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The World's Fastest Indian
2005
· Movie
· 127 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #930
- IMDb #753
- Google retired #45
- Rotten Tomatoes #992
- Metacritic #1370
- Letterboxd #1771
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1751
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #668
- Metacritic Critics #1645
- Metacritic Audience #955
- Criticker #840
- Kinopoisk #98
- AlloCiné #1918
- Trakt #518
Every rating
60–98
out of 100
An aging New Zealand motorcycle enthusiast dreams of racing his modified 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. With little money and suffering from a serious health condition, he travels to America. His relentless optimism and charming personality help him overcome numerous mechanical and bureaucratic obstacles to achieve his goal of setting a land speed record.
Details
- Director
- Roger Donaldson
- Writer
- Roger Donaldson
- Based on
- a work by Roger Donaldson
- Released
- 12 October 2005
- Country
- New Zealand, Japan, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box office
- $18.3M
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Awards
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