The World's Fastest Indian

Um, so anyway, um, this, this appliance, um, we've had it in our collection for quite some time, as you can see.

And in 2004, we were asked, um, by the, um, people filming The World's Fastest Indian-

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Anthony

Hopkins did a very good New Zealand accent in The World's Fastest Indian, just as a separate aside.

He did a very good job.

Oh, that was the, hang on, the guy who played Hannibal Lecter.

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in the, "The World's Fastest Indian" in 2005.

I'm unfamiliar.

He played Richard Nixon in the movie "Nixon" in 1995, and he played Alfred Hitchcock in the 2012 movie "Hitchcock." How about that?

But he also did Dr. Robert Ford in Westworld TV series, Richard Nixon and Nixon.

One of my favorite films that he was in was The World's Fastest Indian.

Did you ever see that one?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Hi podcasters, thanks for joining me today.

I'm Daryl and today we're taking a look at The World's Fastest Indian, the 2005 film directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Anthony Hopkins.

Let's get into it.

A bit of background first because the story behind this film is nearly as good as the story in it.

And if it sends you looking for more, chase down Donaldson's original 1971 documentary, Offerings to the God of Speed, and put Waking Ned Devine and The Straight Story on the list beside it.

That's a lovely little season of gentle, big-hearted films right there.

the Frame 70 verdict for the world's fastest Indian, an old-fashioned, warm, extremely well-made underdog story carried by the least showy and most likeable performance Anthony Hopkins has given in years.

It's worth your time whether or not you care about motorcycles.

Yeah.

You've also got The World's Fastest Indian.

Then you've got Rainbow Warrior, Vertical Limit.

You've got New Zealand casting for things like The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolution, just those little films, you know.

Oh, wow.

Dante's Peak, The Recruit, The World's Fastest Indian.

So he's like a

B-movie masterpiece maker kind of guy.

But I was trying to make my own race tires 'cause I'd run 'em at, like, you know, 18 pounds of, of air, and yeah, that was a horrible mistake.

Burt Monroe over here- [laughs] ... from the World's Fastest Indian making his own ti- race tires with shoe polish.

[laughs] From The World's Fastest Indian.

Yes, that's right.

Over there [laughs] on the cracks of the runway.