The World's Fastest Indian backdrop

The World's Fastest Indian poster

Quick Info

Rating

7.7/10

Release2005

Runtime2h 7m

StatusReleased

Budget$25,000,000

Revenue$18,300,000

Production

New Zealand Film Commission

2929 Productions

OLC / Rights Entertainment

Tanlay

New Zealand Film Production Fund

3 Dogs & a Pony

Park Road Post

WFI Productions Ltd.

Movie

The World's Fastest Indian

2005

2h 7m

7.7

Drama

Adventure

History

Synopsis

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.

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