Editing The Straight Story (section)

=== Filming ===
''The Straight Story'' was independently shot along the actual route taken by Straight, and all scenes were shot in chronological order in the autumn of 1998.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Hollywood invades Clermont – Rear recalls filming of 'The Straight Story' 20 years ago |last=DeBack |first=Chris |date=10 October 2018 |url=http://fayettecountynewspapers.com/articles/2018/10/10/rear-recalls-filming-%E2%80%98-straight-story%E2%80%99-20-years-ago#:~:text=Filming%20of%20%E2%80%9CThe%20Straight%20Story,filming%20of%20the%20movie%20commenced. |newspaper=Fayette County Newspapers}}</ref> Lynch would later call the film "my most experimental movie".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.davidlynch.de/empire2001.html |title=David Lynch interview Empire November 2001 |work=davidlynch.de |access-date=August 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716194021/http://www.davidlynch.de/empire2001.html |archive-date=July 16, 2012}}</ref>

During production, Farnsworth's cancer had spread to his bones, but he astonished his co-workers with his tenacity during production. The paralysis of his legs as shown in the film was real.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/richard-farnsworth-dies-of-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound-634900.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/richard-farnsworth-dies-of-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound-634900.html |archive-date=June 18, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Richard Farnsworth dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound |website=[[The Independent]] |date=7 October 2000 |access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref> Farnsworth died by suicide on October 6, 2000, at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite journal |date=October 16, 2000 |title=Obituaries |journal=Variety |volume=380 |issue=9 |page=131}}</ref>

''The Straight Story'' was acquired by [[Walt Disney Pictures]] in the United States after a successful debut at [[1999 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]] and was given a [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system|G rating]] by the [[Motion Picture Association of America|MPAA]] (the only Lynch film to receive such a rating).<ref name="Disney" /><ref name="Ringer">{{cite news |last1=Nayman |first1=Adam |date=May 23, 2019 |title=Remembering David Lynch's 'The Straight Story' |work=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]] |url=https://www.theringer.com/movies/2019/5/23/18636764/david-lynch-the-straight-story-20-years-later-cannes |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref> It was [[Peter Schneider (film executive)|Peter Schneider]], Disney's president of production at the time, that got the idea to have the studio acquire the film after seeing it at Cannes, calling it "a beautiful movie about values, forgiveness and healing and celebrates America. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was a Walt Disney film." [[October Films]] also negotiated for the rights, but a deal never materialized.<ref name="Disney" />