The World's Fastest Indian was Roger Donaldson's first NewZealand-made film, since embarking on a successful Hollywood career 20 years earlier. This project was the culmination of a dream that Donaldson had held for more than 30 years. As a young filmmaker in the 1970s, he had worked on a documentary about Burt Munro called Offerings to the God of Speed.
Inspired by the Invercargill speedster, he wrote the original film script of The World's Fastest Indian in 1981. The script is based on Burt Munro's journeys to Bonneville during the 1960's. It follows the road to fulfilling a dream.
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