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The World's Fastest Indian

[2005, Movie]

The World's Fastest Indian: Review

The fast and the furious: Anthony Hopkins

Based on the unlikely career of elderly New Zealander Burt Munro, who, well into his 60s, set a new world land-speed record astride his scrappy 1920 v-twin Indian Scout motorcycle, this warm and entertaining film is a surefire solution to a perennial problem: Aren't there any theatrical movies for older folks? Though Burt (Anthony Hopkins) and his streamlined Indian have already set a few speed records in the small coastal town of Invercargill, he's more a local eccentric tha... read more

The World's Fastest Indian: TV Guide News

Movies-on-TV: Ken Fox's Picks for the Week of Jan. 21 | TVGuide.com's Strike Recovery Guide | 1/21/2008
Monday, January 21, at 11 am, 9:30 pm/ETStanding the Shadows of Motown | FLX The Supremes, the Temptations, Marvin Gaye and the Four Tops are all household names, but can anyone tell me who actually played the music we now call the Motown Sound? The answer lies in Paul Justman's wonderfully warm tribute to the Funk Brothers, a group of incredibly talented studio musicians who were at the heart of some of the greatest music ever to come out of the U.S.Tuesday, Jan. 22, 9:45 am, 8 pm/ETFor Your Consideration | HBO2 With awards season now reduced to one big question mark due to the ongoing writers’ strike (and that just fine by me), Christopher Guest's dead-on satire about the cast of a micro-indie movie entitled "Home for Purim" who catch Oscar fever makes for the perfect substitute. Catherine O’Hara, you wuz robbed!Wednesday, Jan. 23, 10:15 pm/ETThe World's Fastest Indian | TMC Bear with me a moment. I realize Anthony Hopkins is a bigger ham that one my mother served at... read more

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