The World's Fastest Indian (2005), is a film based on the legendary New Zealand speed bike racer Burt Munro. Munro set numerous land speed records for motorcycles with engines less than 1000 cc at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in the late 1950s and into the 1960s. Many of his records still stand to this day.

The film stars Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins and was written and directed by Roger Donaldson. The film opened in December of 2005 to positive reviews The World's Fastest Indian - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes and quickly became the highest grossing local film at the New Zealand box-office taking in $7,043,000;New Zealand box office Top 10 and taking in over $11 million overseas.The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

Synopsis

Burt Munro is a 67-year-old New Zealander obsessed with speed. He is a loner who lives in a bike shed on a vacant lot in a family neighborhood. He spends most of his time modifying his beloved 1920s Indian motorcycle, and occasionally racing it against modern opponents. The movie's plot revolves primarily around Burt attempting to follow his dream of setting a new land speed record with his Indian at the Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover, Utah.