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August 13, 2006

"The World's Fastest Indian"

Elaine and I finished "The World's Fastest Indian" on DVD tonight. Rent it. It's the story of Burt Munro, a determined Kiwi with a love for speed who ripped up and rebuilt his 1920's-era Indian motorcycle into something, well, quite other, setting a land-speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats in the 1960s.

It's a wonderful, small, simple story about passion and character. It came out in 2005, and is carried entirely by Anthony Hopkins in the title role (the rest of the actors are no-names).

Fabulous stuff. Trust me: you won't be disappointed.

UPDATE: Elaine e-mailed me to slap me around a little bit:

Hey, Diane Ladd is not a no-name. You just don't recognize her. Her daughter is Laura Dern.

She's right, and I'm sorry about that. I'll check the IMDB entry before posting next time.

Posted by Gavin Shearer at August 13, 2006 10:40 PM. Posted to Entertainment.

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I thought i was the world's fastest indian?

Posted by: ravi Author Profile Page at August 15, 2006 10:19 PM

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