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The Straight Story
Prince Charles Cinema
7 Leicester Place, London · and other venues
Sat 15 Aug · 12:15
About this event
Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a severe stroke. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. He then has the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
2 dates across 2 venues →Dates & venues
7 Leicester Place, London
12:15Sat 15 Aug
The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Digbeth, Birmingham
14:05Sun 20 Sept
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From this venue's worldBirmingham HeritageJacobean and Tudor halls, a working Tolkien-linked watermill, and the science museum at Millennium Point — Birmingham's history and industrial legacy, told through the buildings that hold it.From this venue's worldIndependent CinemasLondon cinemas with distinctive programming, human-scale auditoriums and a reason to arrive before the trailers.LineageRepertory cinema traditionTrace other London rooms working in this tradition.LineageCult film appreciationTrace other London rooms working in this tradition.LineageLate-night cinema cultureTrace other London rooms working in this tradition.Adjacent this week101 Dalmatians (1961)The Garden CinemaAdjacent this weekWallace and Gromit: A Close Shave & A Matter of Loaf and DeathWatershedAdjacent this weekMinions and MonstersKiln Theatre
A different kind of night
Not the same tradition as the lineage above — a genuinely different thread to pull, if you want one.