Alvin’s eyesight is poor, he has little money and he can’t stand the thought if being driven anywhere. So when he discovers his estranged brother has suffered a stroke he decides to make the journey by the only means of transport available to him – a John Deere lawnmower. David Lynch adapts a stranger-than-fiction true story starring Richard Farnsworth (who was Oscar nominated), Sissy Spacek and Harry Dean Stanton.