Michael Interviews...

Guest interview with screenwriters Mary Sweeney and John Roach
June 5, 1999

"So, you see, there's this elderly, blind man who can't drive a car, and he finds out his brother is sick, so he drives the 300 or so miles to see him on his lawn tractor. Oh yeah, it all happens in Iowa and Wisconsin....."

It may not seem like much of a movie pitch, but it was enough to get David Lynch to sign on as director of "The Straight Story," a new film written by Madison natives Mary Sweeney and John Roach. And you thought David Lynch couldn't direct a G-rated movie?! Tune in as Michael gets the inside story from the Wisconsin delegation to the Cannes Film Festival.