Based On One Hell Of A True Story
Academy Award® Winner, Anthony Hopkins stars as Burt Monroe, a man who never let the dreams of youth fade. In the late 1960’s, after a lifetime of perfecting his classic Indian Motorcycle, Burt sets off from the bottom of the world, Invancargill, New Zealand, to clock his bike at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats. With all the odds against him, Burt’s quest culminates in an unlikely conclusion and remains legendary within the motorcycle community to this day.
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for brief language, drug use, and a sexual reference.
Principal Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ian Rae, and Tessa Mitchell
Director: Roger Donaldson
Burt is challenged by a local biker gang. However, despite the speed of Bert's Indian mortorcylce, he is not equipped to finish the race.
Themes: Defeat, Competition, Foolishness, Unprepared, Humility, Challenges, Trials, Winning, Strategy
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Young Tom learns a life-lesson from Burt: Never give up on your dreams.
Themes: Wisdom, Dreams, Carpe Diem, Belief, Friendship, Faith, Doubt, Encouragement, Mentor
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After disrupting the neighborhood, Burt finds an unconventional way to get rid of his overgrown grass.
Themes: Oblivious, Annoying, Accountability, Communication, Foolishness, Responsibility, Elderly
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Sensing that nobody believes he can break the speed record, Burt responds with a quote from Theodore Roosevelt.
Themes: Activism, Courage, Doubt, Failure, Belief, Criticism, Discouragement, Self-Confidence, Calling
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Burt has traveled halfway around the world to break the land speed record, however, he forgot to register.
Themes: Unprepared, Helpless, Afterlife, Foolishness, Disbelief, Heaven, Failure, Denial, Legalism
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