"The Straight Story" begins like many other David Lynch films. First with stars flickering in the night. Then shots of a small town somewhere in America's Midwest - green lawns and red brick ...

people reeled out of the film happy, but in a bit of a daze. Where were the usual Lynch signature touches that made the flesh creep? Nowhere, in a gentle and finally moving story of an old man's ...

LAURENS, IOWA – As Joanie and I drove away from this industrious little town last June, a pheasant — as big of one as I have ever seen — leisurely strolled across State Highway 10, bringing ...