinces her to return to her family. That's essentually what happens to Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz when she meets Prof. Marvel.
    • Ran (1985)

    • Lost Highway (1997)

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