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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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| Release Date | 2005-10-12 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 2h 7m |
| Directors | David Gribble, Roger Donaldson |
| Producers | John J. Kelly, Megumi Fukasawa, Murray Francis, Barrie M. Osborne, Charles Hannah, Gary Hannam, Roger Donaldson, Masaharu Inaba, Satoru Iseki, Don Schain, John J. Kelly, Mary Stuart |
| Writer | Roger Donaldson |
Chasing a dream halfway across the world.
One of the inspiring biopic I have ever seen. It is about chasing a dream and it is never too late to do that so. Based on the story of a New Zealand motorcyclist Burt Munro. After spending 25 years to build a faster motorbike in the down under, now a very old Munro travel halfway across the earth to Bonneville speedway in the US to set a record. So what's the remaining of the tale reveals is that does his dream becomes reality or not.
Awesome performance by Anthony Hopkins, but in some parts I was distracted by his fake Kiwi accent. Overall, not bad with his effort, he achieved the goal conveniently. It is one of the best road movie that directed by the 'Species' filmmaker. The 120 minutes was too short, but well covered story with inclusion of messages like anti smoking and alcohol consumption.
It is a decade old film, never too late to watch a fine film like this, but inside I feel regret for the delay. I had no idea about the storyline. I thought it might be about Indians and then thought American Indians, but realised only while watching it that it is about a motorbike called Indian. It is surely a good family movie, especially if there is a motorbike maniac in the house. Highly recommended by me.
9/10
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