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THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN
Anthony Hopkins, Bruce Greenwood, Diane Ladd, Paul Rodriguez, Chris Lawford, Jessica Cauffiel
PROD, Roger Donaldson, Gary Hannam
DIR - SCR, Donaldson
DP, David Gribble
ED, John Gilbert
PD, Dennis Washington
COS, Nancy Cavallaro
CAST, Diane Crittenden
3 Dogs and a Pony, 10/11 start, Salt Lake City, New Zealand

Hopkins hops to chief role in 'Indian'
Will play motorcycle legend Burt Munro

By CATHY DUNKLEY
Variety 10/18/04

Tokyo-based OLC/Rights Entertainment is financing the pic with the New Zealand Film Production Fund and the New Zealand Film Commission in association with 3 Dogs and a Pony.

The film, budgeted at $25 million, is lensing in and around Salt Lake City and in New Zealand.

Diane Ladd, Paul Rodriguez , Bruce Greenwood and Chris Lawford round out the cast.

Hopkins stars as motorcycle legend Burt Munro, who, after perfecting and modifying his 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle, ventured across the world to fulfill his lifelong ambition to race at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. He ended up setting a new world land speed record.

Pic reunites Hopkins and Donaldson; they worked together on 1984's "The Bounty," in which the thesp starred as Captain William Bligh.

"Indian" is being sold internationally by Satoru Iseki for OLC/Rights Entertainment (Japan, Korea, Taiwan); Donaldson and Hannam for North America; and Kathleen Drumm at New Zealand Film, who is handling all other territories.