With heart and hand

Movie
German title	With heart and hand
Original title	The World's Fastest Indian
Country of production	New Zealand , USA , Japan , Switzerland
original language	English
Publishing year	2005
length	127 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0 ; JMK 6
Rod
Director	Roger Donaldson
script	Roger Donaldson
production	Roger Donaldson, Gary Hannam
music	J. Peter Robinson
camera	David Gribble
cut	John Gilbert
occupation
	Anthony Hopkins : Burt Munro ; Iain Rea : George; Tessa Mitchell : Sarah; Aaron James Murphy : Tom; Diane Ladd : Ada; Bruce Greenwood : Jerry; Tim Shadbolt : Frank; Annie Whittle : Fran; Greg Johnson : Duncan; Antony Starr : Jeff; Kate Sullivan : Doris; Walton Goggins : Marty; Christopher Lawford : Jim Enz; Patrick Flueger : Rusty; Paul Rodriguez : Fernando; Jessica Cauffiel : Wendy;

World's Fastest Indian ( Engl. The World's Fastest Indian ) is an adventure film , in 2005, directed by Roger Donaldson was shot. It is based on the true story of motorcycle enthusiast HJ "Burt" Munro from New Zealand , who set several speed records from 1962 on a self-modified Indian from 1920 .

action

Retired Burt Munro (played by Anthony Hopkins ) lives in the small town of Invercargill , New Zealand. His main purpose in life is his heavily modified Indian from 1920, which he has been tinkering with for 25 years to make it faster. He dreams of taking her to Bonneville Speed Week in the United States to test her top speed.

After a heart attack, he comes to the conclusion that this year could be his last chance, and he takes out a mortgage on his property, which is only a better workshop shed, and works on a ship as a cook to care for himself and his Indian To allow passage. The motorcycle trip from Los Angeles to Bonneville is not without obstacles, and when he arrives there he has to find out that he has not observed the registration formalities and that he is not allowed to start at first.

With skill and tenacity, and not least the help of numerous people he meets, Burt masters all obstacles. Finally, he may officially start with his Indian, and the enthusiasm of all he makes of his Oldsmobile actually set a new record in the class of fully faired motorcycles under 1000 cc displacement on.

background

The film, shot in New Zealand , Utah, and New Mexico, cost producers $ 25 million. This is compared to US cinema revenues of $ 5.1 million. Originally the German release of the film was supposed to take place in April 2006, at that time several German motorcycle and vintage car magazines dealt with this film in articles with several pages. However, the German distributor thought it would make sense to wait until November 2006 to get Anthony Hopkins to appear on the TV show Wetten, dass ..? to have the film advertised. Unfortunately, this gig was canceled. After the originally planned German title Anthony Hopkins, Burt Munro was also renamed Mit Herz und Hand , the film completely missed its target group and was only shown in German cinemas for a short time. It was not until December 10, 2010 that Universum Film GmbH released the German Blu-ray Disc , but then with the original title The World's Fastest Indian .

reception

Reviews

William Arnold wrote in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that the film inspires in a subtle way and builds its charm "slowly but surely". Anthony Hopkins plays "great".

“And seen in this way, the way from Hannibal Lecter to Burt Munro is not very far: Here the fatal psychopath, there the murderously fast convict. Two men who are completely convinced of themselves and live in their own world. […] A single look at the camera and the viewer knows: Either he'll get through it or he'll die, but Munro won't give up. Who better to get such a look across than Anthony Hopkins? "

- Aprons : The time

Awards

Roger Donaldson was nominated for a prize at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2005.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Release certificate for Mit Herz und Hand . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2006 (PDF; test number: 104 871-a K).
↑ Age rating for Mit Herz und Hand . Youth Media Commission .
^ William Arnold: Low-key Hopkins vehicle is a big winner. In: PI MOVIE CRITIC. seattlepi.com, February 3, 2006, accessed February 25, 2011 (English).
↑ Vorfelder: The World's Fastest Indian. In: DIE ZEIT Nº 41/2006. Die Zeit, October 6, 2006, accessed on March 31, 2015 : "The German distributor screwed it up with the unspeakable title" With heart and hand ""

[FSK-1] Release certificate for Mit Herz und Hand . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2006 (PDF; test number: 104 871-a K).

[JMK-2] Age rating for Mit Herz und Hand . Youth Media Commission .

[3] William Arnold: Low-key Hopkins vehicle is a big winner. In: PI MOVIE CRITIC. seattlepi.com, February 3, 2006, accessed February 25, 2011 (English).

[Zeit_20061006-4] Vorfelder: The World's Fastest Indian. In: DIE ZEIT Nº 41/2006. Die Zeit, October 6, 2006, accessed on March 31, 2015 : "The German distributor screwed it up with the unspeakable title" With heart and hand ""