The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Roger Donaldson

Writer:

Roger Donaldson (written by)

Release Date:

13 October 2005 (New Zealand)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Based On One Hell Of A True Story

Plot:

The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle -- a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.

Plot Keywords:

Indian | Makeshift | Motorcycle | Speed | Tire

Awards:

10 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Anthony Hopkins	...	Burt Munro
Iain Rea	...	George
Tessa Mitchell	...	Sarah
Aaron Murphy	...	Tom
Tim Shadbolt	...	Frank
Annie Whittle	...	Fran
Greg Johnson	...	Duncan
Antony Starr	...	Jeff
Kate Sullivan	...	Doris
Craig Hall	...	Antarctic Angel
Jim Bowman	...	Cook
Alison Bruce	...	Doctor
Phoebe Falconer	...	Janice
Charles Pierard	...	Bank Manager
Barry Ryan	...	Burt's Neighbour

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief language, drug use and a sexual reference.

Runtime:

127 min

Country:

New Zealand | USA | Switzerland | Japan

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Brazil:18 | Ireland:PG | USA:PG-13 | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Sweden:Btl | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:IIA | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Argentina:Atp | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/12 | UK:12A

Filming Locations:

Auckland, New Zealand

Company:

2929 Productions

Trivia:

The actual street where the Post Office was set is called The Crescent, and had 1960s phone booths and parking meters fitted for the shoot. Local residents offered to move their parked cars to allow more room for the production vans.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: There is a modern (lower height, aluminum body with rounded edges, modern logo) U-Haul trailer visible in a scene at the salt flats.

Quotes:

Fran: [to a staring crowd] What are you looking at? Dirty old men need love too!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Daily Show: (2006-01-25)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

You Are My Sunshine

I never thought I would cry

It's a good thing I took my wife, because as all men know the only way not to cry is to look over at your wife/girlfriend and make fun of them for crying.

Seriously, I am a motorcycle aficionado but I truly think this movie transcends that. It's not a "guy's film" at all but a serious look at the life of a man that was average by his own reckoning - by ours he's a hero. When you find yourself looking at that and saying "I would have quit" and it was only the beginning of the movie, well, that's some tough stock Burt Munro came from.

And it's not tedious, not an uphill struggle all the way against insurmountable odds, none of those clichés. It's a great movie about a real guy and I can't imagine someone watching it and not being entertained, moved, and frankly, impressed.