Sat, 09 Nov
|Bellingen
Saturday Night Movie - The Worlds Fastest Indian
The story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years rebuilding a 1920 Indian motorcycle, which helped him set the land speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Time & Location
09 Nov 2024, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bellingen, 87 Hyde St, Bellingen NSW 2454, Australia
Guests
About the event
Another of Cam's favourites, The Worlds Fastest Indian features Anthony Hopkins at his sparkling best as the determined and quiet mechanical genius Burt Munro, with a fantastic supporting cast, this movie is a throw back to the golden age of storytelling, relying on brilliant acting, beautiful cinematography, a lovely, understated score that doesn't overshadow the action or try to push emotive responses and an incredible true story told well, an absolute must see, or see again on the big screen family film.
For twenty-five years in Invercargill, New Zealand, Burt Munro (1899-1978) has been working on increasing the speed of his motorcycle, a 1920 Indian. He dreams of taking it to the Bonneville Salt Flats to see how fast it will go. By the early 1960s, heart disease threatens his life, so he mortgages his house and takes a boat to Los Angeles, buys an old car, builds a makeshift…