Talk:The World's Fastest Indian

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Having watched the film and read the wikipedia article on Munro, I find that the picture is only loosely based on "the true story" and it is rather a highly dramatized version for commercial audiences.

In particular, he did not achieve the 324Km/h in his first visit to the salt plains, but 5 years later (source: wikipedia). Nor it seems, did he get to this speed the time he slowed the cycle down by sticking his head up, loosing his goggles and crashing down. In the film they have made a collage of these three events: his first visit, beating the speed record, and loosing his goggles.

In my opinion, it would be more accurate to say "based on a true story" or "a highly dramatized account of his achievements". Cgonzalezdelhoyo 19:06, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

I don't really think that's necessary. Generally, I would expect that a film adaptation would play very loosely with the facts (e.g., A Beautiful Mind, Finding Neverland, Apollo 13). It's not like anyone's calling this a documentary... (in fact, the director of The World's Fastest Indian made a documentary on Munro in 1973).--Limegreen 00:00, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

He did set a land-speed on his first visit to Utah in 1962 (when the film is set). Then he broke his own records in subsequent years. --Mathew5000 08:06, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Powerpoles 2 Fix up 3 budget & box office 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Worlds fastest indian.jpg

[edit] Powerpoles

What is an "underground powerpole"? GrahamBould 11:31, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fix up

I watched this movie and rewrote the entire synopsis in this article. I also turned the "Fact vs Fiction" into a list format rather then a paragraph one. It's easier to read. Suggestions? Feedback is appreciated. --Majinvegeta 00:00, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] budget & box office

The article currently says: "The film opened in December of 2005 to positive reviews and was hailed as one of the greatest New Zealand films ever made and quickly became the highest grossing film at the New Zealand box-office taking in $7,049,000. and taking in over $11 million overseas." One of the references is now defunct, and another (pointing to boxofficemojo.com) is a little confusing. Surely this film is not really the "highest grossing film at the New Zealand box office" of all time? What about Titanic, the Harry Potter movies, the Star Wars movies, and Jurassic Park, not to mention the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Maybe it means that The World's Fastest Indian was the highest-grossing movie in NZ in 2005? If so it should specify that expressly. Secondly, are the dollar figures US$ or NZ$? That too is unclear. Thirdly, it's unclear what the source is for the statement "taking in over $11 million overseas". The ostensible reference is to boxofficemojo.com but I don't see the $11 million figure anywhere at that site. Fourthly, the production budget for the film was apparently $25-million but its worldwide box office only $18-million. So that means it was a financial failure, right? But the article gives the overall impression that the film was a big success. --Mathew5000 00:47, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

I think they're referring to New Zealand films, and using a definition that would exclude LOTR, Narnia, King Kong etc. See ref here [1]. --Limegreen 02:22, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Well they must be using a convoluted definition. Fastest Indian was a NZ/USA coproduction, while according to IMDb the LOTR films were either USA/NZ (the first one) or USA/NZ/Germany (the last two). Plus they were filmed entirely in NZ, weren't they? Also what about my other point that the film was unprofitable, despite doing so well in NZ. Should that fact go in the article? --Mathew5000 07:51, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Does anyone else think Anthony Hopkins' impression of a New Zealand accent was ropey? I thought it was certainly very muddled: - it sometimes sounded more like a South African accent. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.2.131.26 (talk) 09:22, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Worlds fastest indian.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 09:31, 21 January 2008 (UTC)