Editing The Straight Story (section)

==Reception==
===Critical reception===
''The Straight Story'' was critically acclaimed upon its release, with critics lauding Lynch's uncharacteristic subject matter. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' described the film as a "celestial piece of [[Americana (culture)|Americana]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/1999/10/15/straight-story-2/|title=The Straight Story|date=October 15, 1999|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=August 12, 2017|last=Gleiberman|first=Owen}}</ref> The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' wrote of the film, "we see something American studio movies usually don't give us: the simple, unsentimentalized beauty of the [[Rural areas in the United States|rural American]] [[Midwestern United States|Midwestern]] landscape."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/10/15/straight-story-told-in-simple-beautiful-style/|title=''Straight Story'' Told In Simple, Beautiful Style|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=August 12, 2017|last=Wilmington|first=Michael|date=October 15, 1999|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812135550/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-10-15/entertainment/9910150002_1_straight-story-richard-farnsworth-american-pictures|archive-date=August 12, 2017}}</ref>

Janet Maslin of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "the same bellwether quality that left ''Blue Velvet'' looking so prescient, and ushered in a whole cinematic wave of taboo-shattering, is at work once again. When a born unnaturalist like Lynch can bring such interest and emotion to one man's simple story, the realm of the ordinary starts looking like a new frontier."<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last1=Maslin |first1=Janet |title='The Straight Story': An Unlikely Filmmaker Takes on a G-Rated Challenge |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/101599straight-film-review.html |access-date=13 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=October 15, 1999}}</ref> Of Farnsworth's performance, Maslin wrote, "he automatically frees the film from any sense of artifice and delivers an amazingly stalwart performance that will not soon be forgotten."<ref name="NYT" /> Her review concluded, "''The Straight Story'' is...about gazing at the sky, about experiencing each encounter to the fullest, than it is about getting anywhere in a hurry. It's been too long since a great American movie dared to regard life that way."<ref name="NYT" />

[[Roger Ebert]] gave the film four out of four stars, the first positive review he had given to a film by Lynch. He wrote: "The first time I saw ''The Straight Story'' I focused on the foreground and liked it. The second time I focused on the background, too, and loved it. The movie isn't just about the old Alvin Straight's odyssey through the sleepy towns and rural districts of the Midwest, but about the people he finds to listen and care for him."<ref name="ebert">{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-straight-story-1999 |title=The Straight Story (1999) |last=Ebert |first=Roger |work=RogerEbert.com |access-date=February 15, 2016|date=October 15, 1999}}</ref>

On [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 95% based on 106 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "With strong performances and director David Lynch at the helm, ''The Straight Story'' steers past sentimental byways on its ambling journey across the American heartland."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/straight_story/|title=The Straight Story (1999)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|access-date=November 26, 2022}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 86 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name="The Straight Story"/> 

===Awards and honors===
''The Straight Story'' was nominated for the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[1999 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name=cannes/> Richard Farnsworth earned an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] for his portrayal of Alvin Straight.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://variety.com/2000/scene/people-news/best-actor-nominee-farnsworth-80-dies-1117787447/ |title=Best actor nominee Farnsworth, 80, dies |last1=Galloway |first1=Doug |last2=Higgins |first2=Bill |date=October 9, 2000 |access-date=July 31, 2018 |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Business Media, LLC.]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/10/08/richard-farnsworth-80-dies/0c9fa0b6-8abe-41e4-a5f2-6852a4b6106c/ |title=Richard Farnsworth, 80, Dies |date=October 8, 2000 |access-date=July 31, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731165238/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/10/08/richard-farnsworth-80-dies/0c9fa0b6-8abe-41e4-a5f2-6852a4b6106c/ |archive-date=July 31, 2018}}</ref> For 21 years he held the record as the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Oldest nominees 2|oldest person]] (at 79) to be nominated for a Best Actor Oscar. Farnsworth also won the 1999 [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor]] for his performance in the film.<ref name=NY/>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ List of awards and nominations received by ''The Straight Story''
|-
! Award
! Category 
! Nominee(s)
! Result 
! {{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}}
|-
| [[72nd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Richard Farnsworth]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|title=2000 Academy Awards |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2000 |website=Oscars.org |date=April 22, 2015 |access-date=2022-11-13}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bodil Awards]]
| [[Bodil Award for Best American Film#2000s|Best American Film]]
| [[David Lynch]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite news |title=One And Only cleans up at Denmark's Bodils |url=https://www.screendaily.com/one-and-only-cleans-up-at-denmarks-bodils/401712.article |access-date=13 November 2022 |work=Screen Daily |date=14 March 2000}}</ref>
|-
| [[British Independent Film Awards]]
| [[British Independent Film Award for Best International Independent Film#2000s|Best International Independent Film – English Language]]
| 
| {{won}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bifa.film/awards/2000/winners-nominations/ |title=Winners & Nominations 2000 |website=bifa.film |date=October 24, 2000 |access-date=2022-11-13}}</ref>
|-
| [[Cahiers du Cinéma]] 
| [[Cahiers du Cinéma's Annual Top 10 Lists|Annual Top 10 Lists]]
|
| {{draw|8th place}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Cahiers Du Cinéma's Top Ten Films 1999 |url=https://mubi.com/lists/cahiers-du-cinema-s-top-ten-films-1999 |website=Mubi |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Camerimage]]
| [[Camerimage#Golden Frog winners|Golden Frog]]
| [[Freddie Francis]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite book |last=Ellis |first=David A. |title=Conversations with Cinematographers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uA8DdKZSD0YC&pg=PA109 |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |year=2012 |page=109 |isbn=9780810881266}}</ref>
|-
| [[1999 Cannes Film Festival]]
| [[Palme d'Or]]
| David Lynch
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |<ref name=cannes>{{cite web|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/festival/films/the-straight-story |title=The Straight Story |website=festival-cannes.com |access-date=November 13, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1999|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
|
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Awards/Nominations for 1999 Chicago Film Critics |url=http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/awards/display.cfm?awardsbID=2&awardsyear=1999 |website=Box Office Prophets |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Richard Farnsworth
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Director]]
| rowspan="2" | David Lynch
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[12th European Film Awards|European Film Awards]]
| [[European Film Award for Best Non-European Film|Screen International Award]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/film/the-straight-story.5550 |title=The Straight Story |website=European Film Awards |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
| Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
| Jury Award for Best Actor
| rowspan="2" | Richard Farnsworth
| {{won}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite news |title=FESTIVALS: Fort Lauderdale Fetes "War Zone," Attenborough, & Solid Shorts |url=https://www.indiewire.com/1999/11/festivals-fort-lauderdale-fetes-war-zone-attenborough-solid-shorts-81970/ |access-date=13 November 2022 |work=IndieWire |date=1999-11-17}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[57th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 2000 |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2000 |website=Golden Globes |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref>  
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score – Motion Picture]]
| [[Angelo Badalamenti]] 
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Guldbagge Awards]]
| [[Guldbagge Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
|
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |
|-
| [[Humanitas Prize]]
| Feature Film Category
| John Roach, [[Mary Sweeney]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Humanitas Prize Nominees |url=https://www.humanitasprize.org/prize-nominees |website=Humanitas Prize |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[15th Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Awards]]
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead|Best Male Lead]]
| Richard Farnsworth
| {{won}}
| rowspan="4" align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title="Election," "Limey" Up for Indie Oscars |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/39253/election-limey-up-for-indie-oscars |website=E! Online |access-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122050804/http://it.eonline.com/news/39253/election-limey-up-for-indie-oscars |archive-date=2013-01-22 |date=2000-01-13}}</ref>
|-
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature|Best Feature]]
| John Roach, Mary Sweeney
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| David Lynch
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay|Best First Screenplay]]
| John Roach, Mary Sweeney
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1999|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Richard Farnsworth
| {{draw|2nd place}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite news |title=LA critics name The Insider best film of the year |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/1999/dec/15/1 |access-date=13 November 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=1999-12-15}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1999]]
| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
|
| {{won}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1999/ |title=1999 Award Winners  |website=National Board of Review |access-date=2022-11-13}}</ref>
|-
| [[1999 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Freddie Francis
| {{nom}}
| 
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[1999 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Richard Farnsworth
| {{won}}
| rowspan="4" align="center" |<ref name=NY>{{cite news |title=Critics Flip For Topsy-Turvy |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/critics-flip-for-itopsy-turvy-i/ |access-date=13 November 2022 |work=CBS News |date=December 17, 1999}}</ref>
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer|Best Cinematographer]]
| Freddie Francis
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| David Lynch
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| 
| {{nom}}{{efn|Tied with ''[[American Beauty (1999 film)|American Beauty]]'' and ''[[Being John Malkovich]]''}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | Online Film & Television Association 
| Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
| rowspan="2" | John Roach, Mary Sweeney
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=4th Annual Film Awards (1999) |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/4th-annual-film-awards-1999/ |website=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
| Best First Screenplay
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 1999|Online Film Critics Society Awards]]
| Top Ten Films of the Year
|
| {{draw|7th place}}
| rowspan="4" align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=1999 Awards (3rd Annual) |url=https://ofcs.org/awards/1999-awards-3rd-annual/ |website=Online Film Critics Society |date=January 3, 2012 |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref> 
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Richard Farnsworth
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| Angelo Badalamenti 
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Freddie Francis
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[4th Golden Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture|Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama]]
| Richard Farnsworth
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=2000 4th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards |url=http://pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2000.shtml |website=International Press Academy |access-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218122348/http://pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2000.shtml |archive-date=2009-02-18}}</ref>
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama]]
| [[Sissy Spacek]]
| {{nom}}
|- 
| [[Village Voice Film Poll]] 
| Best Film
|
| {{draw|7th place}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite news |title=Film Poll: Top 10 Movies by Year, 1999–2016 |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/02/13/film-poll-top-10-movies-by-year-1999-2016/ |access-date=13 November 2022 |work=The Village Voice |date=2018-02-13}}</ref>
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