The World's Fastest Indian News

TRIBUTE TO GOD OF SPEED: Three of Burt Munro's children, John Munro, Gwen Henderson and Margaret Popenhagen, hold a copy of Roger Donaldson's long-awaited book The World's Fastest Indian .

The latest news on the Roger Donaldson thriller The Hungry Rabbit Jumps is that Guy Pearce is joining the production.

Motorbike legend Burt Munro, played by Sir Anthony Hopkins in the movie 'The World's Fastest Indian', was a good example of a Kiwi do-it-yourselfer. Photo / Supplied The determined Kiwi do-it-yourself attitude that drives New Zealand innovation can be the very trait that holds us back economically.

Roger Donaldson is a busy film-maker, but he's never too busy to stop and chat about Burt Munro, and The World's Fastest Indian.

MAYOR TIM: Lost in translation. OPINION: Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt was speaking fluent French in the European alps a couple of weeks agowrites Cherie Sivignon in this week's L'expat. No, he didn't pop over to France as an add-on to his Mongolian journey of student recruitment.

Roger Donaldson has signed to helm and produce the period drama "Honor Among Men," according to a source close to the production.

Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 4:07 pm Press Release: The Emergency Room The Emergency Room presents AUTOBAHN: a short play cycle By Neil LaBute Combining the talents of theatre luminaries with the next generation of talent, The Emergency Room is excited to present the NZ premiere of LaBute's provocative collection of one-act plays - AUTOBAHN, playing ...

Owner Tom Hensley will display "The Munro Special," New Zealander Burt Munro's custom 1920 Indian Scout, which set several speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah and was made famous in the film The World's Fastest Indian.

Farewell, Sir Howard, writes Tim Shadbolt this week. Thanks for all the music and humour you gave us.

The set of New Zealanda s most ambitious new drama features a warm, cosy living area, faceless rooms with cold, white walls and a mysterious lock-up packed with coffins.

Comedian Paul Rodriguez has been performing comedy on stage, in films and on television for more than 25 years.

Nic Cage is doing a movie called Hungry Rabbit Jumps and, even though the title sounds like something based on an obscure children's book, it's a revenge-thriller. THR , says the Roger Donaldson directed movie casts Cage as a husband who becomes involved in an underground vigilante organization after his wife is the victim of a brutal crime.

Big Sky is hosting a drive-in movie night on its 50-foot screen Friday. Friday's feature film is The World's Fastest Indian, which is based on a true story and stars Anthony Hopkins.

Burt Munro's movie biographer Roger Donaldson has put out a last-minute appeal to southerners to help illustrate his coming book on the old speedster.