Original subtitles

Fine-tuning, and such, Nieder Karlov, from the Third Planet.

RICHARD FARNSWORTH

SISSY SPACEK

THE STORY OF STRAIGHT

Music: ANGELO BADALAMENTI

Director: DAVID LYNCH

Hello, Rose. - Hello, Dorothy.

I'm going there.

We will wait.

Alvin! Alvin Straight!

Rose came out a few hours ago.

Did you hear me call Rose? I'm not looking for her.

I haven't seen Alvin today. - I didn't ask you.

Straight, you're late!

Alvin!

Alvin!

Alvin!

Come in, Bud. - What's up, Alvin?

Where the hell are you? I don't see anything.

this way bud watch where you step.

What the hell is going on here?

Why are you lying on the floor? Are you out of your mind?

You had to be at Davmar an hour ago.

What's going on?

My God! - Hello, Dorothy.

What is the number for 911? - Put the phone down, Dorothy.

what are you doing I'll call the bar to tell them we're not going.

Aren't you crazy? We have a sick person.

Are you sick, Alvin? - Dorothy! Put the phone down!

Dad, what's all the fuss about?

What have you done to my father?

Oh, for God's sake!

are you ok dad

I just need a little help to stand up baby

I'm going to Davmar. I'll be back soon.

All right, Bud.

I won't go in. - Dad...

I won't go in. - You promised me, dad.

Mr. Straight, you need to take off your clothes your clothes and put on this robe.

Just bring the doctor.

You like birds.

I build birdhouses.

That's nice.

Yes...Pete...Pete is selling mine cottages in the hardware store.

I'll look for them next time. - Really?

No surgery.

This morning you fell and couldn't stand up, that's your hip, Alvin.

And now you need a walker. - No walker.

Okay, second cane then.

You say you have vision problems. This may be related to diabetes.

I would like to do some tests. - No tests and no x-rays.

I can see and hear you smoking. i guess that you have early stage emphysema.

You have circulation problems and I worry about your diet.

If you don't make changes soon, will have serious consequences.

It has a red roof. - Another good one, Rose.

I want to paint the next one blue. - Good idea.

What did the doctor say?

He said I would live to be 100.

I think I will to mow the lawn.

I can do it for you, dad. - I'll be fine, honey.

Damn it!

Well... we won't be mowing today.

A storm is coming.

I love lightning storms.

Me too, dad.

Hello?

Rose is calling.

Yes... Yes...

Lyle? Oh no...

When?

Yes... well... well...

I'll tell him. Yes...

Feeling.

It was Bobby.

Uncle Lyle has received a heart attack.

Dad?

No, Bobby, you didn't say anything.

They were both so stubborn.

No, no, it was a long time ago, I remember.

It was in July on the 7th, 1988, Bobby...

Bobby, I always remember the dates.

Yes.

I don't know what he will do.

Rose baby?

Rose, I have to get back on track.

I have to go see Lyle.

But dad...

How are you...?

I haven't figured it out yet.

First, your eyesight is not good, that's why you don't drive... a car.

And second, Uncle Lyle... lives in... wisconsin,

which is... 317 miles from here.

You will have to stand... all night... in Des Moines.

In addition, there is no... bus... to Zion.

Third, you're barely... standing standing for two minutes...

And when... you stand up... that's the sound you make…

when... you stand up straight.

fourth, you are... 73 years old.

You were... born when Kelvin... Coleridge

was president... of America.

You are... 73 years old, Dad.

And... I can't to take you there

rose baby I'm not dead yet.

What are we building, dad?

Are you having a party? - Oh, I really... love parties.

Oh, me too.

So... where is it?

Where is what? - Your... party.

I don't have a party. I thought YOU were having a party.

Me? - Well, good.

Look at everyone these braunschweigers.

Oh yes, they are many braunschweigers.

They are for my father, for his journey. My father is going to Wisconsin.

I asked him he... goes there.

He... won't say anything.

Wisconsin? It's a real party state. - Yes.

I... hate... braunschweigers. - Yes.

Alvin, here you are 3 canisters of 5 liters each.

15 gallons of gasoline.

What do you need it for? so much gas alvin?

Sig, you're a curious son of a bitch.

You got it right.

I want to buy this.

What? - "The Hand".

Oh, Alvin. This is my helping hand.

Well?

Oh, Alvin, I don't have... i... i have two of them...

I think $5 is enough.

This is a very good device, Alvin.

I... I... - Well?

They're slow to deliver, Alvin. It will take two months to get another one.

God, Alvin, ten bucks. - Include it in the bill.

What do you need it for, Alvin? - To catch.

Hear that old grain elevator.

It's harvest time.

This... trailer is too heavy... for that. It's a lawnmower after all.

You will... drive... lawnmower to another state?

Rosie, I have to... I have to go see Lyle.

And... I have to do this trip alone.

I know you understand.

I guess.

Look at the sky, Rosie.

Tonight is full of stars.

Crime this is Alvin and drives his riding mower.

Alvin! What are you starting? to do For God's sake, Alvin!

Alvin, you are going to be blown away from the road, that's what I'm afraid of!

He will never reach the Grotto.

THE GROTTO. 8 kilometers

I have a little problem with the engine.

what is this what the hell are you doing?

"Rehds". Will you drive me to town?

Yes, to the Grotto. This is the Sun Ray Tour. Get on.

I will find you help there. - I appreciate it.

My Edward loved his lawnmower.

Hey, come here, hurry up.

Hurry up.

Poor Alvin.

The man... with... the pickup truck, he brought dad back.

Oh...I must have been in perfumery.

What brand of pickup truck?

"Ford".

What is your father doing with that rifle? - I don't know.

Your last time i gave this "Rehds" didn't i?

So he did.

Will you sell it today?

No, I don't believe I will.

Pete told me you used to the lawnmower in an interesting way.

Are you still thinking about doing this? - Yes, Tom.

I know I shouldn't dissuade you from something you made up your mind

but Alvin, you're always me impressed as a smart guy.

I am grateful to you for that.

So far...

what year is it - The 66th.

It has a Kochler engine. We used for parts, but I always replaced them.

The engine is good. There is the old one transmission. No fads.

Is it a good car? - Yes, she is good.

Tom, I have $325. That's the situation.

That sounds good to me, Alvin.

One more thing, sometimes you can understand more

for these machines, if you know who used them.

Do you know who owns it? - You bet... me.

Okay.

I can't catch a brake.

are you hungry

What do you have to eat?

Hot dogs.

Hot dogs?

Hot dogs. Do you want to try?

Here's a nice stick.

What a pile of rubbish.

Eat your dinner, miss.

So... for how long are you on the road

I'm traveling through most of my life.

where are you from - Lawrence.

do you have a wife Children?

My wife, Frances, gave birth to 14 children. Seven of them survived.

my daughter Rosie, live with me.

Francis died in 1981.

where is your family

are you running

For how long?

Five months.

I'm going to see my brother, Lyle.

What?

I said I was going to see my brother Lyle at Mount Zion.

Where is this? - Wisconsin.

Across the state line.

Heads with cheddar cheese.

Aren't these the stupidest things

that you have seen someone to put on his head?

I have heard that this is a fun place - Wisconsin.

I guess never I won't have to find out.

There's a blanket in the trailer. Take it if you want.

My family hates me.

And they'll hate me even more when they find out.

Didn't you tell them? - No?

Nobody knows. Even my friend.

They might be crazy, but I don't think they are so much so that they want to lose you

or your little problem.

I don't know.

Well, me too, but...

warm bed and roof they sound better than...

eating hotdogs with grandpa riding a haymaker.

My daughter Rose is...

Some people call her slow-developing, but she is not.

Her mind is like a trap for facts.

Keeps everything in order, everything related to the house.

She was a very good mother. He had four children.

One night another watched the children and a fire broke out.

Her second boy burned very badly.

Rose had nothing to do with it,

but because of the condition of Rose, State decided,

that she is not able to care for the children, and they took them from her.

There hasn't been a day since that she to have stopped grieving for them.

When my children were young, I played a game with them.

I gave each one a stick and... One for each of them…

and then I told them to break it, of course they did it easily.

Then I told them: "Collect the sticks in a bundle and try to break them".

They couldn't.

I told them: "this bundle - this is the family".

Why don't you sleep in the trailer?

This chair is fine for me for the night.

No, I'd rather sleep outside.

Star gazing helps me think

Thank you.

What's going on?

Thank you.

What the hell is this?

I'm fine.

Hey Irene.

You don't think about old age when you're young. - You shouldn't.

There must be something good in getting old.

Well, I don't see anything good in being blinded and dumbstruck at the same time, but...

at my age i've seen it all that life could offer me.

I know how to separate the wheat from the chaff and to let the little things fall away.

Let's go.

Which is the worst of being old alvin?

The worst thing about being old is being you remember the time when you were young.

May I help you ma'am?

No, you can't help me. No one can help me.

I tried driving with the headlights on, i tried playing the horn! I shouted

I was rolling down the window and banging on the door I was playing "Public Enemy" really loud!

I prayed to Saint Francis of Assisi, on St. Christopher's too! Damn it!

I tried everything and still I hit at least one deer every week!

I hit 13 for seven weeks driving this road.

And I have to drive this way

every day, 40 miles to work and back.

I have to drive to work and then drive back home!

Where do they come from?

Oh... he's dead.

And I love deer.

Well, at least they picked a good spot to practice firefighting.

This Rumelthanger was very ugly place.

What do you think...?

Is that a lawnmower?

sir are you ok

Sir, you are lucky that it didn't turn on you.

I think the belt broke.

I wouldn't be surprised. You don't have trailer brakes right?

I worked for John Deere 30 years and I can tell you

that you should not withdraw nothing with this mower.

Or at least not down on such a hill.

I'm Danny Riordan.

Alvin Strait.

Alvin, let's move you and this facility out of the way

and see what the defeats are.

Let's get this out of the way. - Are you sure you're okay?

are you ok Is everything okay? I'm back to training.

Thank you. I appreciate it.

Okay... let's look at this mower.

What is this, 65, 66? - 66.

Alvin, I'll tell you there isn't not going anywhere tonight

Except the strap is gone, there are also problems with the transmission.

Where did you go? - Mount Zion.

Mount Zion, Wisconsin? The former Prairie du Chien?

That's another 60 miles of hills. - Across the Mississippi.

What's in Mount Zion, Alvin? - My brother lives there.

Why didn't you take a car? - I don't have a license.

Couldn't he come? - He took a bad hit.

Where do you come from?

West Union?

Hawkeye? - No.

Not even New Hampton? You can't come from so far away.

You've come a long way, haven't you?

Yes, I passed. Lawrence, Iowa.

Lawrence?! - It's west of the Grotto.

How long have you been traveling? - What date is it today?

October 8.

Five weeks. I left Lawrence on the 5th of September.

Is that what he slept in? - This is my mobile home.

And where did it stop? - In the field, I was turning off the road.

I don't travel at night.

Weren't you afraid of being alone? There are dangerous people everywhere.

Ma'am, I've been in the trenches during World War II.

Why should I be afraid of a cornfield in iowa?

Until we fix this mower...

why don't you make one bivouac here in the yard?

There is a bathroom in the garage, which you can use.

That is very generous from your side...

and I'm sure mine too mower also agrees with this.

I want to thank you for helping me today.

According to the forecast, it will rain.

You certainly won't want to to stand in this trailer.

I do a little bit with carpentry.

I thought you'd want to a few extra supports.

My daughter does carpentry. Makes birdhouses.

Great.

Is it over there? - I think so.

I need a phone. - Of course, come in.

I want to call my daughter for my trip.

Of course. Come on in. - If it's the same for you,

do you have a cordless phone

The door is wide open, enter... - I can call from here too.

Here it is.

You can sit in the kitchen. We'll go out if you need some solitude.

It's good here. Is the area code still 712?

No, Alvin. This hill moved you to 319.

You have to dial a unit and then your code.

712, thank you.

Hello? - Rose?

Dad? Dad...

So... glad to hear from you.

He will need a lot of money, to fix this mower.

I don't think there will be enough.

I won't be taking this to Excelsior. It's still a lawnmower, for God's sake.

Your pension check? It's here, Dad.

Rose, can you send it to me? - Yes.

He is very lucky that he made it up that hill.

He could easily die. - Yes.

It's not very strong. Did you see him walking with those canes?

Okay, Dad.

I have a pencil, dad.

The hills keep getting worse the closer you get to the mississippi.

Go and drive it, dear.

Mount Zion is not more than half a day. It's all right.

You are a good man, Danny Riordan.

That's why I married you despite what my mother said.

I miss you, dad.

I love you, Rosie. - I love you too, dad.

Bye, Dad.

Bye... dad.

What are you cooking here Alvin? - Oh, I'm making Mexican coffee.

Do you mind if I join you? - Get a chair... the iron one.

You will be a guest in your own backyard.

I spoke with the Olson twins and

they calculated that the repair it will cost around $250.

That's twice as much, than it should.

i guess is it because they are twins?

I'll be happy to give you a ride to Mount Zion.

It will be a great Sunday trip.

We will cross the river

especially now that the trees are colored by autumn.

I appreciate that, but... I want to finish my journey.

Try this.

Thank you.

You know Alvin

further on there are many hills, bigger of those of Claremont from here to Zion.

Even if you fix the lawnmower, it may break again.

You are a good person to talk to with such stubbornness as me.

I want to finish this the way i started it.

Hello Verlon.

How are you? - Good.

Great.

Are you one of theirs? chocolate sweets.

Just in time.

Janet makes the best chocolate chip cookies in Lafayette County.

It wins awards every year at the local fair.

Take it. - Thank you.

I'm done with the errands and I'm going to drink beer.

I thought it might you join me

Well, I don't drink anymore, but... I'm always ready for a change.

Okay, come on.

Now I ride a little higher and a little faster.

Except for your descent down the hill.

I learned badly to drink alcohol in France.

when i came back I couldn't drink enough.

I was worth nothing.

I had failed.

A priest helped me to stay away from alcohol.

He helped me to find out the reason

for which I drank - i saw all things

which I had seen there.

Many men returned and began to drink heavily.

Everyone tried to forget.

I can see it in man even now.

Yes.

There was time...

when we just...

we waited for the first one hot food for ten days.

We thought we were have seen the worst.

We hadn't many problems from heaven.

I was up in the morning...

and the quartermaster and I made coffee for me and my friends.

Deluded "Fokker" came over the trees...

and threw incendiary bomb above the chair.

All my friends...

The cockroach turned right in front me on that hill...

and now i can... to see... the swastika.

Fine-tuning, and such, Nieder Karlov, from the Third Planet.

it's something which i can't get rid of...

The faces of all my comrades are still young.

The thing is, how many years I have, that's how much they lost.

I don't always see only their faces, sometimes these are also German.

Towards the end already we were shooting at boys.

I was a sniper.

Where I grew up, I learned how to shoot to get food.

They put me in the front. Near the front lines.

And I stayed... forever.

It's amazing what it can do to see while you wait.

I looked out for officers, radio operators

or artillery scouts.

Sometimes I discovered some fiery nest in the smoke

and I shot him.

Sometimes it was simple movement among the trees.

We had a scout

a little friend named Kats.

He was Polish from Milwaukee.

We followed his instructions and it has saved our lives many times.

It was a small...

We came out of the low trees…

We ran through the open space...

and we entered the forest.

We started shooting.

I assumed my usual position…

and I saw something move very slowly.

I waited 10 minutes, the movement was repeated and I fired.

Traffic stopped.

The next day we found Kats… shot in the head.

He has moved back to our positions.

Everyone in the unit thought that A German sniper shot him...

Everyone, all these years.

Everyone but me...

did you see Harold... clever...

I assembled the mower without any problems, with that little spanner…

According to you, there was no way. I say it turned out pretty good.

Right?

Help me move it. We can settle our scores now.

With parts and labor it comes out to $247.80.

I think it's a lot for that much a little work. What do you think?

I'm an old man...

Well, we got them on sale, but grapples are good!

Friend, what are you taking me for? the money - for good or for new?

Torvald?

We may make a small correction.

I think the correction should be around $30.

Is that what your pencil shows?

And... about labor...

I appreciate that you guys you wasted a lot of time on this…

however, one must ask oneself whether when working with twins -

especially with those who fight -

how much work is done in that time. - Correct.

Shut up, Danny.

If I had to judge, from what i saw today

I would think maybe 20% less for labor.

Anything else?

I am not very aware of these things, but where i come from

I would say there was here a little more oil.

Get the fuel for free.

This is a great suggestion I appreciate it too.

What is the bottom line?

180?

Accepted.

Thanks to you guys I'm gonna get this thing back on the road.

I drove her all the way beyond Iowa and I hope

to hold until it arrives to Wisconsin.

My brother lives there. I haven't seen him in 10 years.

No one knows your life better than you a brother about your age.

He knows who and what you are, better than anyone else on Earth.

My brother and I said some unforgivable things things last time we saw each other

but i try to forget this.

This journey is a way to swallow my... pride

I only hope so I hope I'm not too late.

A brother is a brother.

Well... I'm going to bed.

I'll... see you in the morning, before you go.

I will leave very early.

I want to thank you for yours courtesy to a stranger.

It was a real pleasure to visit us, Alvin.

Write sometimes. - I will write.

I saw the fire.

I brought you something for dinner... Mashed potatoes and Stephanie roll.

Thank you very much. I already had dinner, but...

will you join me for a moment? - Of course.

Thank you.

I hope you don't mind that I'm passing through here.

Oh no, not at all.

You made a good choice.

You camp next to one of the oldest cemeteries in the Midwest.

Trappers French Catholics.

Market's group? - Two of his men.

I couldn't help but notice your unusual vehicle.

Padre, you are not the first who notices it.

My eyes are wrong. I can't drive.

I don't like to ride I have to go to my brother.

where is he

It's so close I can feel it. Mount Zion.

What's it called? - Lyle Strait.

Didn't he get hit a few weeks ago?

Yes. Do you know him?

I work at the hospital in Boscobel. I remember when we got it.

got my attention because... he lives in my parish.

He is a Baptist. - He told me that.

He actually told me few things but...

he didn't mention he had a brother.

Neither of us he didn't have a brother for quite a long time.

Did you see it? is it ok

I saw him only then and after that I heard nothing more.

Lyle and I have grown so much close as brothers can be.

We were raised on a farm in Moorhead, Minnesota.

We worked a lot.

Our parents took time off from work, trying to keep the farm going.

Lyle and I were trying to turn our troubles into play.

We were making things up for races and bets

and we did everything not to think for the cold. God, it was so cold.

He and I used to sleep in the yard

every summer evening if it wasn't raining.

After 9 months of winter, we couldn't get enough of summer.

We went to bed when the sun was setting.

We talked until we fell asleep.

We were talking about the stars...

and whether it is possible in space to have someone else like us

the places where we want to go and...

it made our difficulties to appear insignificant.

We talked a lot and then as we grew up.

What happened between you?

A story as old as the Bible. Cain and Abel.

Anger, vanity.

Mix this together with alcohol and

you will get two brothers who are not talked to each other for ten years.

What he did to us so silly with Lyle...

it doesn't matter anymore.

I want to make up. I want to sit with him

and look at the stars... as we used to do…

so long ago.

Amen.

how are you

I haven't had a drink in years. Now I'm going to order a cold beer.

What? - What does Miller Lite taste like?

Here it is.

How does it taste? - She's good.

Keep the change. - Thank you.

You have an interesting device out there. Did you climb the hill?

This hill and 200 more like it.

Where do you come from? - From Iowa.

I'm going to Lyle Strait House.

Iowa! god you must be very thirsty.

Another beer? - This one is enough for me.

I was wondering if you could show me Lyle's house?

I haven't seen it for a very long time.

You're crossing 61st Street...

then you take Weed Road and then on Remington Road.

On your right will be Lyle's house.

If it's there, it is.

How is...? - Not very well.

Just tired.

Is there anything with which can i help you?

I don't know. It just stopped. - Why don't you try again?

Going to Lyle Strait's place.

Lyle!

Lyle!

Alvin?

Sit down, Alvin.

You must have driven this thing all the way here to see me?

Yes, Lyle.

Subtitles: European Captioning Institute

Translation: Chilko